A book that is so charming and so beautifully illustrated that it is a pleasure for every reader. Preschoolers and early readers will especially enjoy discovering the hidden world of a tiny insect. Ralphina is a young roly-poly, living in the garden of a family with a little boy. Ralphina asks her mother how she can get the little boy to be her friend. Once they meet, Ralphina tells Alec all about roly-polies. The book is both fun and educational.
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Claudia Chandler holds a master's degree in elementary education, is an artist of oil paintings, a photographer of nature and is a passionate gardener of thousands of flowers in her Olathe, Kansas home. It is this combination of creative endeavors, along with her experience and passion of educating children, that has brought her to this most exciting and rewarding career - writing and illustrating books for children.
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10 stars Rare and wonderful and here is why....,
By MotherLodeBeth "MotherLodeBeth" (Sierras of California) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE)
This review is from: Ralphina, the Roly-Poly (Hardcover)
Rare and Wonderful because....
Its is a book that is great for those who read to children as well as for children who can read themselves The illustarations are not only vivid but they are so well done that as you or the child reads, you pause and see things hidden in the illustrations, be it the number of leaves, their texture, the other animal life, or the flower pots on a porch. The child gets math from the book, because they or the reader can pause and count leaves, trees, flowers, roly poly, sea life. This means you are taking the time to savor the book and not just get thru the book. There is science, because the book explains how roly poly is related to crabs and lobsters. The roly poly is a girl and the human is a boy. So both girls and boys will find the book fun. And they are both lonely and somewhat bored, so the book encourages each of them to think outside the box and find something fun to do, that doesnt cost money. The book shows how beautiful and varied the colours are around us outside. Like on the Who Knew pages, we read of the seven colours a rainbow has and is actually a circle but we only see half of the circle. Or that Roly Polies act as composting tools because they eat dead or decaying plants. And they roll up into a ball because of a special reason. You have to read the book to find out. Even I as an adult couldnt put the book down, which means as a Grandma this book will be read over and over and over.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderfully Creative & A Most Educational Children's Book That Your Child Will Love!,
By Sheila Chilcote-Collins "Sheila Renee Chilcot... (Collinswood, Van Wert, OH USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Ralphina, the Roly-Poly (Hardcover)
Call this little garden dwelling creature what you will - Roly Poly, Sow Bug, Pill Bug or Potato Bug. Whatever you call them, this book will become a favorite of young boys and girls alike. With fabulous, very colorful illustrations, a charming story of friendship, and a bit of science thrown in, this children's book has it all.
In this beautiful hardbound book, starting from the cute author's greeting on the front jacket dust cover, through the quaint and unique story of new found friendship between a little boy named Alec and Ralphina, the Roly-Poly, to the end of the book which has scientific facts about the Roly-Poly and rainbows, this book is one that my granddaughter begs me to read over and over to her. The text of the story flows and reads quite effortlessly, the characters are fresh and new, the very colorful illustrations are quite beautiful, and the educational information really engages children which is always a plus. I plan to read Ralphina, The Roly-Poly this summer to a group of children at our public library along with bringing a jar of these fascinating creatures for the children to see and ask questions about. This is truly a great and unique book. The material is so fresh and new. It is a cherished book for my granddaughter and no doubt will be to many other children as well... Happy Reading!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
THIS ONE HAS JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING GOING FOR IT!,
This review is from: Ralphina, the Roly-Poly (Hardcover)
Many, many years ago, my mother first introduced me to the little grayish creatures we called Roly-Polies. I literally spent hours as a little one searching these little creatures out and playing with them. You can imagine my delight when I received this truly remarkable little book for children on the subject of one of my childhood friends.
Ralphina, a Roly-Poly lives in a nice garden with her mother. She is lonely and wants to make friends with the little boy who lives in the house. This is a very simple little story of friendship and at the same time is a wonderful nature lesson for children, and I must admit, adults too. The book is targeted for children from 4 to 8 but with this particular work I should think that the age limit could be expanded somewhat in either direction. This work has a lot going for it. Not only is the story delightfully sweet, it is well written and completely understandable. The art work is some of the best I have seen in this year's crop of children's books, with bright bold colors that are truly eye catching. You can tell by the quality and detail of the illustrations that the author certainly enjoys what she does, and this shows on every page throughout. The book is absolutely perfect for reading to a group of children as the pictures are bold and go with the text perfectly. They can be easily be seen at a distance. As a matter of fact, like all children's books I review, this one was kid tested. I read it to a kindergarten class (a group of 23 very hardcore literary critics, I can tell you) and to a class of first graders who where even more sophisticated in their reading taste. I received rave reviews from both groups and in fact was asked for a second reading. This one would also make a perfect bed time read, or a read from grandma or grandpa's lap, for that matter. In addition, the author has been rather sneaky and has actually inserted many wonderful facts about these amazing little critters. The children are actually getting a very good natural history lesson and will come away from the experience much wiser in the ways of nature. I suspect that a lot of parents and teachers will too, even though they might not want to admit it. So we have a book that teaches the children about friendship, about being ones own self and a story of gentleness and acceptance. We also have a very good biology lesson and the author has also slipped in a neat little lesson about the colors of the rainbow, which not only covers what a rainbow is, but gives a very nice little art lesson as to colors. While the book is 32 pages long, it is the type of story that you can read over and over and over again to your child without getting absolutely glassy eyed and sick of the thing. I noted that each time I went through it that I spied some new detail in the paintings that I had missed before. Really, what more could you want? As an added bonus, I loved the way the little boy was so inquisitive and above all, gentle. This is a hard covered book and the binding appears to be very good. The pages are of glossy paper. This is type of book that can stand up to rough handling and still be in good enough shape to pass on to the next generation. I strongly suspect that we will be seeing much more from this author down the road. I do highly recommend this work.
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