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Tommy at the Grocery Store

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This is one of the very best children's books I have found. It was recommended by a book store after I asked for rhyming books for my then 3 year old. 3 years later we are STILL reading it, have read it to all his school classes, recommended it to friends, and it's a big favourite.
Great for vocabulary-building, funny, and wonderful illustrations.

This is one of the best children's books I have ever read. My 4 1/2 year old and I laughed out loud reading it. It is lots of fun to read with alliterative rhymes and cute pictures as well as a very funny story. This is a great children's book!

This is my favorite of all the kids books I've read. I love it for the content, the rhyme, the rhythm... and the darling ending. Both of my kids loved this one, and requested it over and over. Some kids books are not so fun to read aloud (e.g. Dr. Seuss' ABC or even the popular Good Night Moon), but I enjoyed reading this one, and even today can recite it by memory. A must have in any child's library!!!

I was given this book by my old neighbor - it was a gift to him, but he gave it to us when they outgrew it. My children were young then and they L O V E D this book... and so did I!!!

I was recently cleaning out an old bookcase and came across the book. My daughter insisted we read it again... we found even MORE hidden things to laugh about this time around! WHAT A GREAT BOOK (for those with a good sense of humor!).

I even went so far as to buy my daughter's friend a copy so that she can read it to HER kids (whenever she has them years from now!)

I give this book ***** (5 stars)

I recieved one of my favorite childhood books "Tommy at the Grocery Store" and quickly opened it. Everything was fine in the book other than a personal message written inside. i dont know if it was written in the description when i bought it or not i did not pay that much attention i was just excited to find the book.

Funny and adorable! Clever rhymes and cute expressions on this poor, unfortunate piggy who gets lost at the grocery and then confused for everything from soda pop to a ruler. Teaches kids how lots of foods and other items have terms in common with human body parts--rulers have feet, soda bottles have a neck, corn has ears, etc. Illustrations are not very modern, but it's very much worth it anyway!

Love it, love it, love it! I own another Bill Grossman book - MY LITTLE SISTER ATE ONE HARE - and absolutely loved it, so I was looking for other Bill Grossman books when I came upon this one. I couldn't believe the selling price of the book. I said to myself, "It must be a fantastic book because at Used, I couldn't find it no less than $40 anywhere." So, just by risk, I bought the book (and paid a pretty hefty price for paperback), and it is worth every penny. I love this book and my kids can't get enough of it. I highly recommend it if you can afford it, if not, try to find it cheaper, because you are really missing out. I would not recommend paying that high of a price for any paperback children's book, but if you have the money, go ahead. It's a collector's and we've all enjoyed it.

I found this book a number of years ago in a remainder bookstore in Britain. My three year old daughter loved it and, what also counts for a lot, I loved reading it to her as well. Wonderful ideas and beautifully written. I lost the book in a house move and am over the moon to have found a copy again.

this book is fun to read to children, and it has wonderful illustrations. Very humorous. Tommy is mistaken for various items - banana, table, potato. He's purchased by customers at the grocery store, but returned each time, until finally "a beautiful lady", his piggy mother, comes to rescue him. My two sons, now 5 and 9, have loved this book for years, and we often to read it out loud together.