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I Went Walking
A young child goes for a walk and discovers a colorful parade of animals along the way. “What a charmer. . . . An excellent story hour choice.”--Booklist
Board Book, 30 pages
Published
April 1st 1996
by HMH Books
(first published September 12th 1990)
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I love this book. This book somewhat reminds me of another version of Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See by Bill Martin and Eric Carle. The book has repetitive lines for example, " I went walking. What did I see? I saw a black cat looking at me." I think that this is a great book for lower elementary grades. This book would be great for teaching repetition and rhyme. This would be a great book to use for a mini-lesson on repetition. Also, this book would be great for teaching sequencing and o...more
My son LOVES this book. The illustrations, as some have said, are a little weird - they aren't your typical drawings of animals - but that hasn't phased my 21-month-old; he can recognize and identify all of them. We were introduced to it at story time at our local library. I borrowed it a couple of days later, and he "reads" it all the time. He can identify all of the animals, and has even started "guessing" which one is coming up next by the hints given on the previous page.
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" I went Walking" is a fun, predictable book for children to read. It is about the walking journey of a little boy who meets many different animals along the way. The phrase " I went walking. What did you see?" repeated on every other page, so children can learn the pattern of the book. The animals encountered are simple and easy to remember, so this is a book that can be easily memorized by students. The illustrations are a little strange, but they match what is happening. It is nice that the a...more
This is an Australian classic. Julie Vivas (of Possum Magic fame) has again created fantastic illustrations, in her typical style.
This book is similar in style to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. As such it is perfect for storytimes with lots of kids, all chanting along - and trying to guess the next animal. What I like about this book (which doesn't exist in Brown Bear) is that clues are given as to what the next animal is.
This book is similar in style to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. As such it is perfect for storytimes with lots of kids, all chanting along - and trying to guess the next animal. What I like about this book (which doesn't exist in Brown Bear) is that clues are given as to what the next animal is.
Jul 13, 2012
Lindsay
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
animals,
big-and-small,
children,
cows,
cats,
horses,
ducks,
dogs,
pigs,
picture-book,
vocabulary,
phonological-awareness,
rhyme,
spanish,
story-time
This is a cute, simple story about a child who meets different animals, both big and small, while taking a walk. It's kind of like the Bill Martin, Jr./Eric Carle bear books (Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?; and Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?). I love the rounded nature of the illustrations.
I used the Spanish version for a Spanish story time with a dog theme. I also used the English big book version for bilingual story time (I use th...more
I used the Spanish version for a Spanish story time with a dog theme. I also used the English big book version for bilingual story time (I use th...more
This is a great book for young children. It's very similar in style to "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" In fact, the refrain is, "I went walking. What did you see? I saw a [animal] looking at me." So, if you've read Eric Carle's book, you've pretty much read Williams' book. This is basically the Australian version of "Brown Bear, Brown Bear". My baby really likes the repetition and sing-songiness of it, though. The little boy in the illustrations has really bizarre hair (not at all imp...more
Sue Williams, I Went Walking (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990)
I Went Walking is another of those identify-the-animal books for the pre-lit set with stylized(-but-not-TOO-stylized) illustrations, well-written text, and not a great deal to separate it from the other members of the pack... it'll do as well as any of them, and it does stand up to the repeated-reading thing, but I'm not sending it to the short shelf of immortal kidlit as I am with some of the other books I've been reading to the kid...more
I Went Walking is another of those identify-the-animal books for the pre-lit set with stylized(-but-not-TOO-stylized) illustrations, well-written text, and not a great deal to separate it from the other members of the pack... it'll do as well as any of them, and it does stand up to the repeated-reading thing, but I'm not sending it to the short shelf of immortal kidlit as I am with some of the other books I've been reading to the kid...more
This is a easy book to check comprehension of children. The child in the book encounters different animals as she goes along. You could ask your students which animals she saw and which animal she saw first. This would check to see if your children are truly paying attention and comprehending what the book is telling them. It also touches very slightly on adjectives by using one adjective to describe the animal the child in the book sees. This would be a good first step before diving into adject...more
This book is great for teaching kids about their surroundings and about different animals. I really like the illustrations especially because that makes it interesting for young children. Toddlers really seem to love this book.
Activity extension: take a nature walk, if around animals, and instruct the kids to point out what animals they see while walking. If no animals around, pretend to see different animals, and the class could talk about where they would live.
