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Good Thing You're Not an Octopus!
If you were an octopus, you′d have eight legs to put into pants!
Follow one little boy through his day as he playfully considers how mealtime, bath time, nap time, and many other activities would be different if he were a bird, a tiger, or any number of baby animals. Julie Markes′s first picture book is charmingly illustrated by Maggie Smith.
Follow one little boy through his day as he playfully considers how mealtime, bath time, nap time, and many other activities would be different if he were a bird, a tiger, or any number of baby animals. Julie Markes′s first picture book is charmingly illustrated by Maggie Smith.
Paperback, 40 pages
Published
February 21st 2006
by HarperCollins
(first published 2001)
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What’s that you say? You don’t like to get dressed in the morning? Well, it’s a good thing you’re not an octopus because they have 8 legs which makes putting on pants much more difficult than the 2 legs you have. The round-faced boy in this book has a list of activities he doesn’t like, from riding in his car seat to taking a bath, putting on his shoes to brushing his teeth. Luckily, the unnamed narrator is able to find the bright side to each activity, “If you were a shark you could have two h...more
3.5 - I wasn't so sure I'd like this. I could tell right away that Julia probably would but I wasn't sure about myself. I did end up thinking it was okay. My favorite part was the illustrations. The illustrations are exactly as they should be - big, bright and engaging.
The story is pretty basic, going along with 'don't like to put on your shoes? good thing you're not a caterpillar, then you'd have sixteen feet to put shoes on!' the whole time.
Lots of different things are included, everything fro...more
The story is pretty basic, going along with 'don't like to put on your shoes? good thing you're not a caterpillar, then you'd have sixteen feet to put shoes on!' the whole time.
Lots of different things are included, everything fro...more
Feb 21, 2013
Angela
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
ages-4-and-up,
animals,
bears,
best-early-kid-books,
birds,
bold-colors,
for-boys,
for-girls,
great-illustration,
humor-for-kids,
informative,
insects,
kids,
learning-lessons,
math-adventures,
narrative-skills,
picture-books,
preschool-age,
print-motivation,
sea-creatures,
sound-and-rhymes,
vocabulary,
wild-animals
Best for kids ages 4 and up
Early Literacy Skills: Print Motivation, Vocabulary, Narrative Skills
From cover:
It's a good thing you're not an octopus! If you were an octopus, you would have eight legs to put into your pants!
Follow one little boy through his day as he playfully considers how mealtime, bath time, nap time, and many other activities would be different if he were a bird, a tiger, or any number of baby animals. At the end of the day he realizes that the best thing of all is to be himse...more
Early Literacy Skills: Print Motivation, Vocabulary, Narrative Skills
From cover:
It's a good thing you're not an octopus! If you were an octopus, you would have eight legs to put into your pants!
Follow one little boy through his day as he playfully considers how mealtime, bath time, nap time, and many other activities would be different if he were a bird, a tiger, or any number of baby animals. At the end of the day he realizes that the best thing of all is to be himse...more
This book is absolutely horrible for a child who picks it up and does not hate getting dressed, eating, etc.
I read this to my grandson, and the only thing that saved it was me being silly and saying, "Wait, maybe you should be an octopus, because you LOVE to get dressed!" And the pouch--OMG, he would *LOVE* if he got to ride around in a pouch of his mom's all day.
I read this to my grandson, and the only thing that saved it was me being silly and saying, "Wait, maybe you should be an octopus, because you LOVE to get dressed!" And the pouch--OMG, he would *LOVE* if he got to ride around in a pouch of his mom's all day.
Cute book for preschool age children. It goes through a day in the life of a little boy and discusses how the not-so-fun-things he has to do, could be worse. Features animals like birds, tigers, sharks, kangaroo, etc. Teaches children that no matter how bad they think they have it, it can always be worse. Also reinforces routines.
In this fictional book, a little boy complains about his daily activities and what is that he has to do. He imagines his situation as an octopus and realizes that if he were an octopus his life would be a bit more chaotic. In the end he realizes that it’s a good thing to be himself rather than an octopus.
This is such a cute book for kids who are at the age where they don't want to do anything- get dressed, eat, brush their teeth, etc... But I think any age will love it because the pictures are so cute too.
This is SUCH a cute book! It has predictive text, so Lilly could easily recite it after reading it twice. The story is darling and the pictures are awesome. SO MUCH FUN for little kids!
We checked this out at the library and Addyson loved it. I also thought it was great, because what toddler doesn't complain about daily routines at some point.
FUN read! This is an engaging fictional story which helps children think about the differences between animals. I used this book to ease our discussion on invertebrates/vertebrates, and even copied the octopus illustration when creating a invertebrate/vertebrate material. The children mainly enjoy this material because of this humorous picture!
Do you think being a little kid is hard? Brushing teeth, getting dressed, and other things make you a lucky person compared to if you were n animal!
It's a fun children's book. I read it to my preschoolers and they loved it. They think "it's funny!" Love the vibrant color illustrations.
Apr 22, 2010
Melissa Nastja
added it
Good book for self-improvement. Talks about how we are lucky that we have legs and arms, and are able to dress ourselves.
Cute picture book about being happy that you are you, even if there are a few things you don't like to do!
So good. Illustrations are perfect.
Cute read.
Jan 30, 2009
Kate Hastings
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Preschool Toddlers bad day getting dressed
Shelves:
preschool
A really fun book for storytime that I am just now discovering! A child doesn't like taking a bath, taking a nap, eating his lunch (and all those other things kids hate to do!). But compared to animals, kids have it easy. Tigers lick their cubs to give them baths (yuck!) and bears have to nap ALL WINTER LONG.
One of my new favorite authors. Would be good for a writing exercise or book discussion- have kids write or discuss other things they are glad they are not because...
Commonplace rhyme about the presumed travails of toddlerhood. Nice try at humour but doesn't pull up any trees.
I love weeding, i've found so many hidden treasures!
Apr 18, 2013
Karen
marked it as to-read
Mar 13, 2013
Yuuji Minamiguti
marked it as to-read
Mar 09, 2013
Rahni
marked it as childrens-read
Jan 22, 2013
Kara Schmitz
marked it as to-read
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