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Ok Go
by
Carin Berger
In a world of go go go go go it's time to stop and find a new way.
Carin Berger's playful new picture book is a jubilant celebration of going green.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
May 1st 2009
by HarperCollins
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This whimsical tribute to recycling and the environment is perfect for toddlers and young children. The book shouts Go! immediately and readers are off following bright red sports cars as they race across the page, each filled with strange pointy nosed or beaked creatures. Turn the pages and they get more crowded with vehicles, all clever and funny, but all pouring out exhaust. Eventually the page is simply filled with the word “go” repeating over and over again. Then come the dark clouds of smo...more
This whimsical tribute to recycling and the environment is perfect for toddlers and young children. The book shouts Go! immediately and readers are off following bright red sports cars as they race across the page, each filled with strange pointy nosed or beaked creatures. Turn the pages and they get more crowded with vehicles, all clever and funny, but all pouring out exhaust. Eventually the page is simply filled with the word “go” repeating over and over again. Then come the dark clouds of...more
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Conceptually, this book is fantastic. In reality, though, it falls flat and lacks coherence. It's colorful and engaging and the last pages save it from being a total disappointment. The ecological theme is good and reading that the illustrations were made from recycled material was interesting. I couldn't read the rhymes in the fold out section without humming a bit of Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" to myself (see the trivia questions to see what I mean.) That probably...more
A picture book with few words, Charlotte LOVED this one for the first few days we had it out of the library. Startlingly short, even for a picture book, it's a bright, engaging read (?look?). Charlotte grasped the point pretty quickly, "Lots of cars make the sky full of dirt." Illustrations are paper cut outs from found paper, showing AND telling the message here...reduce, reuse, recycle. A "green" message without being too cutesy.
There's not a lot to this. It's only ten pages long (plus a fold-out section). The message is to stop driving so much and find other, better ways to get around. The art was pretty cool, but I'm only giving it two stars because I thought it lacked substance. You may enjoy the simplicity of it, though.
Lots of people don't see how this can be used to read aloud, but I had a lot of fun reading it to people at work. I think kids will enjoy the pictures, and if adults are careful, they can explain how cars are important but that too much use is bad for the environment. It's not an either/or message.
I have mixed feelings about this book. The concept (going green, recycling, reusing, conserving) is great but the delivery is poor. I appreciate that the illustrations were created by reusing magazines, letters, etc; it is nice when authors/illustrators practice what they preach.
I wasn't really into this book at all, it was boring to me, until I read in the back of the book that all the artwork was made with recycled and found materials. Plus there are suggestions on how kids can recycle and reuse things in the back.
Everyone is going, going, going...so busy. But when you stop you can "Think green, Irene, Take a hike, Spike, Save the Planet Janet" etc. Gives simple advice for saving the planet. Less a story and more a book to inspire conversation.
I didnt get it, or like it. Neither did my kids. Its cool that its made from recycled materials, the original art, but, the reprintings of the book arent. Not even recycled paper! Blah.
Everyone is busy, gogogogo
But then there is polution
Stop!
Time to find a new way to gogogogo
Not sure who I would read this to. Not on the top of me going green book list.
But then there is polution
Stop!
Time to find a new way to gogogogo
Not sure who I would read this to. Not on the top of me going green book list.
Reduce, reuse and recycle is apparently the underlying message of this book, which I did not get until the last page spread.
The illustrations are amazing and intricate, made from collages out of recycled and repurposed materials. I think kids will be drawn to the book for that reason, especially school-age boys who like to draw.
I can't see myself reading this aloud to kids, but maybe some people could find a way to make it work. If so, please give me a clue!
The illustrations are amazing and intricate, made from collages out of recycled and repurposed materials. I think kids will be drawn to the book for that reason, especially school-age boys who like to draw.
I can't see myself reading this aloud to kids, but maybe some people could find a way to make it work. If so, please give me a clue!
I can see myself having to recycle this early with the big fold out page that kids will tear.
The art is fascinating. The concept is good. But I don't think this WORKS.
The art is fascinating. The concept is good. But I don't think this WORKS.
Eco books are tricky to carry off for kids, and this book really misses the mark. It tries too hard to be clever, and tries too hard to be simple, and just simply tries too hard.
Not a favorite of my little (she's a bit too young to understand the concept), but I really appreciate the collage art in this book and the message on being green.
Intensely rich images accompany this simple book on easing off on creating pollution and finding alternate means of transportation!
My daughter loves the gogogogogogogogogogogogogo page. And the message is great, too. Love the earth!
Another simple and yet effective book getting across the message of less cars and better environment.
swimple repetive text ... with cute illustrations about go! stop! celebration of going green~
#bookaday 3of5stars, unique illustrating with lots of great ideas for recycling.
"environment, racing, transportation, recycling, ending is abrupt"
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A very kid-friendly and creative book about recycling/going green.
For the toddler who wants to go green.
Great for an earth day display.
Great art.
4 for illustration, 2 for text. Wish we had liked it more.
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Carin Berger is an award-winning designer and illustrator. She is the creator of Not So True Stories & Unreasonable Rhymes and All Mixed Up, and the illustrator of Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant, by Jack Prelutsky. She won the Society of Illustrators Founder's Award in 2006, and Publishers Weekly called her "one to watch." Carin Berger lives with her family in New York City.
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