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Snip Snap! What's That?
snipsnap!SNIPSNAP!SNIPSNAP!What's that?And what will the children do once they find out?
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
April 12th 2005
by Greenwillow Books
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Snip Snap! What’s That? Would be a great book to read aloud in a Kindergarten to 2nd grade classroom. The book had great illustrations with a variety of colors that would immediately catch the children’s attention. The detail in the illustrations helps tell the story as well. Different parts of the alligator are shown on each page, so the reader can catch on to the idea that the children are being followed. At the end of the story when the alligator jumps out and scares the children, the illustr...more
Genre: fiction, picture book
Topic: alligators,
Theme: overcoming fear, defeating monsters
Illustrations: The illustrations are bright and colorful. They are highly supportive of the text. Several pages have no text, just illustrations.
Reading Level: strong early
Use: read aloud, guided reading, independent reading
Literary Elements: onomatopoeia, rhyming, word families
Thoughts:
Snip Snap is the story of three children chased by an alligator. The alligator comes into their house and upstairs. The chi...more
Topic: alligators,
Theme: overcoming fear, defeating monsters
Illustrations: The illustrations are bright and colorful. They are highly supportive of the text. Several pages have no text, just illustrations.
Reading Level: strong early
Use: read aloud, guided reading, independent reading
Literary Elements: onomatopoeia, rhyming, word families
Thoughts:
Snip Snap is the story of three children chased by an alligator. The alligator comes into their house and upstairs. The chi...more
Snip Snap! What's That would be an excellent story to read-aloud to students. This book would probably be more appropriate for Kindergarten through second grade classrooms. The story is about an alligator that sneaks into a residential complex. The alligator creeps it's way into a residential unit and terrifies young children. The children keep trying to sneak away from it, but they cannot escape. Finally, the children scream at the alligator telling it to leave, and it becomes frightened of the...more
I absolutely loved this book. The author included many sound effects, which children always have fun doing. Not only did this book have great sound effects, it used many adjectives to describe the alligator as well as the children. The adjectives described how the alligator was moving, what it looked like, as well as how terrifying it was to the children. As a child, i would love to hear my mom read a story to me and do all the sound effects. It would make me excited about reading that story and...more
This book is a great read aloud! My story time audience got up and gathered around the book to find out what happens when three children are stalked by a big mean alligator who comes "creeping...creeping...creeping up the stairs." The kids gathered around the book in order to point out all the wonderful details to be found in the illustrations. The colors are bright and the text is filled with wonderful sounds and the repeated phrase, "Were the children scared? You bet they were!" It didn't take...more
Wow! What a great book! This book was fun, short, and with good illustrations. The story line had a great rhyming sequence and pattern. It is suspenseful and unpredictable. It would be a great discussion for kids to have while reading this book. It starts out as an alligator creeping up the stairs and around the whole house to eat the three little children. Throughout the story they run and hide as much as possible. Until the end when they have finally had enough and tell the alligator to leave...more
This is one of my favorite books to read aloud. There is drama, suspense, and a tremendous conclusion. The kids will get involved with you when you ask, "And were the children scard?" the kids will yell, "You bet they were!" I read this in an interview and it did the trick, so it should work for your group too! A mite scary for under 3 or scaredy-cats.
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This is a great picture book to read aloud to kindergarten to 2nd grade students. This book has great illustrations with lots of different colors that would keep the childrens attention. I think that the illustartions go along with the story very well the detail in the pictures help tell the story even further. It has great descriptive words, which could be a great beginning to a lesson on descriptive words.
This book is about three children trapped in an apartment with an alligator, and the chil...more
This book is about three children trapped in an apartment with an alligator, and the chil...more
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This is a great, suspenseful book about three children trapped in an apartment with an alligator. And were the children scared?
YOU BET THEY WERE!
Of course, there's a happy ending, when they finally stand up to the alligator and chase him away before he can eat them.
This is great fun to read, with the frequent breaks to yell "YOU BET THEY WERE!" at the top of your lungs, and the opportunities to ham it up with those sound-words. I suppose it might be a little scary for some children, as there is...more
YOU BET THEY WERE!
Of course, there's a happy ending, when they finally stand up to the alligator and chase him away before he can eat them.
