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340 voters
Hi, Pizza Man!
While a young girl waits for the delivery of a hot pizza, she provides the appropriate animal sounds for a variety of pretend animal pizza deliverers.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
September 1st 1998
by Orchard Books (NY)
(first published 1995)
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I love this simple, funny, and oh so imaginative book based on a game the author would play with her granddaughter while waiting for dinner to arrive. This book starts out innocently asking what the little girl will say to the pizza man when the door bell rings (Hi, Pizza Man!) and then the question changes to, but what if it is a pizza lady? dog? dinosaur? The kids in my audience loved this book, and happily helped make the appropriate animal noises and giggled at the wonderful illustrations.
This silly book associates animal sounds with a picture of that animal. While a girl is waiting for her pizza to be delivered she wonders who will be delivering it. Of course, as first she thinks of a pizza man or woman but then her imagination takes over and she starts to wonder what she would say if her pizza was delivered by a duck, or a dog, or a snake. Very good for sound association.
This book was actually written by my children's literature professor, who's quite well known in teh field. The story is great and simple, plus it's interactive for the kids. Good for readalouds, storytimes, etc. But the illustrations are kind of one-dimensional. There's no movement, no emotion in the characters.
Ages 2-4, or even younger.
Ages 2-4, or even younger.
This story is very creative. I love how the let her imagination run wild. Very useful when teaching community helpers and jobs that people have.The text is very simple and easy to follow.
Learning experience: I would have the children create their own experience on when they waited for the pizza man to come
Learning experience: I would have the children create their own experience on when they waited for the pizza man to come
I didn't hear of this book till this year and it was only because my co-worker was looking all over for a place to buy it for the classroom. Since its out of print its almost impossible to find but I ended up finding one for her and it was the best thing. My preschool class LOVES this book.
The kids at Storytime loved this book. Our book is getting old, a lot of rips, chewed binding, etc. I had to laugh at some of the weird pictures. Why does the duck have a turban and a pair of earrings on? They should release it again, and change some of the illustrations.
Toddlers will enjoy predicting how the main character's mom would greet various kinds of animals, if they were to deliver a pizza. Illustrations obviously done by someone with talent and they are humorous/cute, but are somewhat wooden.
I love love love this book. A young girl learns to say Hello to the Pizza Man. But what if a cow delivers the pizza, then what? You say Mooo Moo Cow. This story goes through different animals until finally the pizza is delievered.
One of my all-time favorites for reading aloud. It's even better when you prompt the kids to say the animal sound for each possible pizza delivery person/animal. "Meow meow pizza kitty" and "Roar pizza dinosaur"!
so fun and imaginative. girl is waiting for the pizza to arrive and her mother sparks her to imagine what she would say if a pizza dog arrives...or a pizza dinosaur. great readaloud.
Great book to read aloud to toddlers (or even preschoolers for a nice, quick read). They love talking about what each character is wearing when they come to the door.
What a fun book for story time! The kids loved making all of the animal noises. Too bad it's out of print--hopefully one day it will be brought back!
This short, simple and silly story invites children to say the make animal noises and interact with the storytelling. Well-suited for toddler+ storytimes.
What would you say if the pizza man came to the door? What if it was the pizza dinosaur or the pizza dog? Silly, interactive, a delight to use with groups.
Great readaloud potential -- imagination, animal sounds, funny costumes, and pizza. Multi-win. Bring it back in print, publishers of the world!!
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A very clever book that combines humor with mystery with animal sounds. Another sure winner in story time. Good stuff!
"Hi, Pizza Man!" is fun from start to finish! Ordered pizza for dinner and can't wait for it to get there? Well, one could pass the time by asking what would you say if it was a pizza kitty or a pizza puppy who brought your meal? This fun book is silly, simple fun and there are endless variations you and/or your little one could add to the game. :)
Simple but fun book about how to greet various animals delivering the little girl's pizza.
Toddlers, Pre-K, vocabulary, repetition, print motivation & awareness.
Cute book. My girls like to read it so they can make the animal noises.
Cute - my preschoolers think it's hilarious.
My sense of humor... I liked it more than the kids did!
Dec 09, 2011
June
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Elissa or Jenn?
Big hit in storytime. Pizza and various animals...
Great book for read-aloud storytime.
Genuinely funny, and not just to kids.
really basic
Always a big hit!
We had fun with this one. It talks through various hypothetical pizza deliverers, which just get more and more absurd as the book goes on: pizza cat, pizza dog, pizza snake, pizza dinosaur...Lots of opportunities for animal sounds and lots of repetition make this a fun read-aloud, and I thought the illustrations were really cute. The snake wearing three bow ties on his "neck" was my favorite.
A cute read -- it begins with a little girl who is hungry ... and her momma who is asking fanciful questions to distract her (what parent doesn't get THAT?). Will it really be a pizza man who delivers their pie? Or a pizza woman? A pizza kitty? A pizza snake? You get the idea. But it's fun to read with my 2-year-old, because it involves animal sounds.
One of Audrey's favorites...it's a cute book that wonders what if a pizza man doesn't come and a pizza kitty comes instead? or a pizza cow? the illustrations are fabulous.
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