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55th out of 85 books
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Minerva Louise
For over twenty years, the inspired silliness of Janet Stoeke's Minerva Louise series has captured imaginations and tickled funny bones. Now the book that introduced the feather-brained fowl is back and just as hilarious as ever. From the flowerpot Minerva uses as a comfy seat to the tricycle she mistakes for a tractor, the daffy details of this clever story are truly memo...more
Hardcover
Published
March 31st 1988
by Dutton Juvenile
(first published January 1st 1988)
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This seems like it would be a fun book to read to toddlers.
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Minerva Louise is going exploring. She may not be the brightest chicken in the coop, but she's not letting that stop her! This is a great silly story as a read aloud. Children will enjoy pointing out what various objects really are, instead of what Minerva Louise thinks they are. All of the Minerva Louise books make me smile. --ML
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I love chickens of all kinds. Heck even some of my book characters are chickens, but Minerva Louise takes the cake when it comes to funny and scatterbrained chickens. Minerva isn't the brightest hen in the hen house, or maybe she is and chickens really aren't that smart. Either way, Minerva and her mistakenly identified house hold objects are sure to make you and your child laugh! My favorite was the sleeping cat which she thought was a friendly cow.
I love the Minerva Louise books! (Yes, there is more than one.)
I always seem to have a lot of luck reading chicken stories to children. I read this to a daycare class of three- and four-year-olds, and they loved telling me the real names of the things the hen Minerva Louise thinks she was seeing when she explores a house. For example, Minerva Louise "sees" a tractor, but it's actually a bike, etc. The story really helps encourage vocabulary and knowing the differences between things.
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I always seem to have a lot of luck reading chicken stories to children. I read this to a daycare class of three- and four-year-olds, and they loved telling me the real names of the things the hen Minerva Louise thinks she was seeing when she explores a house. For example, Minerva Louise "sees" a tractor, but it's actually a bike, etc. The story really helps encourage vocabulary and knowing the differences between things.
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These books ALWAYS MAKE ME SMILE. And sometimes it's really hard to make me smile. I love how clever they are. Perfect for a clever preschooler (and beyond).
This silly hen is a gem radiating charm and personality in simple illustrations and text. A great book about an outsiders perspective on a house.
I want to remember this series of books for A. AA loved being the smart guy and giggling about how that Minerva Louise got everything wrong.
I love all of Minerva Louise's adventures. It's a great silly story as a read aloud. All of these books make me smile.
This book was a winner of the 1986 Dutton picture book competition.
A favorite over and over again read when my son was young!
OH that silly Minerva! Love the last page!
Funny simple little book about a confused hen.
A new edition of an old favorite.
Lovely silliness.
Apr 29, 2013
June
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Chicken requests and simply picture books
I find Stoeke's simple style appropriate for Toddler Time, however, I might need to move it up to Story Time. I had a few older kids come to PJ Story Time for once and they got the jokes, while I think that most might go over toddler's heads. 4/10/12
Maybe it works with smaller groups of younger kids. I had a small PJ Story Time and I discussed it a bit more with one of my regulars, who wasn't to shy and she responded well to it.
Maybe it works with smaller groups of younger kids. I had a small PJ Story Time and I discussed it a bit more with one of my regulars, who wasn't to shy and she responded well to it.
cute story about a confused chicken who mistakes bedspreads for flowers and flower pots for chairs when she visits a house. preschoolers.
The boys love this story of a chicken who gets a bit confused when she enters a house.
Tommy really appreciated how confused Minerva Louise was during her adventure in a people-house.
This was a favorite this Fall. The boys loved this confused chicken.
I don't get it. But it's cute.
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