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Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
by
Dr. Seuss
Oh, the wonderful things Mr. Brown can do! In this "Book of Wonderful Noises," Mr. Brown struts his stuff, as he imitates everything from popping corks to horse feet ("pop pop pop pop" and "klopp klopp klopp," respectively) while inviting everyone to join him in the fun. Young readers who are still learning their sounds and letters will get a wacky workout as they follow a...more
Hardcover, 27 pages
Published
August 12th 1970
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published August 1st 1970)
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Mr. Brown can make sounds like nobody's biz
His mouth is a cacophony of auditory jizz
He can grunt like a hippo or buzz like a bee
Or mimic the pee stream of a hum-a-dung Dee
He puckers and blurts out sounds like a psycho
Wheezing more noise than a Cajun doing zydeco
He putters and sputters so much aural effluvia
He's developed a callous on his poor poor uvula
He puckers and blurts out his onomatopoeia
His irate neighbors equate it to sonic diarrhea
Like crazed Mr. Brown, Dr. Seuss is sans peer
But this bo...more
His mouth is a cacophony of auditory jizz
He can grunt like a hippo or buzz like a bee
Or mimic the pee stream of a hum-a-dung Dee
He puckers and blurts out sounds like a psycho
Wheezing more noise than a Cajun doing zydeco
He putters and sputters so much aural effluvia
He's developed a callous on his poor poor uvula
He puckers and blurts out his onomatopoeia
His irate neighbors equate it to sonic diarrhea
Like crazed Mr. Brown, Dr. Seuss is sans peer
But this bo...more
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Mr. Brown is an expert at imitating all sorts of noises. There isn't a sound Mr. Brown can't do, from a hippo's gum chewing to a goldfish's kiss. The noisemakers are graphically illustrated and the "sound effects" are printed in big lettering.
As a fan of Dr. Suess, I loved this book. I feel that young children and infants will love the rhythm and rhyme of this story as well as identifying with the items that are creating the noise. It would also be engaging to make the noises with the child.
Ho...more
As a fan of Dr. Suess, I loved this book. I feel that young children and infants will love the rhythm and rhyme of this story as well as identifying with the items that are creating the noise. It would also be engaging to make the noises with the child.
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OK, right off the bat let me set your straight: we own the hardback edition of this book with paper pages and the small board book edition. You NEED to have the hardback version. Why? Because the board book version pails in comparison. Entire pages with great sounds and illustrations are omitted, and you don't get to repeat the sounds Mr. Brown makes at all until the end. In the hardback edition, you do several times - and you get to do a hippopotamus chewing gum. Grum! Grum! Grum!
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This book leaves me cold and traumatized. It is sickening and chock full of indoctrinating messages to the most susceptible of readers. Adults, please do not read my review to your children.
Now, rather than review the book properly, I will suffer and read the book again and post my reactions to each page. By the end of this, you will understand. Oh god you will understand.
We start. Mr. Brown is odd. Not just in a quirky, "makes noises" way, but on a subconscious level. His necktie has three ends...more
Now, rather than review the book properly, I will suffer and read the book again and post my reactions to each page. By the end of this, you will understand. Oh god you will understand.
We start. Mr. Brown is odd. Not just in a quirky, "makes noises" way, but on a subconscious level. His necktie has three ends...more
Genre: Controlled Vocabulary Picture Book
Summary: This book uses rhyming and repetition to present controlled vocabulary in a fun and entertaining way. The story presents sounds that are made by different things on each page and the repetition of these sound words.
Critique:
a.) The familiar Dr. Seuss rhyming is as always a valuable tool in providing a masterful way to present vocabulary to young and new readers. The illustrations are fun, colorful, and create accurate depictions of the often fic...more
This has been a favorite since the first little guy was a baby. Who can resist listening to your parent moo or buzz?
We've enjoyed this book throughout the years and even the bigger boys like to listen to it now. It can get really loud, and long, with all of us making the sounds.
I think it would work as a beginning reader book as well, but some of the words are a little harder than the other Seuss books.
We've enjoyed this book throughout the years and even the bigger boys like to listen to it now. It can get really loud, and long, with all of us making the sounds.
I think it would work as a beginning reader book as well, but some of the words are a little harder than the other Seuss books.
This is a fun little book (literally - this edition is a very small board book), about all the noises Mr Brown can make and how wonderful he is at making noises, and encouraging readers to make them too. The babies/toddlers (they're around 18 months old) aren't yet at the stage of making animal noises (except for one who can make a dog noise), but they love hearing me make them and I'm sure it'll be only a matter of time before they're joining in.
Some of the onomatopeias are fun to make, like t...more
Some of the onomatopeias are fun to make, like t...more
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Is Mr. Brown delightfully eccentric, a misdiagnosed autistic patient, or both? Do we applaud him for his accuracy in aural imitation, or suppose his labels to be anthropocentric noise referring only to language systems? The self reveling in self-referential reverence? Is he, like some disciple of Derrida, pointing out that all utterances are connected only so far as they defer to further utterances. Can you moo? Yes, but I would be mooing about mooing, not mooing about cows. Cows are connected t...more
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I learned that, yes: yes, I can. I can moo. I can moo, too. Now: can you?
