It Looked Like Spilt Milk (Paperback)

~ Charles G. Shaw (Author, Illustrator) "Sometimes it looked like a Rabbit..." (more)
Key Phrases: Spilt Milk

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Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (June 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064431592
• ISBN-13: 978-0064431590
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,761 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw, March 21, 2006

By	E. Gunnells (Asheville NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: It Looked Like Spilt Milk (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.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It looks simple, but children love it., January 19, 2000

By A Customer

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.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good for either ESL class or music class, April 17, 2003

By	Robertson Thomas (Hapcheon, Gyeongnam, South Korea) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: It Looked Like Spilt Milk Board Book (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."