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Wumbers
by
Amy Krouse Rosenthal (Goodreads Author),
Tom Lichtenheld (Goodreads Author)
What do you get when you combine a word and a number? A wumber! Paying tribute to William Steig's CDB!, best-selling book, cre8ors Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld have wri10 and illustr8ed this s2pendous book that is 1derful 4 readers in kindergar10 and up. If we've confused you, just take a look at the book—4tun8ly it has helpful pictures. We are sure you will ge...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
May 30th 2012
by Chronicle Books
(first published January 1st 2012)
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Dec 03, 2012
Dolly
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3 of 5 stars
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parents reading with their children
This is an interesting book that offers a new way to look at the English language. The way that the numbers are incorporated into the words is clever and sometimes a bit tough to decipher. The illustrations are colorful and fun and help to explain the sentence, especially if a child needs some clues.
We read William Steig's book CDC? and I loved trying to figure out the different words. I think that book was even more difficult than this one, but both are very entertaining. We haven't read CDB!...more
We read William Steig's book CDC? and I loved trying to figure out the different words. I think that book was even more difficult than this one, but both are very entertaining. We haven't read CDB!...more
Some people may think this book is 1derful and s2pendous. Some may h8 it. Either way, you'll have 2 admit it's clever.
Reminiscient of CDB, Wumbers requires readers to incorporate the sounds of numbers' names into the middle of words. Confused already? That's okay, you'll get it with a little practice.
Examples:
"Are you usually prompt, or do you 10d 2 be l8 and keep others w8ing?”
"This is kind of in10se, but do you think outer space goes on 4ever or do you think it 7tually got to end somewhe...more
Reminiscient of CDB, Wumbers requires readers to incorporate the sounds of numbers' names into the middle of words. Confused already? That's okay, you'll get it with a little practice.
Examples:
"Are you usually prompt, or do you 10d 2 be l8 and keep others w8ing?”
"This is kind of in10se, but do you think outer space goes on 4ever or do you think it 7tually got to end somewhe...more
1. Rating: 4
2. A book review from Publisher's Weekly says, "Acceler8 your thinking! Rosenthal and Lichtenheld, the team behind Duck! Rabbit! and others, continue their successful collaboration with a collection of word puns that substitute numbers for letters, text-message style (the book is dedicated to William Steig, “the cr8or of C D B!”). Throughout, characters have conversations that readers of all skill levels will delight in decoding. One spread imagines a tuba lesson: “Tigh10 your mouth....more
2. A book review from Publisher's Weekly says, "Acceler8 your thinking! Rosenthal and Lichtenheld, the team behind Duck! Rabbit! and others, continue their successful collaboration with a collection of word puns that substitute numbers for letters, text-message style (the book is dedicated to William Steig, “the cr8or of C D B!”). Throughout, characters have conversations that readers of all skill levels will delight in decoding. One spread imagines a tuba lesson: “Tigh10 your mouth....more
Wumbers, uses numbers and text to make up words. Personally, when reading this book, I was quite distracted and quickly got annoyed with trying to pronounce the words and spending too much time on one particular word. I also feel as though when reading this book to younger students it is influencing an incorrect way to learn proper English and writing that way could lead to bad habits. The premise of combining numbers with letters to make words is fun, and some of the words are clever. It just s...more
If you have ever read William Steig's book C D B then you will understand the concept of this book. Wumbers are where you make words with numbers inserted to make a sentence. For example, one "wumber" reads, "He lost his first 2th! He is el8ed!"
Although this isn't a book I would read in storytime, it would be interested to talk to elementary school kids and tweens about in a book talk. They are perhaps the best audience seeing how texting is often a mixture of William Steig's C D B and Wumbers....more
Although this isn't a book I would read in storytime, it would be interested to talk to elementary school kids and tweens about in a book talk. They are perhaps the best audience seeing how texting is often a mixture of William Steig's C D B and Wumbers....more
“Are you usually prompt, or do you 10d 2 be l8 and keep others w8ing?” “What is the lati2ude and longi2ude of where you live?” This combination of words and numbers comes from a great new book for young readers called Wumbers, wri10 by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustr8ed by Tom Lichtenheld.
These clever combinations of numbers and words will have you and your child puzzling out the meaning behind comments such as, “Here’s the plan: I’ll climb the s2l and go str8 to the cookie jar. You be on the l...more
These clever combinations of numbers and words will have you and your child puzzling out the meaning behind comments such as, “Here’s the plan: I’ll climb the s2l and go str8 to the cookie jar. You be on the l...more
I love the basic idea of this book, but I just think it is for the wrong age group. Word play is fun, but for young children that are just beginning to read, substituting numbers for letters in books is a bit confusing. Gr8 and 1derful have their places in later primary books, but not in a children’s board book.