This is a classic Dr. Seuss book. The play on words will keep children giggling and making animal noises the whole way through. Mr. Brown can make noises of cows, owls, and roosters. But he can also make noises of odd sounds like eggs in a frying pan and two goldfish kissing.
The rhymes, the silly illustrations, and the creativity of this book make it an excellent read for kids, and I would recommend it for any K-3 child, (although I personally would read it for enjoyment, as well).
Dr. Seuss, o...more
The rhymes, the silly illustrations, and the creativity of this book make it an excellent read for kids, and I would recommend it for any K-3 child, (although I personally would read it for enjoyment, as well).
Dr. Seuss, o...more
This book has been on my shelf for years and though I had read it, I never really gave it much thought (I was probably a little old for the book by the time I received it). Then not long ago, I was looking after my two year old nephew and threw a stack of books in a bag to take to him to share. He chose this book and as I started reading to him, he began to repeat all of the sounds in the book. It was such a fun book to read to him and to watch him discover new words that I developed a new found...more
May 12, 2009
Katrina
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Ages 2+ and Toddler Storytime
I feel that young children and infants will love the rhythm and rhyme of this story as well as identifying with the items that are creating the noise. It would also be engaging to make the noises with the child.
This book (Boardbook Edition) seems to be geared more towards sharing between the child and adult than to be perused alone. I see this as a favorite book to be shared. The strength of this book for an infant lie more in it's lyrical content, rather than the art style. Good Unison-Read fo...more
This book (Boardbook Edition) seems to be geared more towards sharing between the child and adult than to be perused alone. I see this as a favorite book to be shared. The strength of this book for an infant lie more in it's lyrical content, rather than the art style. Good Unison-Read fo...more
A friend of mine often asks, "In our urban society, why are we so anxious for our children to learn farm animal noises?"
She's right. Between "Old McDonald and numerous board books, we spend a lot of time ensuring our toddlers know that pigs go oink and sheep go baa. Our little city kids can recognize horses, cows, roosters, ducks and all the sounds they make long before they know that flames are hot or that forks don't go in light sockets. In some ways, it isn't surprising that we still do this...more
She's right. Between "Old McDonald and numerous board books, we spend a lot of time ensuring our toddlers know that pigs go oink and sheep go baa. Our little city kids can recognize horses, cows, roosters, ducks and all the sounds they make long before they know that flames are hot or that forks don't go in light sockets. In some ways, it isn't surprising that we still do this...more
Jul 11, 2008
Stacey
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Seuss-a-phobics
Recommended to Stacey by:
Liam Ocker
Shelves:
picture-books
After reading Mr. Brown Can Moo for the 105th time today, I deemed it Worthy of a goodreads (my wannabe blog) review. In the time I have spent reading Mr. Brown, I could have read War and Peace.
Caleb loves Mr. Brown. In typical boy style he loves sounds (not real good about putting them together into words, but he can boom right along with Brown).
This book is significant because it has impacted my life on various levels. In addition to saving me from War and Peace, it allowed me once again to en...more
Caleb loves Mr. Brown. In typical boy style he loves sounds (not real good about putting them together into words, but he can boom right along with Brown).
This book is significant because it has impacted my life on various levels. In addition to saving me from War and Peace, it allowed me once again to en...more
When I introduced this one at toddler story time, about half of the kids excitedly announced that they had "that book" at home. (This always makes me nervous, because a) they know when I miss a word, and b) I know that I probably won't read it the "right" way.) But they were really into it until the very last page, when one little girl (who, yes, had this book at home) spoke up and asked if I could read the next book now instead. Eh, 26 (enthusiastic!) pages out of 27 isn't too shabby.
This book is full of old and new sounds children can learn. For example, mooing like a cow or the sound of rain dropping(dibble dopp. I enjoyed reading this book; the pictures where full of color and very pleasing to look at. This book is also allows children to play and mixmatch words.
Learning Experience: Children will explore different sounds by playing "Teacher, May I." The children will ask, "Teacher, may I..." make this sound. For instance, one child may ask, "Teacher, may I moo like cow fi...more
Learning Experience: Children will explore different sounds by playing "Teacher, May I." The children will ask, "Teacher, may I..." make this sound. For instance, one child may ask, "Teacher, may I moo like cow fi...more
How have I never read through this one completely before? This animal sounds (hey! it does work!) one is great to use on Seuss' birthday. Hopefully I'll be able to get some of these sounds to be entertaining. I'm not hoping for good! :-)
3/2/10 & 3/4/10: The larger group on Tuesday LOVED it. The smaller Thursday group was OK, but by the end they looked a little bored. And, I think I managed all the sounds. I enjoyed making them, if nothing else.
