Book Description Review “Good fun for all little ninjas and their parents.” —Kirkus Reviews“This book does a wonderful job of demonstrating how a child’s imagination can turn any ordinary experience into a rollicking adventure.” —School Library Journal Read more About the Author Todd Tarpley is the author of a number of picture books, including Three Grumpy Trucks, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees; How to Become a Knight, illustrated by Jenn Harney; Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!, illustrated by John Rocco; and Ten Tiny Toes, illustrated by Marc Brown. He lives in New York City. Visit him online at www.toddtarpley.com.Vin Vogel is the author-illustrator of A Home for Leo, The Thing About Yetis, and Bedtime for Yeti. He is also the illustrator of a number of books, including the Bob and Joss series by Peter McCleery and Maddi’s Fridge by Lois Brandt, which won a Christopher Award. Vin lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he can be found with his two cats and his single-fin surfboards. Learn more about Vin at www.vinvogel.com. Read more Customers Review: It’s not a bad read, the dialog is nice and linear and makes sense and has a good rhythm, unlike “Tough Tug” and “Eraser” and other Kindle First kid books that have words all over the page with no discernable order.It kept the 2-year-old’s attention and wasn’t painful for me to read.But… It teaches your kid that it’s totally ok to ignore your parent, kick them, flood the bathroom, jump between bathroom fixtures, and dump out all the bubble bath, and your spineless parent really just needs to chill out and have fun with you.I guess it’s in the name of the book, but there you go. There’s no lesson about not being naughty. The dad just learns a lesson about letting his naughty child do whatever he wants.
The critics (aka my 8-year old niece and 6-year old nephew) have spoken. The boy gave the the book a score of 102 and the girl added an extra 10 billion. It’s safe to say they both enjoyed this book. Warning: this is not a bedtime story. It is a fun, high energy book. They both liked looking for exclamation marks and bold print, then very loudly reading those parts along with me. Also, the artwork is perfecto (according to the girl). All this considered, this story has earned its place in our family library.
I’m not sure how I feel about this Free Kindle First picture book for children. On one hand it portrays a message about learning to appreciate and join in the world of childlike make believe, while on the other hand it gives a negative self image message with the child labeling himself as naughty. I couldn’t quite reconcile the two of them together.
Finally! A First Reads book that’s been worth the read. It has flow, it has action, it’s grammatically correct, it has entertaining illustrations, it has imagination . . . and it’s Fun to read. This is going to be one Little Bit will want read over and over until I’m on the verge of changing my review to “Please, no more!”I kind of want to sneak up on my husband in the kitchen now and make him laugh with my ninja moves! Hiiii yah! That’s how much I enjoyed this book.
This was a fun one to read to my kiddos and my kids loved it too! Thanks for the freebie, Amazon!
this was an Amazon 1st …think that is the right word? any who .. I have always wanted to be a Ninja … or at least the things u know of them .. they seem very healthy, able to move so quiet, well great ease, so amazing. such a cute awesome book. great visual art (doodles, i never mean harm by saying that word) but the drawings are just fun!! fun times.
This was a cute story that was well received by all three of my children. A good choice for rambunctious children.
I got the opportunity to read this eBook via Amazon Prime. Great graphics from cover to cover. I really like the artwork and how it puts real meaning to the words.Great title, great graphics and the story-line was a good read. Good bed-time reading for the children.I am curious now to go and download it to my Kindle book and see how different it is versus the Amazon Cloud Reader. |
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