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On Top of Spaghetti: Let Me Read, Level 3

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I love to read this book with children. They love books that are sung to them (this uses the tune of "On top of Old Smoky"). The kids love to anticipate what is coming next, whether it is the first time reading it, or the 100th! I like to add things to each page (like eating the meatballs, or really giving a good fake sneeze on the appropriate pages) and the kids really get into that, too! This was a song and book I recalled from my own childhood, and the one and only book I HAD to get my son when he was born. I have since given it to other children, and it has become a favorite of theirs, too. It's a great book, and a great song they can learn and sing for fun, even when they are not looking at the book itself. It's just plain F-U-N!

This meatball adventure is a fun read. Great for a kids imagination. The illustrations are wonderfully colorful and detailed.

I am a creative arts educator who does everything from teaching music and movement classes to doing library story times to children of all ages. This book is an absolute MUST HAVE for anyone who does read aloud time with children. And if the storyteller happens to be a "ham" as I am (I do a lot of community theatre) then all the better. Reading this book out loud is as much fun (if not more) for the reader as it is for the listeners! And let me add that Paul Brett Johnson's "Little Bunny Foo Foo" is another book you should have in your arsenal! These books are so very much fun to read, and the added plus of being able to teach the songs and make the stories interactive with the children is a nice touch!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!

Our 2 year old and 3 year old LOVE this book. They ask to read it several times a day and sing the song all the time. Our 3 year old wants to purchase a copy for his preschool class. I have given this book as gifts and every child loves it as much as our children. You can't go wrong with this book!!!

Our little guy loves this book. He asks us to read/sing it to him multiple times a day. The story is combined with verses from the song in a folk kinda way. The pictures are big and colorful. At the end of the book is the complete song and notes. On the back of the book is a recipe for Yodler - Jone's spaghetti and meatballs. We haven't made the recipe so I can't be a food critic.

Johnson's engaging and humorous illustrations are once again paired with a kid-friendly story in his newest release. The animals who tell this action-packed story are the main attraction in Johnson's glorious, detailed, colorful, and animated tale of a hound-dog maitre d'/cook who loses his meatball ("when somebody sneezed")! This book, along with Johnson's previous, award-winning books, is a real hit with young children and works great with group story-time readings since a sing-a-long is included in the back of the book. Johnson has written and illustrated another winner!!

My son LOVES this book! He has memorized the 'Spaghetti' song and has a lot of fun singing it. Mom also enjoys reading this book. It is written in a way which is fun, silly and enjoyable to read. We also love the illustrations!

Here is the story of the classic children's song "On Top of Spaghetti".
For those who don't remember the words, it goes something like this:

"On Top of Spaghetti all covered with cheese.
I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed!
It rolled off the table and onto the floor
And then my poor meatball rolled out of the door."

Yodeler, the dog, wants to get more customers into his restaurant. He invents this new kind of meatball which promptly rolls away when... you guessed it, someone sneezes!

So Yodeler chases the meatball around town. And the poor meatball has a very unhappy ending.

"It rolled in the garden and under a bush.
And then my poor meatball was nothing but mush."

But, wait! Something else comes out of that mush. If you want to know how the story REALLY ends, you should definitely buy this book.

Recommended for children 3-8.

I love this book because it teaches my little girl of 3 years the basics of words in english (she spoke spanish), it has a very easy way for little children to understand the letters and words, and also helps them to read. I really recommend it

I have a 2 yr old daughter that absolutely loves this book! Her teachers read it in school and all of the kids love it! The song is especially funny and always makes for a good laugh when she's having a bad day.....