In this uproariously funny counting book, illustrated by popular artist Kevin Hawkes, a ravenous little sister eats everything from one hare to ten...
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Nov 13, 2008
Rfrancik
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Ever wonder what a child who eats everything including worms and ants will balk at? It turns out the little sister in My Little Sister Ate One Hare has her limits but you'll have to get to the last page to find out what it is.
This rhyming book delights the K-3rd grade crowd with it's repeating phrases and the outlandish things eaten by the "My Little Sister". Children love to participate in telling this story with the story teller and are suitably satisfied with the endin More...
This rhyming book delights the K-3rd grade crowd with it's repeating phrases and the outlandish things eaten by the "My Little Sister". Children love to participate in telling this story with the story teller and are suitably satisfied with the endin More...
Jan 23, 2012
Cheryl in CC NV
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Great rhythm, and, as it's a cumulative tale, a beginning reader will be able to pick it up pretty quickly himself. That is, the repition is akin to stories like The House That Jack Built or songs like 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' and so seeing the word 'polliwogs' several times in its own place in the verse will cement that word in the child's repetoire.
Fun illustrations with nothing actually gross or yucky. Some kids and families will love it - but it just wasn't awesomely suit More...
Fun illustrations with nothing actually gross or yucky. Some kids and families will love it - but it just wasn't awesomely suit More...
Jan 12, 2012
Sheniqua
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This fun read is about a little boy's sister who eats ten different weird and disgusting things throughout the book, including animals like shrews and lizards. In the end, she eats something that finally makes her throw up. I would use this book to teach a math lesson about ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.) and how these numbers describe a position and are different from our regular counting numbers. What did she eat first? What did she eat fourth? I could also use this book to talk about dif
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Feb 07, 2012
Jennifer
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This is a very adorable book for a math lesson on counting and addition! The different pages of the book go through the different amounts of "things" that the litle girl eats, and there are ways to expand the numbers on the page. For example, she ate a certain number of frogs on one page, but how many frog LEGS did the girl eat? That can bring children to higher levels of addition, or even the beginning stages of multiplication.
Jun 19, 2010
Sabrina
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This book is very funny! It helps in boosting children's imagination. Ii like the illustrations as they are humorous and are able to grab young children's attention. The storyline is also catchy and easily followed by children.
It can also be used to as a fun way to teach children about numbers.
It can also be used to as a fun way to teach children about numbers.
Apr 06, 2011
Kerri
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A great counting book with a building, rhyming text. A sister eats different animals as a magic act from numbers 1 to 10. The story is quite funny and will be sure to get a child's laugh. The illustrations are very bright and colorful. A great book to teach sequencing through repetitive lines.
Dec 07, 2010
Ambra
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My nine year old son and I love this book! It is a hilarious counting book about a girl that eats a bunch of gross stuff. She has a strong stomach and isn't bothered by any of it until she eats something rather mundane. I definitely recommend this one.
Jun 21, 2010
Stacey
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I would give this a 5 but the reaction from my 2 year old wasn't what I had hoped, I think she just needs to be a little older so she can pay attention to the hillarious pictures and the story they tell more. Super cute counting book though!
Jan 26, 2012
Danie
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I think I love this book mainly because I love the throw up references and the eventual barfing up all the things she swallowed. In a non-gross way. Great for a silly preschool or even well behaved toddler storytime.
Feb 19, 2011
En Garde!
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When I was little I LOVED this book. It had a all the signs of a childhood favorite... the ragged edges... the various food stains... but suprisingly... the ending pages stayed pristine :) whyyy? read the book!
Dec 16, 2011
Jennifer
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I liked how the book used the concept of counting down by building on the animals that she already had eaten. This made the book predictabe and easy to follow along with. The ending is very humorous.
Jul 23, 2009
Valerie
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great for preschoolers and school-age alike
Created a grocery sack puppet head and added the various pieces - later to be "thrown up" and tossed out towards the audience!
Created a grocery sack puppet head and added the various pieces - later to be "thrown up" and tossed out towards the audience!
May 01, 2009
Katrina
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Little sister has no problem eating one hare, two snakes, and three ants, but when she gets to ten peas, she throws up quite a mess.
Themes: counting, stories in rhymes
Themes: counting, stories in rhymes
Jun 23, 2009
Skylar
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I picked this up on a lark from the library, and my daughter demanded I read it five times in a row. There's just something grossly amusing about it.
Jul 29, 2011
I didn't care for this book, it seemed like a kids book written for someone without kids. My daughter found the pictures disturbing and so did I.
Jul 27, 2009
Bethany
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Great for when you substitute teach---follow-up with creative writing about "what's the grossest thing you ever ate" journal entry. Very enjoyable.
Feb 16, 2010
Wendy
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This was also a big hit over my Christmas break, and it's one of my all time favorites. If you haven't read it- go find a copy now!!
Dec 12, 2011
Colby
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My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman is a counting and rhyming picture story about a little girl who eats lots of interesting animals. She gets through eating, bats, snakes, shrews, polliwogs turned into frogs and even ants. She gets all the way to eating ten, but she is stopped, not by an animal, but by a vegetable. This story is a cute that helps children to count to ten and enjoy rhyming as thy go. Kevin Hawkes has done a good job illustrating the book. He uses light and dark
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Feb 03, 2009
Inspired Kathy
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A lot like I know an old lady who swallowed a fly. I loved the last page of the book.
Apr 17, 2010
Jennifer
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Used this for Things That Make You Go Ewwww Story Time. Gross!
Kids liked it.
Kids liked it.
Nov 11, 2009
Becky
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An eating book that is also a counting book, with an, um, explosive ending.
Aug 27, 2010
Jackie
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OH! What one little sister can eat...it's amazing! But, what's even more amazing is what will make her sick.
Used for "What a Mess!" Storytime-October, 2010.
Used for "What a Mess!" Storytime-October, 2010.
Dec 17, 2009
Lynnda
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This is my very favorite read-aloud for kids. The story (told in rhyme) is simple, sequential, repetitive, and cumulative, as well as extraordinarily amusing (for children AND adults). The pictures are wonderful. I have read this book to so many children (and groups of children), that my original copy is beginning to come unbound -- and instead of replacing it, I'm planning to take it apart & laminate each page so that I can continue to share it indefinitely!
Sep 26, 2007
Jackie "the Librarian"
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This is a great cumulative, counting story with a fun gross factor. "My little sister ate one hare, we thought she's throw up then and there, but she didn't!"
She eats lizards with their gizzards, ants in their underpants, and mice. She spits them up and eats them twice!
Fun illustrations - all the creatures are amusingly costumed. And a grand, explosive finale!
She eats lizards with their gizzards, ants in their underpants, and mice. She spits them up and eats them twice!
Fun illustrations - all the creatures are amusingly costumed. And a grand, explosive finale!
Aug 26, 2008
Tracy
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As far as read out-louds, this is one of my favorites. I originally used it for Thanksgiving when all the traditional books were checked out. So, I did a theme on eating (There was an Old Woman who Swallowed a Fly and so forth).
Sister...gained excellent response and I've used it for other storytimes and large school groups as well.
Sister...gained excellent response and I've used it for other storytimes and large school groups as well.
