Mary Wore Her Red Dress and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers Book & Cassette [Paperback]

Merle Peek (Author), James Cross Giblin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 1993

On Katy's birthday, all of her animal friends come to the party dressed in clothes of different colors.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Peek appends a note about his version of the Texas folk song, along with invitations for children to make up their own lines to sing when they master the easy musical arrangement appended. Starting with dandy black-and-white drawings of a woodland, Peek gradually builds up to full-color illustrations of a gala occasion. Flashes of red and green show up first when Mary Squirrel and Henry Raccoon meet on the way to Kate Bear's birthday party. The revelry at the gathering is heightened by Kate's yellow sweater, the blue, purple, orange, etc., in the guests' costumes. Standout details include the Bears' formal garden in bloom, status-symbol house furnishing (marble statues of twin bears flank the fireplace and support the mantel), imposing birthday cake et al. The towering confection is an uncommon treat; so is the book.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

"A clever extension of a classic American folk song that will be a boon to youngsters' language development." School Library Journal

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Sandpiper; Pap/Cas edition (April 30, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395615771
• ISBN-13: 978-0395615775
• Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 8.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,820,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a classic book for colors!, December 12, 2001

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This review is from: Mary Wore Her Red Dress and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers Book & Cassette (Paperback)

Merle Peek does an excellent job at getting kindergarteners to be actively involved in this book. I am currently majoring in Elementary Education and I did a bulletin board on this book and everyone loved it! My professor said this was a classic color book. The book is about Katy, it's her birthday and all her friends wear different color clothing to her party. From yellow sweater to green sneakers to pink hat, this book has all the basic colors. This was a song that was written into a book, so it's very rhythmic and is easy to follow. The song is on the back of the book, so all children can enjoy! I loved it and would recommend it to all beginning readers!! Try and read it, what do you got to lose?? I give this book five stars!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the first book I ever learned to read, September 1, 2002

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This review is from: Mary Wore Her Red Dress and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers (Paperback)

I remember reading this book back in kindergarten and the first grade. It was the first book I ever learned to read. I loved this book so much that I read it until I had it memorized. It's too bad the original cover is not printed in this edition. I'm going to pass this one down to my cousin, Adam, whose only 4. Hopefully, we can continue the tradition so this will be his first book he ever learns to read.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My kids adore this book!, February 24, 2006

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This review is from: Mary Wore Her Red Dress and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers (Board book)

The younger loves the beautiful pictures and singing along. The older loves looking for all the little details in the pictures. They both love substituting the names of the characters for their own friends' names! Both learned their colors through this book without realizing what they were actually doing. This is one book I don't mind reading over and over.