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The Last Noo-Noo

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We have read this book over so many times that I am now having to order a new book. Our original is literally falling apart. I agree with the previous comment about the Granny being negative, but overall the book is very imaginative and captures my kids (9,7,4 and 1)feelings of security when they have their pacifiers. The end of course is the best part for all of us when we read it! The picture of the Noo-Noo tree is just great. This is truely the fantasy of every child that has given up a pacifier! My daughter used to alway's say "I'll take that one, and that one, and that one!" pointing to each of the pacifiers on the tree.

Jill Murphy is quoted on the back cover saying "I haven't enjoyed doing a book so much in years." Her enjoyment is conveyed in this delightful account of a monster pressured to give up his pacifier, who ends up deciding on his own when to give it up. The cover of The Last Noo-Noo caught my attention with the monster with a baleful expression sucking on a pacifier- I knew it would be the perfect book for my daughter who is in the throes of giving up her beloved "boppy". She adored the adventures of Marlon and his "Noo-Noo", and we both laughed at loud when the mother throws the pacifiers away and then he finds more in his secret hiding places. So typical! The resolution of the story with the boppy tree is the highlight off this marevelously entertaining book. We intend on growing some of our own "boppy trees" as my daughter continues to be weaned from her beloved pacifier. As Marlon demonstrates, it is a process and weaning is successful with gentle prompting and encouragement and the child's own desire to be "grown up". Books like this help the process by entertaining children and providing characters with whom they can identify.

The Last Noo-Noo is a humorous and warm account of a monster and his love for his pacifier. The illustrations are terrific. My 1-1/2-year-old treasures this story about his favorite thing. The story has let me introduce issues we will soon be facing when it is time for him to give up his pacifier. The ending is perfect! "A Noo-Noo tree. How ridiculous!"

This book has really neat illustrations, but lacks in story line. Marlon is the monster's name who is encouraged by his granny and mom to quit using his "noo-noo" or pacifier. He does quit by the end, but a bit abruptly.

My two year old has a hard time sitting still for the entire book, which is unusual for her. The book is listed for 4 to 6 year olds, but it uses words like hopeless, drastic, astonished, ridiculous, and dwindled. The language used just seems a little advanced. She also was bothered by the monsters calling the "paci" a "noo-noo".

The thing that really bothered me about the book was the granny was so negative! She says, "he (Marlon) looks ridiculous with that STUPID big thing stuck in this mouth all the time." I don't know about you, but we try not to call anything stupid in our home. I haven't found a great pacifier book yet, but I definitely would not recommend this one for any child under the age of 4.

The whole story is original and entertaining, but the message seems to be that the Marlon gives up his binky because he's almost forced to by circumstance, rather than when he feels like it. Plus the last image is of his noo-noo tree outside, and a noo-noo in his mouth, so it appears to the toddler as though he hasn't really given them up at all. I'm probably nitpicking, but I was disappointed a little.

We were trying to give up our own "Noo-Noo" so this book was perfect for my grandson. He loved reading it over and over again.

A monster family with wonderfully expressive faces --grandma, mom, and son-- gracefully weathers the challenge of giving up pacifiers.