She Sells Seashells: A Tongue Twister Story (Hello Reader!, Level 3) (Paperback)

~ (Author), Patricia Hammel (Author, Illustrator) "There are funny tongue twister in this story..." (more)
Key Phrases: pickled peppers, Peter Piper, Silly Sally, Betty Botter

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Product Description

Silly Sally and her Seashells, Peter Piper and his pickled peppers, and Betty Botter and her butter batter get together in an entertaining, tongue-challenging collection of twisters.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback
• Publisher: Scholastic (May 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590265849
• ISBN-13: 978-0590265843
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #227,555 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pre-reading skills, March 21, 2007

By	Learning Abilities Books - See all my reviews

I don't think of tongue twisters as books for beginning readers. I see them as books for developing pre-reading skills. That includes listening and speaking and just having fun with words. As pre-reading skills develop, talk about the initial sounds in words such as she sells seashells. Using this example, when the child is ready to learn the sound made by the letter "s," the child already knows delightful examples of the sound itself. I think there is an alphabet book of tongue twisters. I'm not sure of the name. I think books such as this one should be used before alphabet books.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Tongue Twister Book for Children - a review of "She Sell Seashells", November 28, 2006

By	Pam Tee "Harmless" - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

I wrote in one of my reviews about how somewhere in the early years the humor gene just seems to turn on and little children become interested in knock-knock jokes and the like. Apparently, this same gene or a kindred one creates an interest in tongue twisters. My daughter can't seem to get enough, and now the whole family sits around reading them and laughing ourselves silly.

Thus, I am more enthusiastic about this book than the teacher-reviewer who gave it only three stars. While I agree with her that it's a challenge, it's such a fun and such a different sort of book from the usual ones, that I think it deserves four stars.

Some of the tongue twisters included are: She Sells Seashells, Peter Piper (picks a peck), Woodchuck, Betty Botter (bough a bit of bitter butter), and a host of smaller ones like: Six Sick Sheep.

The twist provided by this author is that she combines them into a single storyline. Thus Silly Sally (of seashell fame) has a picnic with Peter Piper where upon they see "Five Fat Frogs Flying Fast". Whether it really works as a literary device is besides the point; it provides words that children can either read themselves, or to which they can listen.

Four Stars. Nice Read-aloud. Okay art. Most first graders won't be able to read this, but they will have a blast with the tongue twisting anyway.

3.0 out of 5 stars She Sells Seashells by the Seashore, July 14, 2000

By	Angela Glassett (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This easy reader book may not be such an easy reader. I have used this book with students in my class and they have found it difficult and confusing to read because of the tongue twisters. I would not recommend this book for first grade students. This book because of it's tongue twister contents must be used with experienced, confident readers. This book uses letter repetition which combines single consonant sounds with blends. For example sea and shell. The s is a single sound and the sh is a blend. The story can be very entertaining for more experienced readers. Students find it funny and like practicing trying to say the tongue twisters out loud. This book could be used as a read aloud with younger children.