Customer Reviews

Snowie Rolie (Rolie Polie Olie)

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Our daughter loves the book "Rolie Polie Olie" (even without having seen the cable show!), and so I was happy to see a new, winter-themed book. I ordered it without much thought or research--what a mistake! The story is, in a word, lame. The enchanting rhymes of the first book are gone, there's not much continuity in the story, and the bond between Mr. Snowie and the kids is stated, but never shown. Why should they cry when he leaves? Klanky Klaus is a cool name, but why not give him some personality? There are so many whys, particularly when everything else I've ever read by Joyce has been so brilliant. He can't possibly have written this, and I'm shocked he even okayed its publication. It seems like a rush job (might I call it a snow job? :-) ) that Disney tossed out there in time for the Christmas season. It's the first children's book I've ever returned. I even stopped a woman in a bookstore who was carrying it and told her to buy Ezra Jack Keats's "The Snowy Day" instead if she was looking for a winter picture book. This book made me that mad. Bring back the real William Joyce!!

The book "Snowie Rolie" by William Joyce is a very creative book for children. It sets there imagination off. The set is very aesthetic setting with cute characters. The rhyming and fun use of words, I think, captures the childrens attention and makes them like the book even more. I didnt have Rolie Polie Olie as a kid but my niece loves it. I think its a wonderful book for children.

My 2 year old son loves anything with Rolie Polie Olie. William Joyce's hardbound picture books are the best of the collection. The other board books are cute, and tough, but the picture books truly show off the great technique used to illustrate the books. This one uses fun language as well, and a friendship message to tell the story. I love the way names of things are changed, like "Klanky Klaus" for Santa... it makes reading these books aloud a lot of fun. I highly recommend Sleepytime Olie and the original Rolie Polie Olie picture books as well.

Although my 3-year-old daughter loves the original "Rolie Polie Olie" book and the drawings in this one are just as lovely. overall I was disappointed. Especially since the nice rhymes are missing. And the story is a little hard to follow.

If you have a kid that is 5 or 6 this is the book for him or her.
They would like how the sun burns out and if your child has an imagination then its perfect. I liked it because it proves that the author has a really good imagination.

The Olie family books are fantastic!! Purchased this book for X'mas last year & throughout the entire year, my 4 year old loves to hear it and even finishes the sentences. The vibrant colors are magnficant!

My kids love Rolie Polie Olie and the first book is a household favorite and when I saw Snowie Rolie right before Christmas I just had to get it. I didn't read it until later, after my daughter had opened it. The illustrations are as charming as ever and the plot is cute enough but the text is definitely lacking. There is no rhyme, no flow, no beat. It just is not enjoyable to read, if it didn't have such great illustrations it would be a total loss. Sigh. Please tell Mr. Joyce we want the rhymes back!

I made the mistake of buying this book for my son and my nephew without reading it first. What a disappointment. My son has loved the original Rolie book from the start. It was a must-read every night for close to a year. But he never chooses Snowie Rolie from his stack of Christmas books- I think he's had me read it a total of 2-3 times.

If Joyce wrote this book, then I won't be buying his future works. I guess he sold his reputation and his soul for the big dollars- shame on him! Actually, I don't think anybody "wrote" it at all-I suspect this book is a sloppy adaptation of a Christmas TV episode.

Much time was spent on the graphics, which are as cute as those in the original "Rolie" book. But there was no attention paid at all to the language, or even the story line. It's very disjointed- events on one page don't even flow to the next. The story seems almost random. I have to conclude that they selected specific pretty or memorable frames from a TV production and then tried to tie them together with some text. An unimaginative person sat there and probably said "we need an analog to the "rolie polie rhumba dance" and then spat out "they did the chilly cha cha". Totally uninspired. I really have the impression that the text was edited for grammar and typesetting errors and that nobody ever sat and wondered if the story was good or whether it even made sense.

For years we have loved the original "Rolie" book: the language is wonderful, the illustrations enchanting, and the moralistic story is perfect too. The original Rolie Polie Olie book certainly qualifies as a great piece of children's literature- but don't be confused by this pale imitation.

Again - We love the book titled "rolie olie polie" but the two books I purchased are not rhyming books and quite frankly not that great - we are disappointed!

WE LIKED THE COLORFUL EYE CANDY FUN EASY SIMPLY PLEASURE THAT THESE BOTS BRING WHEN U ENTER INTO THEIR WORLD BY BOOK OR TV OR DVD!!! WISH ALL HUMAN KIDS WERE BEING RAISED AS WELL....