The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. Is it a rabbit, a bird, or just spilt milk? Children are kept guessing until the surprise ending -- and will be encouraged to improvise similar games of their own.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By E. Gunnells
Format:Hardcover
I am a children's librarian, with many years' experience with preschool storytimes. This is a classic concept book, and one of my favorites. As a read-aloud, I like it better than Eric Carle's more recent Little Cloud. The repetition not only engages the children, it makes it easy for them to respond successfully. "It looked like ..." gives them a chance to identify the shape, with no wrong answers, because the next phrase is "But it wasn't a wasn't a ..." for all. By the time the last page revals that "It was just a cloud in the sky" most of them have guessed,and are pretty proud of themselves. It might be too long for many groups (he wrote it for a pre-television audience) but it is easy to skip pages or speed up. Makes a great feltboard using quilt batting.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Board book
Since the text follows a simple pattern, the book is good for teaching English as a foreign language. Here in Korea, I have had students ask me to read it again.
It is also good for a lesson on spoken intonation. The children enjoy playing the xylophone on C-E-A-G-G-G while I read "but it wasn't spilt milk."
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
My 2 year-old son first read this book at daycare. He loved it, and his teacher recommended I buy it for him. The drawings are simple, and the rhyme is repetetive, but it is a story that is very easy for children to join in on "reading." It also teaches toddlers new words like "squirrel" and "ice cream cone" that other books for this age group do not contain.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
great idea, so-so execution
I think this book had a lot of potential to inspire kids' imaginations, but it's just too simple and isn't done in a provocative way.
Published 4 days ago by Laropa L.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love this product
The kids love this book. The kids response to this book was wonderful. I made the characters out of puppets.
Published 18 days ago by Patrina Bush
5.0 out of 5 stars
An activity read-aloud
As a former school librarian, this was one of my favorite read-alouds. Since I liked to involve my students in story-time, before showing or reading the book, I would hand out a... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Sandra McKinley
5.0 out of 5 stars
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product is great, condition was below average. My daughter teaches pre-school and is using this book for her class. Read more
Published 3 months ago by gopanthers
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful Book for Kids and Grandma's
I love this book! I purchased it first for my oldest granddaughter about 7 years ago. My 4-year-old grandson saw it and we read it. He fell in love with the book too. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Debra L. Mauldin
5.0 out of 5 stars
It was great!
I recommend this book because it's like there's a whole bunch of pictures in the sky and then in the end it turned out to be a cloud in the sky. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Rocky Mountain Third Grade
5.0 out of 5 stars
Grand Loved it.
Bought as a gift and was like by the 3 year old that got it. Our grand daughter 18 said when she saw it again that it was her favorite book ever.
Published 8 months ago by ken
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great creative book for children!
I use this book to lead a creative thinking project with my second grade art students. It's a great way to teach children about organic shapes as well as creative/imaginative... Read more
Published 16 months ago by lmattner
5.0 out of 5 stars
My 3 year old LOVES this book
I purchased this book because they had it at a daycare center that my daughter was enrolled it. At the time she was two and had memorized it and read it to her classmates. Read more
Published 16 months ago by USMCspouse25
1.0 out of 5 stars
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
I did not receive the product that I ordered. It was advertised as a big book for classroom use, but when I received it, it was a regular sized book.
Published on March 23, 2011 by Megan
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