Bubbles, Bubbles [Hardcover]

Kathi Appelt (Author), Fumi Kosaka (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 21, 2001 | Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Harper Growing Tree

Bubbles, Bubbles

Your 2-year-old approaches daily experiences, such as bath time, with playful exuberance.

Tips for reading and sharing:

Memorize the story and recite it to your toddler while he or she is taking a bath

Help your child build things out of bubbles

Blow bubbles while your child is bathing to enhance the fun of the experience

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

reS-In this exuberant book, an appealing, dirty-faced, grime-covered toddler has a bath and a shampoo. The rhymed text ("Bubbles, bubbles in the tubbles,/splishy, splashy, splooshy scrubbles") makes good use of sounds that describe the process of getting clean. Simple, realistic pictures with cheerful gold backgrounds reflect the child's actions as she bathes with her green toy frog and yellow duck. Finally, she is ready for bed in her flannel pajamas. Very young children will enjoy this familiar bedtime romp.

Janet M. Bair, Trumbull Library, CT

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Ages 2-5. "Dirty fingers, dirty toes, / dirty shoulders, dirty nose. / All my dirty deeds are done. / Time to have some bubble fun." So begins this lively, rhyming picture book, part of the Harper Growing Tree series. A young child covered with dirt ends her day with a freshly drawn bubble bath. Kosaka's warm illustrations celebrate the routine as the little girl throws off her clothes, grabs favorite toys, jumps into the water, wraps up in a towel, then dances about in her birthday suit. This concise, colorful book marries text and pictures to show how a time-honored bedtime activity prepares a child to accept the end of the day. Kathy Broderick
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: HarperFestival (August 21, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0694014583
• ISBN-13: 978-0694014583
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #794,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #14 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Baby-3 > Picture Books

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to read, fun to look at, January 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Bubbles, Bubbles (Hardcover)

I bought this book after seeing it in the "Oppenheim Toy Portfolio" guide. My 21 month-old daughter and I instantly fell in love with it after reading only the first few pages. The rhyme is fun and the illustrations are lovely and colorful. *Great* read-aloud book - highly recommended!

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for everyone., April 1, 2011

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Toddler Teacher - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bubbles, Bubbles (Hardcover)

I am a toddler teacher and every class I have taught LOVED this book, my kids gladly sit still and smile while we read this book. It is a fun book that is great when read aloud. I know most of the book by heart and ordering one to have at home with my ten month old.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book For Little Ones, February 25, 2011

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SherryMarie (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bubbles, Bubbles (Hardcover)

I just got this book from the library to read to my granddaughters. I recorded a video of it for them to view. The words flow nicely out loud and the pictures are simple and fun. They enjoy it very much. I am going to buy a copy for my house so that when they come, we can read it together.