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The Eye Book (Bright & Early Books(R))

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If you liked Dr. Seuss's The Tooth Book, you will find this book equally rewarding.

In The Eye Book, Dr. Seuss explores the concept of what vision is, who has it, and why it's important. At the same time, he has created a book with an extremely small number of words (almost all of one syllable) and maximum amount of repetition to make memorizing and learning to read the book as simple as possible.

A handsome blue-eyed boy begins,

"Eye

Eyes

My eyes

My eyes"

He then points to a pink-eyed, friendly-looking rabbit, and says,

"His eyes

His eyes"

With a picture of the boy winking, the boy says,

"Wink eye

Wink eye"

With a picture of the rabbit, the boy says,

"Pink eye

Pink eye"

Then you move into the concept of what vision is -- seeing and being seen.

"My eyes see.

His eyes see.

I see him.

And he sees me."

The connection between humans and animals is nicely built from there. This will help your child to understand that we have many things in common with animals. Knowing that can lead to lots of empathic play and developing a more sensitive adult. Be prepared for your child to want a pet rabbit, though.

The book then uses the idea of seeing to add simple words, along with their images in order to help with word decoding. The words introduced include blue, red, bird, bed, sun, moon, fork, knife, spoon, girl, man, boy, horse, tin can, holes, poles, trees, clocks, bees, rocks, flies, ants, pink, underpants, rings, strings, rain, pie, dogs, and airplanes.

"Hooray for eyes!"

You can also use this book to establish an interest in flash cards. After reading the book, you can use some flash cards that combine a picture with the letters. Based on my experience with children learning to read, you can accelerate progress quite a lot of you can develop such a diving board for being interested in flash cards for vocabulary. Try to find some with colorful illustrations!

The illustrations emphasize large heads and enormous eyes of the sort that I associate with the Walt Disney cartoon drawings of Alice in Wonderland. Everything seems simple, young, and childlike which will make the book more accessible to your child.

After you both have the book memorized, I suggest that you play games while riding in the car to identify animals and the color eyes they have. This will help make your child more observant, which is helpful for reading development as well.

See the potential all around you . . . and be aware that you are being looked at too! What can be seen about you?

This book is a great way to get young children interested in reading. The sentences are short. "My eyes My Eyes, His eyes His eyes" is just an example of the text. The book helps to identify the names of basic items, like trees or aminals. However, I like the 1968 version of The Eye Book better. The text is the same, but the illustrations are not so modernized. They are classic Seuss. The 1968 version is authored by Theo. LeSieg (Ted Geisel backwards!). Either version is a welcome addition to any Dr. Seuss collection.

At first, I didn't think this book would be a real winner with my little one. But you just never know, huh? This "Eye" book, written by Dr. Seuss, is read nightly, with all the funny things that eyes can do and see, it proves to be quite interesting. The pink underpants definitely brings some giggles too! It's a pretty short book, one that can be easily memorized by toddlers. The book takes you on a tour of the various things that you can see with your eyes. The boy and the rabbit do everything from looking down holes to looking at the moon. It's quite cute but very basic so if you're looking for something for an older child, I'd pass on this one. The age limit is definitely true as stated above: 2-5.

I chose this title to teach my little one to read. He knows lots of words and this book was perfect to show him how to put them together to make short sentences. I created a study word list from the words he hadnt learned yet and in one weekend he read the entire book....Awesome!

My 22 month old can't get enough of this book! And, to my surprise, she just started reading it on her own! Well, maybe she just memorized the words, but turn the pages, point at the pictures and see what happens with your child...it's absolutely wonderful!

From 3 months old this book captured and held my infant's attention. He loves it! All I have to do is show him the cover and he lights up. Now at 5 months it is still his favorite. The little boy and his rabit are so endearing and the cheer at the end "Hooray, Hooray, Hooray for eyes!" receives a squeal of delight every time! I honestly would never be without this book again.

Wow, how grown up my grandaughter felt when she read this book to me. It's very easy reading. After my grandaughter checked it out three times in a row at the school libarary I jumped on the chance to buy it.
I've heard the story many many times: "my eye your eye"...and with each reading my grandaughter was learning how to recoginize these simple words, and now she can spell & write every word in this book!

The thing I like best about this book is that the words and the pictures go together nicely. When the words say "Our eyes see bees," there is a picture of a lot of bees. So, from an educational perspective, you can have your child point to a picture while he or she hears the verbal description of the picture. It's helped my baby lean several words and phrases.

This simple concept is something that a suprising amount of childrens' books lack. It is good for two reasons. It helps them put words to pictures, and it helps them learn to read. The book is for children that are 4-8, but it's ability to help children match the verbal sounds of words to pictures makes it appropriate for infants as well.

The learning potential of the book is enhanced by the rythm of the words. The book's sentences ryme and procede in a rythm that makes the book more enjoyable for your child. My baby is noticeably delighted whenever he sees that we are about to read this book.

It is highly recommended.

This is the perfect book for the youngest of Seuss fans. It's a very simply book that starts out with a boy pointing to his eyes and saying what they are...and then to his bunny friend's eyes. The book goes on to explain what eyes do and what they help us see. I thought the pink underpants was a little strange, but they're just kids afterall!

I'm a little surprised that I didn't notice anyone else had harped on its beautiful cover. The cover is absolutely beautiful with its its pretty sea-mint green background and wonderful illustrations. I always thought the boy's eyes looked more like they belonged to the rabbit...they're huge!

To sum it up, it's a cute story about eyes!

Wonderful book - perfect for our 3 and 2 year old.