Customer Reviews

Ride a Purple Pelican (Mulberry Books)

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I give this book most of the credit for the fact that my 3 year old was the first in his pre-school class to understand rhyming. It's easy and fun to read with a lot of interesting animals (like kudus) and place names (like Saskatchewan). The beautiful illustrations add to its delight. This is easily my favorite book to read to the kids.

For those who appreciate silliness, whimsey, and the supple flow of language used well, this book is an absolute delight. While many children's book authors try using rhyme in their works, few do it with the gracefulness and sense of sheer fun that poet Jack Prelutsky brings to the form. Add to his words the colorful, kooky draftsmanship of artist Garth Williams, and you've got an instant classic. These ditties combine elegant feel of A. A. Milne's poems with the giddy abandon of good, old-fashioned limericks. Most of all, they are fun to read, and equally fun to listen to... And don't be surprised if you and your kids wind up memorizing a few of them, to recite for years to come. Highly recommended!

Prelutsky's nursery rhymes are just what the young children need for their language development. they include places and artifacts from the American culture that English speaking children can pick up, and second language learners can learn. The first poem my young son, three years old, memorized was Late One Night in Kalamazoo.

The rhymes were a bit tricky to read and I'm not sure if my almost-four-year-old understood them all, but she enjoyed the sing-song sound of them, when I didn't flub reading! She liked the illustrations and I did to, as I have a particular fondness for Garth Williams, who has illustrated some great books from my childhood.

My 2 year old daughter loves the rhymes in this book. They are very simple, and silly which is perfect for age. I love the fact that the author does not hesitate to use longer words and real places (like Saskatoon) in the text to help encourage interest in the world.

My 2 1/2 year old twin grandchildren love this delightful book. The illustrations are charming, and the rhymes are wonderful, simple yet beautiful.

Children absolutely love the silly and melodic rhymes in this special book. It is one that children will save and read to their own children. So sweet, funny and special. I find myself reciting the poems in my head and laughing.

I love this book! The one I got was great condition too. The illustrations are beautiful, and the poems silly, quirky, and sometimes a bit melancholy. I grew up reading this book and my childhood wouldn't have been the same with out. Now that I'm grown I love that I can relive it! :)

My children loved this book: wonderful poetry, rhythm, imagery, and pictures covering a wide geography. This collection is a musical joy for babies & toddlers learning language and an early love of books.

Hands down, there is no better book of poems for children. The colors in its pictures and the sound of its words are precious and impossible to forget.