Reviews
The familiar tales are told with gentle humor, and Emberley's pencil-and-watercolor illustrations bring personality and life to the animal characters...a solid pick for most picture-book collections., "Emberley's pencil and watercolor spot illustrations bring fresh energy to the classic tales as well as a softening tone: the Hare and the Tortoise race on bicycles (the Hare wears spandex), and the golden-egg laying goose has a button-up chest, ensuring that the farmer doesn't have to use his knife. The jaunty rhymes and theatrical element of adopting a persona should spark enthusiasm from reluctant readers."-- Publishers Weekly, Repeats the earlier books' winning formula...All are retold simply and engagingly and are illustrated with lively spot illustrations., "Children's poet laureate Hoberman is really the master of unforced rhyme ... and Emberley's pencil-and-watercolor illustrations are as consistently spry as the poems."-- The Horn Book, Praise forYou Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Mother Goose Tales to Read Together: "Sure to draw giggles from the most reluctant young readers"-Kirkus "A delightful edition of Mother Goose tales-with a twist"-Children's Literature Praise forYou Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together: * "Delectably illustrated... snappy repartee... suggests dramatic as well as read aloud possibilities" -Horn Book(starred review) Praise forYou Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together: ANew York TimesBestseller * "A delightful choreography of rhythm, rhyme, and repetition that begs to be read aloud." -School Library Journal(starred review) "An exuberant read-aloud collection... Emberley's illustrations capture the liveliness of the poems...beckoning readers to join in and relish the fun." -Kirkus "The energy never flags, neither in Hoberman's trademark bouncy rhythms nor in Emberley's exuberant illustrations" -Booklist, "Repeats the earlier books' winning formula...All are retold simply and engagingly and are illustrated with lively spot illustrations."-- Booklist, Praise for You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Mother Goose Tales to Read Together: "Sure to draw giggles from the most reluctant young readers"- Kirkus "A delightful edition of Mother Goose tales-with a twist"- Children's Literature Praise for You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together: * "Delectably illustrated... snappy repartee... suggests dramatic as well as read aloud possibilities" - Horn Book (starred review) Praise for You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together: A New York Times Bestseller * "A delightful choreography of rhythm, rhyme, and repetition that begs to be read aloud." - School Library Journal (starred review) "An exuberant read-aloud collection... Emberley's illustrations capture the liveliness of the poems...beckoning readers to join in and relish the fun." - Kirkus "The energy never flags, neither in Hoberman's trademark bouncy rhythms nor in Emberley's exuberant illustrations" - Booklist, "The latest installment from [the] wildly successful series...the text is delivered in punchy, color-coded typography that makes abundant use of repetition and rhyme to bring the stories to readaloud life. Emberley's playful illustrations provide fresh interpretations of many of the tales."-- Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books, - A Chicago Public Library 2010 Best of the Best "Children's poet laureate Hoberman is really the master of unforced rhyme ... and Emberley's pencil-and-watercolor illustrations are as consistently spry as the poems.", Emberley's pencil and watercolor spot illustrations bring fresh energy to the classic tales as well as a softening tone: the Hare and the Tortoise race on bicycles (the Hare wears spandex), and the golden-egg laying goose has a button-up chest, ensuring that the farmer doesn't have to use his knife. The jaunty rhymes and theatrical element of adopting a persona should spark enthusiasm from reluctant readers., The latest installment from [the] wildly successful series...the text is delivered in punchy, color-coded typography that makes abundant use of repetition and rhyme to bring the stories to readaloud life. Emberley's playful illustrations provide fresh interpretations of many of the tales., Children's poet laureate Hoberman is really the master of unforced rhyme ... and Emberley's pencil-and-watercolor illustrations are as consistently spry as the poems., "The familiar tales are told with gentle humor, and Emberley's pencil-and-watercolor illustrations bring personality and life to the animal characters...a solid pick for most picture-book collections."-- School Library Journal
