Be prepared. Reading this book is addictive. Read it once and you have to read it again. Read it twice and you want to read it again. Read it three times--and you know it by heart. Whatever your age, you will find yourself chanting it wherever you go. So get on board this is an unforgettable train ride, and the ticket is in your hand!
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From Publishers Weekly
Originally published as "The Baby Goes to Boston," this poem written by the late Richards in the early 1900s will send toddlers happily off to slumber. Williams (Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck) takes an impressionistic approach in his watercolors as he pictures a youngster drifting off to sleep. Familiar images from the child's room break into the reverie as the child dreams of being a passenger aboard a toy train that flies above an enchanted landscape. To the accompaniment of Richards's locomotive rhythms, stuffed animals come alive and gleeful trees run over a field of giant colored pencils, "each chasing t'other one." As the "locomo" cheers its refrain, "Jiggle joggle, jiggle joggle, jiggle joggle jee!" the smokestack responds, "Loky moky poky stoky smoky choky chee!" The repetitive rhymes will have youngsters just beginning to play with language confidently chanting along. Williams's watercolors are stunners, densely colored yet shimmering with light, and effortlessly balance the reality of the toddler's bedroom with the fantasy of imaginative play. Ages 2-up.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-This illustrated version of a poem written in the early 1900s about a fanciful train ride is repetitive and makes extensive use of onomatopoeia and nonsense words. However, the rhyme is forced and not very appealing. "Will the little baby go/Riding with the locomo?/Loky moky poky stoky/smoky choky/chee!" It was originally intended as a lap-sit with the parent bouncing an infant in time to the rhyme, and the transition to a picture book simply does not work. The watercolor illustrations are overly busy and hard for young children to follow, and the picture of trees with faces chasing the train is bizarre. Stick with Eugene Field's Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (1995), illustrated by Johanna Westerman, or Shari Halpern's Hush Little Baby (1997, both North-South) for poems to read at bedtime.
Sheilah Kosco, Rapides Parish Library, Alexandria, LA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Sheilah Kosco, Rapides Parish Library, Alexandria, LA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Jiggle joggle jee!,
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This review is from: Jiggle Joggle Jee! (Hardcover)
Who says poetry is boring? This is a nice way to introduce little ones to poetry. The illustrations will appeal to babies and toddlers in particular, as will the light-hearted nonsense verse. "Jiggle joggle, jiggle joggle, jiggle joggle jee!"
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Jiggle Joggle - fun with words!,
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This review is from: Jiggle Joggle Jee! (Library Binding)
My son is almost two and requests this book often! Though he can't pronounce the words very well, he seems to really love the playfulness and repetition of the words. It's a fun book (and a tongue-twister for parents) and a great thing to bring out the silliness in all of us. I'd highly recommend it.
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adored by my 2 and 4 y o children,
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This review is from: Jiggle Joggle Jee! (Hardcover)
This adaptation of the old poem "Jiggle Joggle Jee" follows tots on an imaginatary ride on a toy train. This rollicking rhyme trips off the tongue and charms young readers. Very good for building phonemic awareness and letting children complete the sentences due to predictable text. The pictures are not as snappy as the writing, but the kids liked the bright watercolors and cute baby faces just fine.
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