3/3/11: First group loved it. Totally had their...more
3/2/10 & 3/4/10: The larger group on Tuesday LOVED it. The smaller Thursday group was OK, but by the end they looked a little bored. And, I think I managed all the sounds. I enjoyed making them, if nothing else.
3/3/11: First group loved it. Totally had their...more
Oh dearest Dr. Seuss, you once again deliver on your promise to enlighten my life's journey with your whisical tales. This is a timeless story of an elderly man affectionatly reffered to as Mr. Brown. He is an enthusiastic wildlife observer who never turns down the opprotunity to utter a screech or a hoot if it means attracting the local animals. Equiped with only his well groomed stash and a go-gettin attitude Mr. Brown's motto is go green or go home.
My 20 month old has been a fan of Mr. Brown for at least 6 months. While he isn't yet at the stage of seriously attempting to mimic Mr. Brown's sounds, he does enjoy hearing his parents make them, and he likes the pictures. (He does imitate our knocking on the door or a table, though!) The whole thing has a nice rhythm, so it's easy to read out loud. Definitely a keeper for the youngest set.
A great Dr. Suess classic that I just read this year in my field placement in first grade. This book follows the main character, Mr. Brown, as he does silly things throughout the story, such as "MOO!" At the end of each line, Dr. Suess adds: "Mr. Brown can ____________. How about you?" Of course, the end of each line has a rhyming sequence, so this is a great, fun story when discussing rhyming words!
A noisy book that's a fun read with toddlers and preschoolers, but can also span to cover a variety of age ranges right on up through elementary school.
I've created a musical storytelling kit to read this story with children. The kit contains a noisemaker or instrument for each sound Mr. Brown makes. It makes for a really fun reading experience that I've enjoyed with PreK-6th graders.
I've created a musical storytelling kit to read this story with children. The kit contains a noisemaker or instrument for each sound Mr. Brown makes. It makes for a really fun reading experience that I've enjoyed with PreK-6th graders.
Jan 03, 2012
Kathy Manus
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
books-i-have-read-to-my-children
My daughter brought this book to me tonight to read to her. The best part about it was that the book was the same one that I brought to my mom to read to me 40 years ago. Thanks for saving my childhood books for me, mom! You can't do that on a kindle! One of my favorite things about this book is listening to my daughter make all of Mr. Brown's sounds as we read together.
This is one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books. Mostly because it is sooooo fun to read aloud. When I read it with my toddlers I always put extra effort into voicing the sounds that Mr. Brown can make. They love it, and as with most Dr. Seuss books, it is a good teaching tool. In this case, it is perfect for teaching the different sounds that animals make.
Apr 06, 2011
Kerri Harshaw
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
animal-books,
children-s-books,
dr-seuss,
funny-silly,
science,
rhyming-books,
picture-books
A great rhyming text for young children to read when learning how to make animal sounds. This is also great to use when teaching students about sound in school. Why are some sounds different? higher/lower? The silly story line is great for a young child's giggle, and the text is written perfectly for students to join along in reading this classic.
Dr. Seuss is always great! This book is wonderful for listener or reader involvement. It urges the reader or child listening to make the noises as well, which makes reading fun. I would probably use this book in a classroom to use up some of the energy of this kids, or maybe to wake them up a little after a nap in a very young group of kids.
PB 20
This story is very fun. There are a lot of interactive possibilities for future classrooms. All the sounds are fun and having students come up with a new crazy sound would be a great activity. The pictures are very Dr. Seuss typical and, as always, are cute. I look forward to using this as a fun classroom read.
This story is very fun. There are a lot of interactive possibilities for future classrooms. All the sounds are fun and having students come up with a new crazy sound would be a great activity. The pictures are very Dr. Seuss typical and, as always, are cute. I look forward to using this as a fun classroom read.
This book though easy for the clutsy hands of my young Aspie beginner reader to hold, doesn't well, match, our other Dr Seuss books on the shelf. But no matter, it is a pleasure to read for the beginner reader, though not as easy as it may first seem. He chose this one to read aloud more than once, and that says alot.
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss
Illustrated very colorful children's book showing you what Mr. Brown can do.
He can act and sound like so many silly combinations of animals it's truly a joy to read this because
it will leave you laughing so hard... Great for a rainy day.
Illustrated very colorful children's book showing you what Mr. Brown can do.
He can act and sound like so many silly combinations of animals it's truly a joy to read this because
it will leave you laughing so hard... Great for a rainy day.
Fantastic book for kids! So imaginative and creative. Easy read that children will find delightful!
Dr. Seuss is always brilliant! His stories and rhymes are fun and entertaining! Some of my all time favorites!! Such a great way to entertain children and get them interested in reading!
Dr. Seuss is always brilliant! His stories and rhymes are fun and entertaining! Some of my all time favorites!! Such a great way to entertain children and get them interested in reading!
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Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2 March 1904 in Springfield, MA. He graduated Dartmouth College in 1925, and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature. At Oxford he met Helen Palmer, who he wed in 1927. He returned from Europe in 1927, and began working for a magazine called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time, submitting both carto...more
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