The Foot Book. Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites Bright & Early Board Books TM

Customer Reviews

Sue me, I liked It Better

2008-02-03
This is a fun book for kids with a cadence that exceeds the original (gasp). I read this version first with my twins, then found the original later.

You just can't miss with Dr. Seuss, original or adapted!

Do not buy this desecration

2007-12-09
Buy the original Foot Book (one that is not a "wacky book of opposits"), not one that was modified to make it a board book and more "educational" than the original. The original Foot Book was wonderfully poetic, and was only tangenitally about opposites. But "trick feet, sick feet" is a much better bit of text in the original than "well feet, sick feet" in the original. Children are not stupid, and that the board book has effectively been dumbed down is another reason not to buy this edition.

Easy read but short

2007-12-03
The rhymes here are not as good as other books, like the Mr. Brown can Moo, and it is shorter in length. My daughter still likes to be read it.

The foot book

2007-11-30
The Foot Book is by Dr.Seuss.It is a funny book for little kids.Its about feet and numbers and colors and weird pictures. Its pretty fun to read this book cause its good for kids to teach how to read and eveyone likes this book for their own kids.The most fun thing about this book is how the pictures are funny and thats the thing they like about it the most.I recommend that little kids read this book because little kids like to rhyme things and have fun reading so its good for them to read it.

Foot Book

2007-10-26
I was disappointed in the size of the book. Also the contents were not as complete as the original version. My greatgranddaughters pointed out the differences to me.

Grandchild far away????

2008-03-25
My granddaughter is only 20 months old and lives in Australia. I live in Philadelphia. I have actually seen her in person only 3 times since she was born. We "meet" on line about once a week with webcams ready. Although she speaks well, she's not quite ready for a full discussion. But, when she came to visit at 16 months, she really knew me instantly!

I had the idea that we could "read" together, so I ordered several Dr. Seuss books - 2 of each - from Amazon.com. She gets to choose the book, and I have my copy near at hand. We can not only read, but I can also point out the various pictures.

Last week, when reading "Hands Hands Fingers Thumb," I decided to bring out an African drum I have in the house. My daughter brought out one she had at her house, and my granddaughter and I played the drums together. "One thumb, one thumb, drumming on the drum. Dum ditty dum ditty dum dum dum." We were both laughing hard and had a great time. It was the first time I felt we were able to play together. Thanks, Amazon!

Foot Book

2008-03-11
The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))

Fun and silly Dr. Seuss book that makes teaching fun

Left foot, left foot, right foot right foot.

2008-02-26
Whenever I work with kindergarten and first graders, this is one of the books I enjoy reading. They LOVE this book because of it's simplicity. It's great for encouraging kids to read and building self esteem. Thank you Dr. Seuss.

Favorite early reader

2008-02-21
This was my favorite book when I was little. I read it all the time with my mom and Dad and learned how to read. The repetition was easy to figure out through the pictures and practice. I actually had 2 of these books. One for the car and one for home. Try it...you will like it!

short---but humorous with a fine sense of rhyme

2008-02-14
The Foot Book teaches children adjectives and nouns to describe and name things; this educational read will be a lot of fun for your young child just learning to read. This book is perfect for adults to introduce to children while reading it to them; and gradually the child can be encouraged to read it more and more independently.

The illustrations are wonderful and classic Dr. Seuss style; but the real draw here is the information the books imparts to young readers and children learning to read.

The book has a page near the very front so that the child can write their name in it to personalize this book; that's sweet and a very clever idea to draw the child into the book all the more.

The lines of the book teach adjectives and nouns as they relate to, well, feet. (Well, mostly as they relate to feet.) Children are taught the words and the differences between left and right; morning and night; wet and dry; high and low; front and back; slow and quick; up and down--and much more. It's all very well done.

The hardcover of the book feels very strong and resilient so that young children can't accidentally do much damage to it; and the quality of the paper is excellent.

I highly recommend this book for young children. It is very educational and fun for them at the same time. Just don't tell them they're learning--as long as they think this is all in fun they'll gobble up this information faster than anything!