I had wondered if maybe I was over reacting, so I had two teenagers, who seem to text for a living and use creative spelling, look this book over for their opinions. They loved it for old...more
I had wondered if maybe I was over reacting, so I had two teenagers, who seem to text for a living and use creative spelling, look this book over for their opinions. They loved it for old...more
Dedicated to William Steig, “Wumbers” employs his style of wordplay to create fun with numbers. There is also a hint of rebus to this book because the action-packed illustrations help young readers solve the puzzles of words made up of numbers. As in Steig’s “CDB!” and “CDC?” there is no story here. A story would have limited Rosenthal’s freedom to use a variety of words in number form. Instead a series of scenes are described with captions and dialogue using words that contain numbers in place...more
I'll never get tired of the cleverness of cre8tors of books such as this one and last year's delightful E-mergency! Although there is no real storyline here, the pages are filled with words that rely on letters and numbers to communicate. Readers will laugh and cer10ly want to try their hands at cre8ing a few of these on their own after reading examples such as tuba instructions to "Tigh10 your mouth...then 4ce out the air" (unpaged. Some are hard and not as easily noticed; for instance, "I thin...more
7/31/12 ** Saw this book somewhere this summer - maybe here on GoodReads?
What are wumbers? Words that have numbers inside them L8 = late. Some are more sophisticated: S2L = stool. Many of the two page spreads have some sort of pun or riddle. I liked the penguins having a 4mal event and the cookie jar escapade.
I was surprised that there wasn't a unifying storyline across the entire text; instead, each 2 page spread was its own vignette. I will definitely be using this book with my fourth graders...more
What are wumbers? Words that have numbers inside them L8 = late. Some are more sophisticated: S2L = stool. Many of the two page spreads have some sort of pun or riddle. I liked the penguins having a 4mal event and the cookie jar escapade.
I was surprised that there wasn't a unifying storyline across the entire text; instead, each 2 page spread was its own vignette. I will definitely be using this book with my fourth graders...more
I thought this was a really cute book. The substituting of numbers for words in the book was a cute idea. There were times that it did get a little bit grating. I loved the illustrations. It is a cute concept for teaching children to pronounce things phonetically. The error that I see with this is that it will make children quick to gravitate towards this type of writing every day. This is the way some communicate via texting because there is only a limited amount of characters that you can use...more
Cute premise and fun 2 read some of the wumbers cre8ed. I always enjoyed doing this as a child. (Had no idea William Steig wrote a book like that, so now I must read it!) There isn't a story to the book, which would make it pretty much pointless 4 a storytime since the kids wouldn't really be able 2 see the cre8ed words on the page. I could, however, book talk the book and do an activity with the kids helping me make wumbers. Probably best 4 a school-age group. And in a read-alone it would be be...more
This book is very cute and clever. At times this book is even hard to read because it incorporates the idea of letters and numbers to create various words. While the book is very cute and has a fun design, I don't know that i would read this book to young kids because they might really struggle with how and why some letters make the same sound as numbers. This might really confuse little ones. I would suggest this for 3rd or 4th grade because they might actually be able to see how clever the des...more
This is a difficult book to read because I was not used to reading words with numbers in place of some of the letters. This book has many random plots and settings with two main characters that speak in "wumbers".
I would recommend this book to fourth graders since it is a bit odd to think of numbers as letters.
You could implement this book when students are trying to pronounce words in different ways. This gives them a different way of looking at the words.
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse, and Tom Lichtenh...more
I would recommend this book to fourth graders since it is a bit odd to think of numbers as letters.
You could implement this book when students are trying to pronounce words in different ways. This gives them a different way of looking at the words.
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse, and Tom Lichtenh...more
Wumbers is so much fun! such a gr8t book 4 any age! I would personally use this book at the beginning of the year to introduce my students to the possibilities of math. Wumbers turns numbers into games and shows the correlation between words and numbers. u also think there are a variety of different concentrations that could spawn from this book. Such as: count how many words have numbers in them, what is the most common number use in the book, multiply the double numbers in the book, are there...more
What is a Wumber? It's a combination of a word and a number - such as "I h8 brussel sprouts" (my creation, not an example in the book).
Wumbers is a picture book with wumbers within its text of no storyline. The illustrations are simple yet colorful. The wumbers may be confusing for beginning readers but will be enjoyed by more established readers. There were a few wumbers I had to think twice before understanding.
This book is going to make a nice addition to my daughter's elementary school class...more
Wumbers is a picture book with wumbers within its text of no storyline. The illustrations are simple yet colorful. The wumbers may be confusing for beginning readers but will be enjoyed by more established readers. There were a few wumbers I had to think twice before understanding.
