Editorial Review
The important thing about The Important Book -- is that you let your child tell you what is important about the sun and the moon and the wind and the rain and a bug and a bee and a chair and a table and a pencil and a bear and a rainbow and a cat (if he wants to). For the important thing about The Important Book is that the book goes on long after it is closed.What is most important about many familiar things -- like rain and wind, apples and daisies -- is suggested in rhythmic words and vivid pictures. 'A perfect book . . . the text establishes a word game which tiny children will accept with glee.' -- K.
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Customer Reviews
Interesting read 
2007-11-11
I like this book for its simplicity and thoughtfulness. The pictures are nice and it's fun to read!
Simple yet wonderful 2007-09-09
I used this book in my 5th grade classroom as a get-to-know-you activity the first week of school. We read the book and then talked about the pattern that the book has for each page. Then I had them create an important book page for themselves using the pattern from the book. Later that week, I had them make an important for school based on things related to school. They put them all together for their own personal books that parents read during open house.
AWESOME 2007-09-03
This is a cute book. I read it to my first graders but they really didnt get it. Yet, I read it again and they totally got it! Personally, I love this book.... Every child should read and/or have this book read to him/her.
One of my child's very favorites 2007-07-24
The important thing about "The Important Book" is that my 2-year-old son loves it.
It is true that it made of paper, and is beautifully illustrated, and tells about wind and grass and snow and more, and sometimes makes Daddy-the-ex-English-teacher cringe a bit when it uses "has a grassy smell" to describe grass, and my little boy quotes from it liberally, six times a day, and that when we lost it, we had to buy another copy the next day because he missed it so.
But the important thing about "The Important Book" is that my 2-year-old son loves it!
Awesome Children's Book 2007-05-30
Everybody needs this book. It is a great addition to your collection. There are so many writing activities that you can incorporate into this book for young children. I love it. Thanks so much.
Makes us think 
2008-07-17
We read this book every once in a while, and we think of something new each time.
It's not that we necessarily agree that the only important thing about an apple is its roundness, nor that the only important thing about the sky is its color, it's that we use these statements as a way to jumpstart conversations.
We read, then we ask - do you think that? If yes, then why? If no, then why not, what *is* the most important thing? Why do you think she thinks this is important? When something doesn't match her description, is it no longer the sky, no longer an apple, no longer a shoe? Why or why not?
Any book can ultimately be used to start a conversation, but we happen to find that this book is particularly good for it - even after several readings.
Simply Wonderful 2008-07-05
A simple book about what is important about things such as grass, rain, a spoon etc. It is a super writing prompt to have children write about what is important about themselves.
The Important Book 2008-06-24
The Important book can be used in numerous ways. I have used it to write about the importance of friends, the importance of different math solids, and of different community workers. The format lends itself for many different ways a teacher can reinforce different concepts.
Great Writing Lesson 2008-02-27
This is a wonderful book to use for a writing lesson. I used it in a 1st grade classroom. We read the book aloud and discussed the pattern the author used for each item. Then as a writing activity each student chose one person to write about. They followed the same pattern as in the book, saying that "The most important thing about ________ is..." After they finished, I had them share their completed poems with the person they wrote about. It was a very rewarding activity and the kids really loved it!
Love it & my son does too!! 2008-01-05
Didn't think my 1 1/2 year old would sit through this book but he does & he absolutely loves it. Walks around with it begging for more. The pictures are simple enough for him to observe & point things out like the apple & shoe. The simple rhyming seems to relax him. I think this one will be a long time favorite for my son & I.
