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Mr. Pine's Mixed-Up Signs

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Written and illustrated by Leonard Kessler, Mr. Pine's Mixed-Up Signs is a delightful and highly recommended storybook for beginning readers. When the sign maker Mr. Pine loses his glasses, he mixes up where the signs should go. A classic that has is now again made available to a new generation of young readers with this 40th Anniversary edition, Mr. Pine's Mixed-Up Signs is an hilarious and thoroughly fun book for young folks!

Mr. Pine's Purple House was my favorite book growing up and when I found it on Amazon it also recommended this one. I didn't have it growing up but I did get it from the library so I bought this one too. My kids love them both and we read them often.

Mr. Pine loses his glasses and gets the town's signs all mixed up! Funny!

I'm glad this book is available again for me to share with my children. As an adult it is still my favorite. I have been looking for this book for years and today I received it as a Birthday gift. I highly recommend Mr Pine's Mixed Up Sign's for everyone. IT'S A MUST HAVE. Buy it and you (the adult) and your children will enjoy for mnany years.

I actually have the original edition of this book in all it's yellowed glory. My parents gave me heaps of my childhood books after my son was born and this has become one of his favorites. I am thrilled to find it in a new edition so that the old one can be left to rest before it completely falls apart.
The text of this book is so well done for beginning readers, with lots of word repetition. Also, I think the signage helps children to recognize words by their shape before they are able to actually read. My 3 year old can read the "stop", "go", "fast" and "slow" signs along with a few others just because he recognizes thier shapes and colors.
I'm excited to see what other beloved books of my childhood will make a comeback. This is a delight!

I had read this book as a child, loved it and remembered it. Four years ago when my son was of reading age, I found it used and am very happy to see it re-published. This author is a treasure to be enjoyed by all ages.

I am so glad that I found this book and now get a chance to share it with my sons. It was my favorite growing up.

Read this in paperback as a grammar scholl student.
Still appreciate the book today!

This was one of my favorite books from childood (late 60s/early 70s)! What a blast from the past! I'm so glad that it is now available for a new generation of kids.

I did not realize until recently that the humor is not lost on adults.

I highly recommend this book for all children! It's so innocent and would be a welcome change of pace from all the grown-up stuff that kids have to deal with at earlier and earlier ages.

Of all the stories we hear/read as a kid, some we remember more than others. When I was a kid, I didn't understand why this book would remain so vividly in my memory for more than 30 years, but now I know.

The rhythm of the book is upbeat and enjoyable. While the graphics lack lustre, looking deeply in them reveals a whole layer of humor that is best understand as an adult. For example, The mixed up sign over the mayor's office said this way to the zoo, and the mixed up sign over the bank read bread.

I use this book to read to my 8th grade students to promote critical thinking and deeper understanding. I read it to my 4 year old daughter for the light and entertaining story. I'm glad the story is still around for the next generation to benefit from.

My son LOVED this book as a child and I thought I kept it, but I couldn't find it to give my new grandson. So I bought the 40th anniversary edition.

This is missing the "old flavor". Unfortunately this edition is printed in China and I found the pages are hard to turn. I had to keep looking at the page numbers to make sure I didn't ship any pages. As a result I bought a used version online and all is well now.

It's unfortunate we had to go oversees to print an ALL-AMERICAN book.