Activity extension: take a nature walk, if around animals, and instruct the kids to point out what animals they see while walking. If no animals around, pretend to see different animals, and the class could talk about where they would live.
Mar 19, 2013
Dolly
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
parents reading with their young children
With a rhythmic, repetitive and rhyming narrative that is very reminiscent of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, this book is sure to entertain even the youngest child. The illustrations are colorful and the animals are adorable. I can see this being a favorite to read over and over.
This is a great book for students who have an interest in farm animals. Each animal is described by a specific color. Sequencing and rhyme occurs throughout the book. The students could retell the story by telling what animals the boy saw on his walk. A text-self connection can be made by then writing sentences about what animals/things the children have seen on their walks at home/vacation.
This is a great book to pull out many lessons while reading to your students. I went walking is filled with rhyming words, animals, colors and sight words young students will be able to identify. I would use this book at a large group reading or writing lesson. Allowing the students to read along and also create their own story of what they may see while taking a walk.
This book is good for younger children and useful for an animal unit. The book has sight words and color words as well. I think this book is wonderful to use toward the beginning of the year to review colors and animals. Also, children can discuss things that they see when they go for a walk... be it at school or at home. They can make real-life connections with the book.
I can see how the guessing aspect of this appeals to the children (they especially love the duck bum). But either I didn't read it well or my toddler groups just weren't into it. Plus, the girl (or is it a boy?) kind of scares me. So I'm not as connected to this book as others, but maybe it will take some time. Or the large version we have would work better.
This book is very similar to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Short, simple, very repetitive. Very good for babies and toddlers and preschoolers.
The colors of the animals are more realistic, but the artwork is a little weirder. There's no point in having both books in your library, pick one and leave the other.
The colors of the animals are more realistic, but the artwork is a little weirder. There's no point in having both books in your library, pick one and leave the other.
My kids love this book, especially when we read it using the flannel board/pieces. It helps them know their animals and we also practice the animal sounds as we go along. At this point, the children know what animal is coming up and they are always excited to make the animal sounds.
Reminiscent of "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you See?" but with WAY better pictures. This is the first book that my one year old decided that she loved. She will have us read it 4 and 5 times in a row! Super easy words so luckily the 3 and 4 year old can help read it too!
Great book! This is a great book to get your child to pay attention because of the clues that are on the pages. Every other page has the back of an animal so your children can guess what animal is going to be on the next page. This is such a fun book and it's a must have.
This book is a very easy read, I would use it for students who are beginning to learn how to read to build their confidence. There are many different versions of this book and many students are familiar with it. It's also useful when learning to recognize sight words.
Literacy skills:
Narrative skills-the repeated lines "I went walking. What did you see?" will make it easy for the child to "read along" with the adult.
Phonological sensitivity-rhyme scheme will help develop phonological skills
Narrative skills-the repeated lines "I went walking. What did you see?" will make it easy for the child to "read along" with the adult.
Phonological sensitivity-rhyme scheme will help develop phonological skills
A nice simple book that is great for babies and toddlers. With the talking toddlers you can have them guess what the child is going to see next. Clear, large illustrations and a nice rhythm make this a good story time choice.
Another great book for predicting and repetitive text. I use I Went Walking for teaching about patterns and using repetitive text in comprehension and vocabulary questions. Excellent book for beginning readers.
I like the story. You can practice a little animal guessing with your toddler because you can just see the back half of the animal at first. For some reason, the picture of the kid turns me off to it though.
This picture book's repetitive nature is great for developing readers. The vibrant illustrations add to the text and allow readers to gain a greater understanding of the story line.
This is a very predictable and repetitive book. I think it is good for children who are just learning to read. Children can try to guess what animal will come next by the pictures.
Just got an autographed copy of this by both author and artist. Not a bad little book for beginners. Wonderful artwork as well. Great little addition to my autographed book collection.
Beginning Readers' Book. A young child goes for a walk and discovers a colorful parade of animals along the way. Children enjoy guessing which animal will be coming up next!
This book is great for sequencing. Have the kids name the order that the animals were seen. Have them go on an imaginary journey through their own neighborhood and write what they see.
This book uses "I went walking" repeatability in this book. The character went walking with different animals, so the students can learn about different kind of animals by sequencing out the animals the main character walking with.
total classic, my son's first and favorite book for at least his first year of life...life saver also when fussing we just read it and everything was ok :)
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Jun 25, 2011 06:55pm