Customer Reviews

Underwear!

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This is a great read-aloud book for kids of all ages! I teach high school, and tell stories as an avocation (yes, I know the two are not mutually exclusive!). When I get to the part where Bismark tries not laugh, I go into hysterics. Little kids love it, high school kids ask to have it read again, and adults have been known to snicker a time or two. It's a good read, and an audience-pleaser. Some food for thought, too. My favorite line is Zachary's: "It is a tragedy to be clever but not happy." Spinoza couldn't have said it better. I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Monsell at a reading conference once. She has made the world a happier place by creating this wonderful story.

My son received this as a gift...I probably wouldn't have chosen it off the shelf. But he has loved this book and laughed over it many times. (It works better when my husband reads it to him -- he's better at the silly noises than I am!)

This book was and is one of our favorite books. As Bismark the buffalo discovers the joy of Underwear, you discover the joy in your child. My daughter and I spent many hours laughing uproariously over this book. Just try not to laugh.

The book, Underwear, captivates the true meaning of underwear. This storyline will keep you reading until the end, and then you'll want to read it again and again. Get lost in the book. And then you will be proud of your tighty whityness.
This book is funnybecause they make animal wear funky underwear.Such as when they said, "Zachary the zebra didn't like buttons or snaps or sleeves or slippers. But he did like underwear". This book also uses many llustrative pictures to help you understand more about the book. Such as when the artist uses alot of colors and illustrations. The author uses rythm and ryme to make reading fun. Such as when they said "snaps or sleeves, or slippers or zippers..."
The writer really captivates the real meaning of underwear. One way of making this book fun to make it funny. He uses great pictures and rythm and ryme to make reading super fun.

How could your child not love a book with characters such as Zachary Zebra, Orfo the Orangutan, Bismark the Buffalo, Igor the Egret and lots of funny underwear? Poor Bismark, he doesn't get to wear any underwear. Or doe he? Lots of alliteration in this very funny little book that your pre-reader will just love for you to read to him. Then later, when he becomes a reader, it'll turn into one of his favorite books. Really, it will.

The story is great for children, but the book itself was not satisfactory. I received it in time for Christmas, but I can not give it as a gift because some of the pages are ripped, the print is off center, and some of the pages are stuck together. It's like Quality Control never looked this one over before it got shipped out.

I don't know who to point fingers at on this one, but I am disappointed!

My daughter's class read this book and the teacher told me that she was so hysterical because she couldn't stop laughing. I decided this was a book we needed to own and it is a very funny book that kids will love to have read to them.

We checked this book out at a military library because we were traveling and needed something to occupy my son. The title is what made me grab the book and I AM NOT disappointed! My son and the other children LOVE it! If you have an animated mind and read the book how it is intended, it can be really funny and makes all the kids laugh. it does read "ha ha ha giggle snort he he..." and so on, but it is what you make it. 5 stars!! Ordering it for the other kids now also

My kindergartners love having this book read to them. They laugh every time the word "underwear" is used. I use it when I teach the letter "u".

Silly and fun - especially for pre-schoolers and kindergarteners. Animals in underwear and animals that won't wear underwear - how silly is that? The artwork is fabulous and really adds to the story.