Customer Reviews

Poppleton

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My daughter loves these books, and always asks me to find more. They combine a quirky personality with good solid values, giving food for discussion as well as a chance to laugh together. The language is also quite simple and so my daughter is attempting to read it herslef.

Warmly recommended.

This book is wildly funny. My son, who is in kindergarten and just started reading, adored it. He's read all of the Poppleton books now and hope they keep coming. Extremely original and entertaining (Even for Mom!) I think the reviewers missed the boat on this one. Brevity is the soul of wit, and here's proof.

I love reading this book to my son, who just got out of kindergarten. I think it is very funny, and so did my mother when reading it to him one night babysitting! "Yoo Hoo! Poppleton!" calls Cherry Sue over and over, and then the chapter on "The Pill" was especially funny too. My son loves the way I read it making all the different voices and expressions, it really is a joy, grab this one, good for both girls and boys.

After being utterly charmed by the Mr. Putter and Tabby series, we found the Poppleton books by the same author and now cannot get enough! Both my six year old and my three year old sons adore these books. The illustrations are beautiful and make the animal characters real and expressive. And the stories are wonderful and appealing to children. Very warmhearted. A delight to read aloud and fun for beginning readers too.

This book is wildly funny. My son, who is in kindergarten and just started reading, adored it. He's read all of the Poppleton books now and hope they keep coming. Extremely original and entertaining (Even for Mom!)

We are 2nd graders at the Anna Merritt Elementary School in Lockport, NY. We have read the Poppleton books with Ms. F. Our names are M. and J. Our favorite book is Poppleton. The characters are Poppleton, Fillmore, Hudson, and Cherry Sue. M. liked the part when Poppleton grew the tree. J. liked the part when Poppleton had a cold. We hope Cynthia Rylant writes many more Poppleton books!

Poppleton is not to be missed by the 4-8 set. Or anyone, really. I work in a children's bookstore and find myself recommending these books often. All of the small story collections (I believe there are 5) are guffawingly funny yet perfectly spare works of art. Cynthia Rylant and Mark Teague are the perfect writer-illustrator comedy duo. The characters--from Cherry Sue the llama, Hudson the mouse, to the heavily-foibled Poppleton himself-- are original, perfectly rendered, charming, and distinct from one another. The stories achieve an almost Frog & Toad haiku brilliance, with great lessons about honesty, friendship, and hubris. These can be read easily by beginning readers, but are best read aloud by an adult with decent comedic timing.

Though there isn't a dud story in the bunch, one of the most memorable is the time Poppleton visits a mattress store to purchase a new mattress. He decides he must test the mattresses out, and lies down, belly up. The long suffering saleslady (a hilariously drawn crotchety cat in pearls and pince nez ) is asked to provide an increasingly ridiculous list of items by Poppleton to recreate his home environment so that he can make an informed decision. With mounting annoyance, she hauls over a magazine, some crackers, a television... Poppleton's last request, touchingly, is "Bluebirds. I need bluebirds." Perfect.

My two-year-old loves this book and repeatedly asks us to read it to her. The stories are fun and Poppleton himself is just adorable.

This is our first introduction to Poppleton. My son and I both love him. There are three short stories in this book (Neighbors, The Library, and The Pill). They are all very entertaining. We especially love "Neighbors" where Poppleton cannot control himself and sprays his neighbor with the hose. The picture in this scene is hilarious and actually makes both of us laugh out loud. My five year old son has requested more of these books, which is about the highest praise you can get from a reader. I would highly recommend this book due to the nice bed time length of the stories, the lovely illustrations, and the comical life of the pig named Poppleton. Happy reading!!

I love Poppleton! When he slathered chapstick on his snout during the dry parts (of his book), I laughed for hours. The illustrations really express the writer's thought and deliver the punchlines beautifully. Poppleton, unlike so many other cheesy kid's books, is one book I don't mind reading over and over and over. I laugh like an idiot every time!