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When I Was Small
Curious little Henry from the award-winning books When You Were Small and Where You Came From has a new question for his mother in this charming new picture book. “What was it like when you were small?” he asks. His mother proceeds to describe her adventures to him, all about when she was little – very little!
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
September 12th 2011
by Simply Read Books
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Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Family: Mom & daughter
Ugh, was that repetition boring and annoying. I kept waiting for it to change just a little bit. However, this would be a cute way for a parent and child to laugh about the concept of "when I was small" as a literal interpretation. Unfortunately, the repetition is more suited for a toddler age and the humor is more suited for an older age.
It would also be fun to pair an activity such as drawing what you could do if you were teeny tiny.
Family: Mom & daughter
Ugh, was that repetition boring and annoying. I kept waiting for it to change just a little bit. However, this would be a cute way for a parent and child to laugh about the concept of "when I was small" as a literal interpretation. Unfortunately, the repetition is more suited for a toddler age and the humor is more suited for an older age.
It would also be fun to pair an activity such as drawing what you could do if you were teeny tiny.
I really like the old-school feel of this picturebook. A simple story told to a son, creating similarity between the adult and the child. The illustrations feel sweetly nostalgic with color used for emphasis. Lots of white space with spot illustrations makes this book a refreshing read.
Henry asks his parents what they were like when they were small. The book starts out normally enough with his mother explaining that she was called Dot because her full name, Dorothea, was too big for her. But then things get creative! Dot was so small she wore the same shoes as her doll. She swam in the birdbath. She jumped rope with a piece of yarn. Her bed was a mitten. Her father built her a doll house, and she lived in it. At the end of this story from his mother, the two of them agree that...more
Henry from "When You Were Small" asks his mother about what she was like when SHE was small. Another collection of cute "small" stories. As cute and fun as this book is, it didn't charm me quite as much as "When You Were Small."
Cute story and I love the vintage looking illustrations. There are a few I would tear out, frame and hang on my wall...if it wasn't a library book of course:)
I think I need a new bookshelf labeled "precious" to catagorize this under.
I think I missed something in reading this one....
Sweet story and adorable illustrations!
Love the illustrations!
Beautiful children's book!
Very nostalgic.
Apr 02, 2013
Emily
marked it as to-read
Mar 12, 2013
Jj
marked it as to-read
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