Hugely popular in both hardcover and board book formats, this fun story--that children will want to sing, chant, read, and clap to--is now available in paperback. Full color.
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From Publishers Weekly
Miss Mary Mack, adapted by Mary Ann Hoberman and illus. by Nadine Bernard Westcott, will have young ones singing along as they watch Mary Mack befriend the elephant and place her "silver buttons, buttons, buttons,/ Down his nose, nose, nose."
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the Board book edition.From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2AStarting on the bright, yellow title page showing a smiling elephant ambling his way out of the zoo past the snoring zookeeper, this lively rendition of the well-known song and playground game is filled with new verses and humorous pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations. Miss Mary is a perky young lady who primps at a pink-skirted vanity table while a newspaper touts "Elephant escapes zoo." The additional verses tell a fuller story of Miss Mary, recounting the elephant's exploits after he jumps the fence and lands in a yard filled with Fourth of July picnickers, and the friendship that ensues between him and the girl. The elephant takes more of center stage with each successive illustration, whether he is soaring through the air, his adroitness belying his size, or landing in a yard, creating an elephant-sized craterAand mess. When the zookeeper finally arrives to retrieve him, Mary begs him to stay, even offering him her silver buttons that soon are no longer down her back but on his trunk. By the end of the story, both Mary and the elephant vault over the fence for 50 cents. This high-flying package of fun, complete with music and hand instructions, will have children clapping along in no time.AJane Marino, Scarsdale Public Library, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I use this in the music classes that I teach. The kids love the part that everyone knows, but the authors have taken it a few steps further by adding additional verses. The verses are charming and make a great addition to this already established children's classic. The illustrations are hysterical and subtle. Make sure that you take time to examine them closely!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Board book
I knew this song was older than the book (1998) but I had no idea it was *so* much older. Evidently the song (or at least the first three stanzas) originally dates back to the Civil War.
With acknowledgment to Wikipedia:
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Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack (name of ship: The Merrimack)
All dressed in black, black, black (ironclad warship)
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons (rivets)
All down her back, back, back (ships are referred to as females)
She asked her mother, mother, mother (the Confederate States of America, i.e., the South)
For fifty cents, cents, cents
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants (symbol of the Republican party, which was the majority of the Union, i.e., the North)
Jump over the fence, fence, fence (boundary line)
They never came back, back, back
Until the fourth of July, July, July (Independence Day)
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The book itself boasts energetic watercolors and of course a memorable rhyme.
Minus half a star for the lack of hand jive clapping instructions, which I believe are included in the non board book version (Miss Mary Mack: A Hand-Clapping Rhyme), and another half star because I would have liked a reference to the history of the song, if only for parents.
With acknowledgment to Wikipedia:
===========================================================
Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack (name of ship: The Merrimack)
All dressed in black, black, black (ironclad warship)
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons (rivets)
All down her back, back, back (ships are referred to as females)
She asked her mother, mother, mother (the Confederate States of America, i.e., the South)
For fifty cents, cents, cents
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants (symbol of the Republican party, which was the majority of the Union, i.e., the North)
Jump over the fence, fence, fence (boundary line)
They never came back, back, back
Until the fourth of July, July, July (Independence Day)
===========================================================
The book itself boasts energetic watercolors and of course a memorable rhyme.
Minus half a star for the lack of hand jive clapping instructions, which I believe are included in the non board book version (Miss Mary Mack: A Hand-Clapping Rhyme), and another half star because I would have liked a reference to the history of the song, if only for parents.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By AFConnors
Format:Paperback
I liked this book, like all of the Hoberman song-story books, but it was a little complicated for the preschoolers I teach. The illustrations are complex and hard for a roomful of little ones to "get" right away,- they often asked me what was going on - and I find that "the simpler the better" is a good rule of thumb for this age group.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
The full song!
I've always known a few verses of this one, but needed to know the entire song/rhyme. Bought this for my 3-1/2 year old twin girls who love it. Read more
Published 14 hours ago by mommy1210
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love the rhythm and the pictures
My 2-year-old loves clapping to this book and looking at the great pictures. So colorful and cute and amazing how such a young child can pick up on rhythms so quickly.
Published 7 days ago by Hillary
3.0 out of 5 stars
not what I thought
I thought this book was something else when I bought it, but it is a cute book. It basically is just the rhyme in story version with fun illustrations
Published 12 days ago by MomBlogger
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great, love it
Love it, love it. I use it at work with the children who just know the first part of the song. Then at home to read to my grandson. Very well illustrated.
Published 1 month ago by rebecca j hardin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Read and SIng Along
Our toddler likes the both the story and the pictures. Very cute. I recommend this book, it is very well done.
Published 1 month ago by Brent R Finley
5.0 out of 5 stars
Miss Mary Mack
This book is engaging, witty and fun for kids whether it's read at home, in the classroom, in the music room or in a library. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Diane Finnestead
5.0 out of 5 stars
LOVE this book!
This is a wonderful book for children of all ages. All my kids love to have it read to them. I love that this book as the music to it so you know how it should be read.
Published 13 months ago by A. Hughes
5.0 out of 5 stars
LOVE this book!
Super cute book!! We love it. My daughter knows the whole book and loves singing it. We are working on the hand clapping...
Published 16 months ago by M. M. Hong
5.0 out of 5 stars
Miss Mary Mack book
The owner of this site is a remarkable person and wonderful to work with. Many thanks for the kindess shown to me my family (military). Read more
Published 17 months ago by Maureen Lister
5.0 out of 5 stars
So cute!
I have given this book for baby present several times. The pictures are charming, and there are so many more fun verses than I knew as a kid.
Published 19 months ago by Paula A. Ress
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