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The Foot Book (The Bright and Early Books for Beginning Beginners)

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The original hardcover The Foot Book is absolutely awesome, but I had a lot of trouble finding it to buy on Amazon (it has a white cover, not green). For some reason the only versions that came up in my search were the board books. My daughterss have loved this book since they were 6 months old (one is now 12 months and the other is 3 1/2), and my copy is very tired.

Be aware that this version only has 12 pages and has stickers and flaps, which get torn and make a mess. If you're looking for the original version, click on "hardcover edition" on this page and you're all set.

I can't see any reason to purchase the shortened, board book version of this classic unless you're concerned with torn pages. There aren't many words on each page, and the rhymey, sing-song story is short enough to hold your child's attention for the entire book. We read this book together for storytime, and put the sturdier books into the crib for play.

The Foot Book belongs in every small child's library, but go with the real deal, not this dumbed-down version.

This is not as wildly imaginative as some other Seuss works, but it IS an excellent book for the beginning reader! It has only 47 words in its 27 pages and includes important vocabulary builders for toddlers and above. Simple adjectives, prepositions, and pronouns predominate. The repetition and presenting of word groups make this an excellent tool for reading.

Since it won't help reading if it's not read, the book contains the fabulous characters and silly situations for which Seuss is known. With big, slightly zany illustrations, this is highly recommended for adults or kids to read to each other!

Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute.

To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, and asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. The Foot Book was one of her picks.

Dr. Seuss understood the elements of a successful early reader: Lots of repetition, visual adjectives, and hilarious drawings to tie it all together and keep the child racing forward. The Foot Book is perhaps his most successful basic reader.

But what makes this book even more remarkable is that it teaches basic concepts as well such as left versus right (that most chidren are sorting out at this age), high and low, front and back, and counting.

I was further impressed by the obvious encouragement for children to notice feet, and become better observers. You can follow up in this way with your child by asking her or him what was noticed that day about feet.

Please note that this book is quite different from the board book that came out with a similar title in 1996. Avoid that one, and use this one instead.

Have a ball with feet!

Welcome to the wonderful world of whimsical, wacky writing, and crazy, colorful caricatures - "Up feet. Down feet. Here come clown feet. Small feet. Big feet. Here come pig feet." An excellent educational tool, "Dr. Seuss's, The Foot Book," is an inspired introduction to contrary concepts, left verses, right and just plain silliness through rhyme. It is GREAT fun for children and reader alike.

I own the "adapted" board book edition as well, which is designed to appeal to newborns, and very young children with short attention spans who are not attentive enough for the full text versions. The text, format, and images have been adapted to accommodate board book standards; yet, the phrasing and prose still flow. That being said, the original is just that - ORIGINAL. It is more amusing, entertaining, and educational, but is appropriate for older children, 3 years and older. If your child is three or older purchase an original version, otherwise think of introducing your infant to the shorter, travel-anywhere format, and procure the original at a later date? The marvelous, magical magician, who was Dr. Seuss, is worth it! Three-years and up.

Recommended for ages 2 and up. "Left foot, left foot, left foot, right. Feet in the morning, feet at night." Ah, how many times I have read and reread that---this is another good one of Seuss'. The best part is that its a lot SHORTER in duration than, say, One Fish Two Fish or Cat in the Hat. Its all about feet---"his feet, her feet, twenty-four feet," etc. My two year old has problems with Seuss's classic characters--what is that mommy?
A dog? A duck? Yeah, sure... But this book is fun to read in the classroom and at home. Not so much a direct learning experience on feet---:) but a rhyme and rhythm that will certainly entertain and enlighten youngsters to learning to read.

Although Amazon advertises this book for ages 4-8, my wife and I started reading this and other Seuss books to our children from 6 months on. Always a delight, the kids would laugh at the silliness while learning about opposites at the same time. We started a great habit of reading two or three Seuss books before bed, and the kids loved them. The Foot Book is one of the classics that every kid should get the experience of reading while growing up. Combine it with other fun Seuss books and your kids will sit enthralled as you turn the pages. Highly recommended.

"Small feet / Big feet / Here come pig feet." With rhymes like this, you know you're in Dr. Seuss territory--in this case, in "The Foot Book." One of Seuss' "Bright and Early" books for beginner readers, this book combines extremely simple rhyming vocabulary with colorful, charming illustrations.

While "The Foot Book" is not quite in the same league with Dr. Seuss' most imaginative and innovative works, it is still a very enjoyable book. And it contains several characteristically "Seussian" characters, including 6-, 8-, and 10-legged creatures that look like they stepped out of a child-friendly science fiction film. I definitely recommend this book to beginning readers, and to older fans of Dr. Seuss.

Of all the books my daughter has, this one is definitely one of her favorites. We got it when she was about 3 months and she immediately took to it. She is 16 months now and still insists on reading it nearly every morning. One of the first body parts she could point out was her feet (gee, I wonder why :). I would definitely recommend this to all children.

The Foot Book is a great book. I love how Dr. Seuss ryhmes and just makes the book easy to read and sometimes a tongue twister if read it to fast. The pictures in this book are big, bright, and colorful which makes little kids just want to keep reading. This book kept me reading, and I really want to know how Dr. Seuss does it. He uses simple words that I wouldn't think to use such as "fuzzy fur feet." This is a great book, and I recomend it for little children and maybe even adults if you like childrens' books.

The Foot Book is a really good book. I think it is funny and fun to read.I think that it is funny how every page has a different kind of feet.like wet foot dry foot.Dr. Seuss is a good author and alll of his books are good.When i was little i never got board with Dr.Suess book.There all good.The foot book never gets boring and it is just a fun book to read.