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Tall
by
Jez Alborough (Goodreads Author)
"A must-have title for any children who have ever felt less than enchanted with their diminutive status." - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
When you’re a tiny chimp like Bobo, it seems that everyone else is bigger than you. Luckily, Bobo’s pals let him climb on their shoulders to give him a taste of being tall, but what if the little guy clambers too high? In this tale of very few w...more
When you’re a tiny chimp like Bobo, it seems that everyone else is bigger than you. Luckily, Bobo’s pals let him climb on their shoulders to give him a taste of being tall, but what if the little guy clambers too high? In this tale of very few w...more
Board Book, 34 pages
Published
February 27th 2007
by Candlewick Press
(first published January 1st 2005)
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Perfect picture book for the beginning reader. Charming illustrations propel the story with a minimum of text - and the text is ideal for young readers just putting phonics to work.
A strikingly simple book with few words that illustrates the complex concept of relativity. The book’s simplicity and charming drawings appeal to children of all developmental levels. Bobo, the baby monkey, has a universal wish: he wants to be tall. So, he climbs atop taller and taller animals--feeling tall on each taller one--until he’s as tall as a giraffe. But Bobo is only tall or small in relation to the animal he's standing next to. The drawings of Bobo gradually gaining height provide an o...more
Children will gleefully exclaim at the antics of Bobo the chimpanzee, who is not at all happy with being small. To remedy his situation, he climbs onto the shoulder of various taller and taller animal friends, until a topple and a tumble that sends Bobo right into Mama’s arms, where he finds that is happy being small.
Much of this title is communicated wordlessly, giving the adult reader a chance to engage in a dialogue with young attendents. The mainly visual story also gives young minds work to...more
Much of this title is communicated wordlessly, giving the adult reader a chance to engage in a dialogue with young attendents. The mainly visual story also gives young minds work to...more
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I LOVED this book. It's very simple. There are only 5 different words in the entire book, but it would be a great book if you were working on the concept of tall and small. The monkey in the story is adorable, and while walking through the jungle he meets animals that he compares himself to in terms of size. Great pictures, and a great way to introduce the concept of height.
May 22, 2013
Susan
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
adventure,
animals,
caring,
friendship,
grade-1,
grade-2,
grade-k,
grade-pre-k,
growing-up,
humor,
imaginative-play
Featuring the rhyming words: tall, small and fall this largely wordless text illustrates every young child’s need to feel big yet supported by friends and family. Young children will delight in the variety of tales you can spin with these illustrations and the discussion generated as they tell their own version of the story.
Featuring the rhyming words: tall, small and fall this largely wordless text illustrates every young child’s need to feel big yet supported by friends and family. Young children will delight in the variety of tales you can spin with these illustrations and the discussion generated as they tell their own version of the story.
My 23-mo-old son really liked this. I think it would be great for a child who can't sit through much text, as there is hardly any and the pictures are cute. I definitely got bored reading it over and over, but if my son likes it, that's why I'm reading it, right?
Illustrated by the author. A nearly wordless picture book comparing "tall" and "small". I'll be using it for my "Start with Math" program and I think kids will like it. The illustrations are quite sweet and all the animals seem friendly :)
This is a fun book for my 3 1/2 y/o because there are only 4 words (maximum, no joke) in the whole thing and he can read them all. It's also a concept he's familiar with- being small next to many who are tall. Fun for early readers.
May 22, 2013
Susan
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Featuring the rhyming words: tall, small and fall this largely wordless text illustrates every young child’s need to feel big yet supported by friends and family. Young children will delight in the variety of tales you can spin with these illustrations and the discussion generated as they tell their own version of the story.
A series of illustrations and very few words ("small," "tall") carry the story in this book, and though it's a good concept for beginning readers, I find it tiresome to "read" stories without words.
Adorable illustrations to help with concepts of perspective, tall, and short. The pictures do most of the talking with only 5 different words in the story.
Darling book. We had a good conversation about being "big enough" and how your friends can help you be a "bigger person." I don't think Andrew got much out of it, but I loved it.
Great for beginning readers. The limited words allows the children to add their own observations to the story. A great picture book for anyone who has ever felt short.
Aug 15, 2012
June
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
monkey & size requests
A little chimp wants to be tall and keeps getting higher & higher, until he falls. I had a small, young crowd, but several were taken with the pictures of the animals.
Jul 27, 2011
Ubalstecha
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A very sweet book about relative sizes and accepting the size you are. Simple three word text and lots of repetition makkes this a hit with little kids.
This book had more pictures than words but it was fun. This would be a book for a beginning reader. It could also be used as an introduction to big and small.
Another great Alborough book. My kids love Bobo. Only 5 words in this book and my young ones love to "read" it.
Miles (3.5) loves this book. I got it from the library and he wanted it every night for a week. Funny and sweet.
Cute story about being the right size. A great story to share with your favorite toddler/preschooler.
"I liked the monkey climbing on all the animals. I thought it was funny."
Math comparing sizes concept. Almost wordless, but very well illustrated
Ever so cute. And a great learn to read primer for basic words small/tall/fall
my girls love this book and it's great for predicting and sounding out
I liked this book a lot more than "yes".
I'd read it to the kids again.
I'd read it to the kids again.
Cute, but I'm not a fan of (nearly) word free picture books.
4* art
4* cleverness - only 4 words carry the story
4* cleverness - only 4 words carry the story
This is my favorite due to the giraffe. :)
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Jez Alborough is the author-illustrator of the picture-book charmer HUG, his first book about Bobo. He has also created many other celebrated books for children, including SOME DOGS DO — a story about a dog who can fly — and the best-selling Eddie and the Bear books: WHERE'S MY TEDDY?, IT'S THE BEAR!, and MY FRIEND BEAR. Of TALL, he says, "Bobo experiences feeling small as well as feeling tall, bu...more
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