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The Foot Book
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Dr. Seuss
A toe-tapper babies will love--the classic Seussian book about opposites: "Wet foot, dry foot. Low foot, high foot..."
Board book, 24 pages
Published
November 26th 1996
by Random House Books for Young Readers
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One day I was having kindergarten in to the media center and they were an active group. I decided to try and have them act out the book while I read.
I have done this two ways. One is having everyone lay on their back with space around each kid so nobody gets kicked. In the art classroom where it was more crowded with tables and the carpet was dirty, I set the chairs up like bus rows with ample space between chairs front to back for leg lifting.
This is a great ...more
One day I was having kindergarten in to the media center and they were an active group. I decided to try and have them act out the book while I read.
I have done this two ways. One is having everyone lay on their back with space around each kid so nobody gets kicked. In the art classroom where it was more crowded with tables and the carpet was dirty, I set the chairs up like bus rows with ample space between chairs front to back for leg lifting.
This is a great ...more
If I were reviewing this book from my two year old's point of view I'd be far more liberal with the stars. From me it's only getting three. I enjoyed it the first two hundred times, but the plot's a bit lacking.
Our favorite part:
his feet,
her feet,
fuzzy fur feet
Who doesn't love fuzzy fur feet?
Our favorite part:
his feet,
her feet,
fuzzy fur feet
Who doesn't love fuzzy fur feet?
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Title: The Foot Book
Author and Illustrator: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House
Year of Publication: 1968
Grade level: K-2
Genre: Picture Book
Topic: Feet
Social Issues Addressed: Diversity
Summary: The Foot Book is a rhyming story about the many different types of feet. The book has many opposites in it like “Well feet/Sick feet.” This is a story that children will love.
Interactions Between Text and Illustrations: The illustra...more
Author and Illustrator: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House
Year of Publication: 1968
Grade level: K-2
Genre: Picture Book
Topic: Feet
Social Issues Addressed: Diversity
Summary: The Foot Book is a rhyming story about the many different types of feet. The book has many opposites in it like “Well feet/Sick feet.” This is a story that children will love.
Interactions Between Text and Illustrations: The illustra...more
I love this book! This book would be a great book for a Kindergarten class. I would use this book for a read-aloud. The Foot Book focuses on opposites, such as low foot and high foot. Parents could have an issue with the characters in this book. The characters are not real, and that could offend some parents. The pictures in this book confirm the meaning presented by the written words. I loved Dr. Seuss books when I was younger, and I bet that my students would also love his books. Dr. S...more
The Foot Book was a book i have read a thousand times while growing up. My mom would read it over and over again to me. I like how simple it is. It has very little words and a lot of pictures. I think young children would enjoy this because of all the stange looking animals. Most young children like pictures more than words. This book is a perfect fit. Dr. Suess has a wide variety of good books out. They all have lots of color in the pictures, and generally most of the pictures look alike. This ...more
This book teaches so much more than just about feet. It introduces children to different colors, numbers, and left/right directions. I would absolutely put this book in my classroom library because it teaches so many different topics. There is no real story line to this book, it's just sort of repetitive because it repeatedly says "...foot...foot...foot...etc.". It tells of different things feet belong to such as clowns, or girls or boys. As a typical Dr. Seuss book, "The Foot Boo...more
I loved reading this book when i was younger!
Ronyell
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“The Foot Book” is a children’s book from the greatest mind of children’s books, Dr. Seuss and it is about how the main character, a fuzzy and golden looking character, introduces the various types of feet that everyone has. “The Foot Book” is one of the greatest books from Dr. Seuss ever created that children will enjoy for many years.
Dr. Seuss’ talent for writing and illustrations has been astounding children around the world for many years and this book is no exception! Dr. Seus...more
Dr. Seuss’ talent for writing and illustrations has been astounding children around the world for many years and this book is no exception! Dr. Seus...more
Adam Utehs
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This book is showing children how they will meet a variety of people throughout their lives and show diversity. Many children do not understand that their is different people with different cultures, backgrounds and personalities. Dr. Seuss uses feet to describe that there is many varieties of people and he uses his rhyming. This book should be read to all kids to teach them diversity in the world and show them that their is a broader world besides their house.
A classmate brought this book in as part of her Literacy History presentation on her daughters. This book is popular with my students when I ask them to bring in a book that was important or influencial for them. I had never gotten a chance to read it though until today. It is what you would expect from Suess: fun pictures, ryhmes, repetition of words and sounds. Unlike many others, this one does not have made up words that are hard to pronounce.
This is one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books! I can remember making feet after reading this book when I was young in school and it is truly endearing to know that students still do the same activities now. We had students trace their feet and write opposites on each foot. Then students were able illustarte thier foot in any way that they liked. It came out great and it is definitely an activity I would like to continue with my students.
This is a very nice Seuss book presenting a number of adjectives applying to feet: left, right, big, small, slow, quick, and so on. The adjectives are delivered in easy-to-read rhyme and illustrated with Seuss’s characteristic good humor. It’s a silly, amusing episode of rhythmic reading, with just enough content that older children might sit still for it. Another good transition-to-reading book for toddlers.