This is great fun to read, with the frequent breaks to yell "YOU BET THEY WERE!" at the top of your lungs, and the opportunities to ham it up with those sound-words. I suppose it might be a little scary for some children, as there is...more
We discovered this book at the local library. We checked it out so much I had to buy it. It is the one book I can take to read to my children's class that sends ripples of laughter through the class. They love the repetition of the book and enjoy yelling out, "you bet they were". At one point in the book (large gator face on both pages) you can slam the book shut and the kids jump and fall into giggles. It is so much fun.
Awesome book! A big hit with the preschool kids. It meets a lot of my requirements for a fun read-aloud book:
1. a repetitive phrase we all can say together
2. fun illustrations
3. a theme or message (being afraid and being brave)
4. opportunities for active engagement (opening our arms to become alligator mouths, etc.)
5. some (but not too many!) "bigger words" that they can make sense of due to context.
1. a repetitive phrase we all can say together
2. fun illustrations
3. a theme or message (being afraid and being brave)
4. opportunities for active engagement (opening our arms to become alligator mouths, etc.)
5. some (but not too many!) "bigger words" that they can make sense of due to context.
Very clever us of anticipation! I was on the edge of my seat, right along with my five year old twins. Illustrations were very cute and clever, repetition was perfectly timed, and we all certainly were eagerly wanting to turn the page...what would happen next!
Could also be a good book on how to deal with bullies, right? Strength in numbers and standing up for ones self.
Nicely done!
Could also be a good book on how to deal with bullies, right? Strength in numbers and standing up for ones self.
Nicely done!
Peter's current favorite book from the library. It's been a long time since I've read a book to him that we both have enjoyed so very much. The illustrations add a lot, but really it's how bright his eyes are as he anticipates each page that have made me love this picture book.
When an alligator sneaks up the stairs and into their apartment, 3 siblings are very frightened. They become more and more frightened as the alligator eats the front door, the drapes, the sofa...
But finally they've had enough! And they yell at that alligator to get out! And it does...
But finally they've had enough! And they yell at that alligator to get out! And it does...
Snip Snap is about three children who are frightened of an approaching alligator. I love this story because it acknoledges and validates the fear that the children feel and then models how to be brave to overcome the fear. Great book for the 'fraidy cat in your life and their siblings.
I found this book about an alligator who climbs out of a sewer and into the children's house to be just an okay read-aloud for me...I used an alligator puppet to build up the storylines of the alligator getting closer and closer to the children and it worked pretty well.
The best thing I could say about this book is that it is nicely illustrated. The worst of the bunch from the library this time round.
Blah. For the grown-up reading at least.
My daughter quite liked it though, but the rating is mine, because I had to read it.
Blah. For the grown-up reading at least.
My daughter quite liked it though, but the rating is mine, because I had to read it.
My youngest daughter really liked listening to this story. She enjoyed the alligator getting closer and closer and the kids yelling at him to get out! My oldest enjoyed reading it. She made her voice get louder and louder as he got closer and closer.
What a horrid summary currently posted at Goodreads! Author Kim Baker read this at our Family Literacy Night at school. Nice repetitive text story.a group of kids is terrified by an alligator that is coming ever closer. Will they be brave enough?
My daughter loves this book! It's pretty cute. There were a few places where it lost rhythm but otherwise a delightful story to read. My daughter especially liked saying "You bet they were" over and over.
Really suspenseful for a Kindergarten (or almost K) storytime. The alligator is creeping creeping up the stairs. Were the children scared?
The kids would have lots of fun sending that alligator packing!
The kids would have lots of fun sending that alligator packing!
My 22-month old LOOOOOVES this book. She goes around saying "You Bet They Were!" all day. I think it's the alliteration and onomatopoeia that keeps her coming back for more all. day. long. :-)
Slight unforced rhyming, a bit of repetition - not overdone. Repeated question to reader with an obvious answer for them to give. Art work okay. I'm surprised how much I like this one.
Reason and I enjoyed this story, with it's exaggerated illustrations and building suspense and the funny turn around at the end that made her laugh out loud.
This book is a little suspenseful and teaches children how to be brave with great illustrations. It is a great book to be read aloud to the entire classroom.
An alligator slowly crawls upstairs and scares three children who decide they have to do something! Good real aloud book with the noises and repeating chant.
kids can repeat "you bet they were" the perspectives in some of the drawings are nice, especially when the alligator comes CLOSE. encourages bravery.
the repitition was fun, but I was waiting for the alligator to be something else and was a bit disappointed it was really an alligator.
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