This book is going to make a nice addition to my daughter's elementary school class...more
What fun! Definitely for the child who already knows how to read, this title will be a lot of fun! Sometimes those numbers are tricky. Especially with IM speak so popular among the youth, this book shows that these wumbers are not always as simple as gr8 or see you l8er. Many times it IS a game and the illustrations are needed to figure out the words. (For example "flying 10ies" which is accompanied by some sneakers flying off of children's feet on a swing set). This book is definitely worth a r...more
From the creators of the book Duck! Rabbit! comes another entertaining book that is filled with fun illustrations. The author/illustrator combination has figured out a way to mix numbers and reading.... and there you have "Wumbers". Each page layout depicts a new scene, but the words are half written with numbers. For example, "stool" is "s2l", "button" is "bu10". Advanced readers and beginning readers will have fun figuring out these words! This book is a surefire hit with everyone!
This book did not have the best literary content, but could be used to incorporate math and language arts together, especially for the purposes of recognizing the numbers in different forms. (letters as opposed to numbers). For this particular station or activity, I would have the students write out the numbers in word form and vice versa, so that they would be familiar with numbers in different forms, especially when they encounter them in word problems, etc.
"It's a book!" "It's a game!"
There is no story in this book. Just random pages with phrases written with numbers in the words. It takes some creative thinking to figure some of them out. I like this book as a bit of a brain teaser for the older elementary crowd. It is over the heads of early readers and makes a completely lousy read aloud. But an older elementary child can read the book and then think of a few wumbers of his or her own.
There is no story in this book. Just random pages with phrases written with numbers in the words. It takes some creative thinking to figure some of them out. I like this book as a bit of a brain teaser for the older elementary crowd. It is over the heads of early readers and makes a completely lousy read aloud. But an older elementary child can read the book and then think of a few wumbers of his or her own.
2.5
This wasn't exactly bad, and I enjoy this author, but it wasn't the best ever. If you are trying to teach your kids how to update their Twitter status, or adults, using a bunch of numbers transposing letters - this is your book.
It's silly fun, but silly fun without much of a point. I think this is an nice way of making big words more approachable to little kids, but that's about it.
This wasn't exactly bad, and I enjoy this author, but it wasn't the best ever. If you are trying to teach your kids how to update their Twitter status, or adults, using a bunch of numbers transposing letters - this is your book.
It's silly fun, but silly fun without much of a point. I think this is an nice way of making big words more approachable to little kids, but that's about it.
This was hard for first graders to do. They struggled with sounding out the word and rhyming the number. They liked it but I would try 2nd grade instead. Some of the vocabulary words were hard for grade 1 like "el8ted." It was hard for me to read out loud because of the long pauses while kids figured out the word. Made for a slow pace. It is clever how they created the story around letters and text.
Dec 07, 2012
Alison Russell
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This book cleverly combines words and numbers. The book would be entertaining for elementary students at any age. Younger elementary students would enjoy it as a reader loud, and slightly older students can have a go at reading it. It may be useful in teaching students to monitor for meaning (they have to carefully combine the letters and numbers to read a word that makes sense).
Short and Sweet: This book was one I was very excited to read, but fell very flat once it arrived. The story is broken into short stories which made the continuity very difficult. In addition to that the numbers placed within certain words to create full words made reading out loud very difficult. Overall pretty disappointed with this picture book, sadly.
This book made me feel really mentally challenged. It's a great concept (I was going to try and use the "wumber" for that, but it's gr8 and I couldn't make myself type that seriously; parenthetically is the best I can do). If you go to their Tumblr page, you can see examples from the book.
Woohoo for Wumbers! Gonna don my three, count 'em, three, Wumbers silly bands (received at this year's [2012] Book Expo America) and cre8 a ruckus about this very in10tionally punny picture book. But not until I recover from long flight delays getting home from BEA. Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld are ROCK STARS to me.
While this book is creative, I do not like the idea of introducing children to this version of "text talk." While it is a fun book, I feel like it should be geared towards older children. As long as they don't think that it is ok to use "wumbers" for formal writing, but is ok for play and creativity.
Words + numbers = wumbers! The book doesn't tell a full story (that would be waaaaay too difficult for this concept) rather it has one page comic-like one-liners that incoporate numbers into words set atop illustrations of the scenarios. A fun read, though a little complcated for a read aloud. Must read!
A unique and fun book about using numbers to replace text. The author dedicated the book to William Steiger for his work C D B. this would be fun to use with 4th and 5th graders having them come up with phrases using numbers and them creating a picture to help show the meaning.
I thought I would like this more. It's creative, no doubt. But kids are going to learn text speak no matter what in this day and age.. do we need a book in this language? Maybe I'm old school but I don't think I want to encourage a kid to write/communicate in this "wumbers" way.
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updated Aug 03, 2012 06:59pm