The Foot Book is one of my all-time favorite books. Dr. Seuss makes his books exciting and very interesting. This would be a great book to read to a young classroom when learning about left and right feet/hands. When the teacher is reading this book outloud to the class the students could hold up their left or right hand when ever the teacher says "left" or "right."
Who knew that a book about feet could be so fun? I love reading this book aloud with my baby and helping him move his feet to copy what the text is saying. When he places the book in my lap and climbs over to sit next to me he starts kicking his little feet to show that he really knows what the topic of the book is. He's only one year old! Dr. Seuss is a genius.
I love almost all of Dr. Seuss books. This story can be used for a math lesson by having the children count the feet in the room and book. You can also have the children differentiate between sizes of feet and sort. I love how this story rhymes so it is very catchy to the person listening and reading. It's a great book for elementary aged children.
Good book to talk about antonyms and rhyming. This can actually turn into a measurement activity where students measure the length of each foot described in the book. Teacher can also come up with mathematical problems that involves the appearance of each foot. For example, how many feet are there between the 3 creatures?
I don't like this one nearly as well as the other Seuss Toddler board books we've collected. Perhaps it is the limited subject: I mean, just how interesting can a book about feet be? I am also not too fond of the artwork. Thankfully, my toddler isn't a huge fan either, so we only end up reading it a few times a week.
I like these simplified Bright and Early Board Books. They're shortened just a bit, leaving them easy to read, with excellent rhythm and rhyme, and just the right length for a toddler's attention span.
This one has great illustrations and Dr. Seuss zaniness. It's one of my kids' favorites and it's lots of fun to read.
This one has great illustrations and Dr. Seuss zaniness. It's one of my kids' favorites and it's lots of fun to read.
The Foot Book may be my favorite Seuss book. It is certainly the most memorable.
Long ago when I waited tables at an up-scale restaurant, this book was kept beneath the hostess stand. The restaurant discouraged children, but for some guests, their children were permitted.
Anyhow, it become a custom on Saturday evenings for me to break out this book and read it to all the tables in my section. It was not uncommon for there to be a chorus line of diners putting their left feet, t...more
Long ago when I waited tables at an up-scale restaurant, this book was kept beneath the hostess stand. The restaurant discouraged children, but for some guests, their children were permitted.
Anyhow, it become a custom on Saturday evenings for me to break out this book and read it to all the tables in my section. It was not uncommon for there to be a chorus line of diners putting their left feet, t...more
I read this to my daughters tonight.
Here's my question: did the good doctor write it AND illustrate it?
Second comment/question/observation: This was published in 1968. Sgt. Pepper's was released in '67, right? Along with Lucy in the Sky... Have you SEEN the pictures in this book? Is it a coincidence?
Here's my question: did the good doctor write it AND illustrate it?
Second comment/question/observation: This was published in 1968. Sgt. Pepper's was released in '67, right? Along with Lucy in the Sky... Have you SEEN the pictures in this book? Is it a coincidence?
Helen Kumpel
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Another Dr. Suess classic! I have always loved the illustrations, rhyming text, use of words and imagination that Dr. Suess brings to each of his books. This book is great for doing a lesson about positions words, practicing sight words, learning adjectives, or teaching children about rhyming.
I've read this book over 100 times. Here are some of my favorite lines:
Let foot, left foot, left foot, right. Feet in the morning, feet at night. Left foot, left foot, left foot, right. His feet, her feet. Fuzzy fur feet!"
For middle school students: completely appropriate yet far too easy.
Let foot, left foot, left foot, right. Feet in the morning, feet at night. Left foot, left foot, left foot, right. His feet, her feet. Fuzzy fur feet!"
For middle school students: completely appropriate yet far too easy.
This is a wonderful book to use to talk about opposites with children. For really young children it is a great way for them to practice their right from their left. It, of course, contains rhyming words. This book could lead to many hands-on projects due to the theme of opposites.
Heidi
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Prepping for my Dr. Seuss storytime--I have to catch up on all the Seuss I haven't read (or don't remember reading as a young child). As classic as any Seuss, it's a fun rhyme with the focus on feet. I kind of like the word "feet," so that makes the book a bit more enjoyable.
I loved this book so much when I was little. I had it read to me so much that I memorized it when I was three and "read" it to one of my home teachers. I knew it word for word and even knew when to turn the pages. It is a cute book. Dr. Seuss at work again.
This classic Dr. Seuss book is great to use for repetition, rhymes, compare/contrasting (synonyms/antonyms), and it is visually appealing to most students. In my first grade placement, the children read it over and over and over. Great for independent reading!
This used to be one of my favorite children’s books. I don’t really remember the story but I am trying to add all the books I have ever read to my goodreads even if I don’t remember them. I don’t know what else to say besides I liked it when I was little.
Joanie Valenzuela
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Another great Dr. Seuss book. Good for beginning readers and ELL because the pictures are very useful when reading the words. A book to use with students who are reading/learning the sight words or for a struggling reader during independent reading time.
This book is very simple about the different feet that you meet. Children can add some other kinds of feet that they have seen.Comparisons of each other feet and shoes in the classroom. Make a great learning tool for opposites and the same.
My daughter is just about 8 months old now and she cracks this. Granted, she is partial to jokes concerning her feet, but I think it's a lot to do with the rhythm of it as well. Gets kind of repetitious for me, but hey, anything to make her laugh.
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