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Meeow and the Big Box
Meet MEEOW. He’s one cool, creative cat—and an irresistible new character from best-selling author-illustrator Sebastien Braun.
Like every child, Meeow loves to draw, paint, and make things. His adventures in imaginative play will inspire young readers to see what marvelous things they can do, too. With Braun’s appealing characters, brightly colored pictures, and simple te
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(first published August 4th 2009)
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It's not the best book written. It's not even that clever. But I had plenty of ideas for a toddler storytime come to me as I read it, so I thought "Perfect!" We'll see how it goes.
6/22/10 & 6/24/10 It did work perfectly! I made a color wheel and cut out black and white pictures of a cat, box, paint, block, chair, and mug. Asked them which were the correct colors for the items and pasted them next to the right ones on the color wheel. The Tue. group was full of kids much older than toddler. (...more
6/22/10 & 6/24/10 It did work perfectly! I made a color wheel and cut out black and white pictures of a cat, box, paint, block, chair, and mug. Asked them which were the correct colors for the items and pasted them next to the right ones on the color wheel. The Tue. group was full of kids much older than toddler. (...more
A rather quirky book that features a chorus of adoration sure to disturb/annoy any parent who has given praise for seemingly menial tasks (you pooped in the potty! Good job!). Here, Meeow uses his craft supplies to create a prop for his imagination. Whenever he does something as narrated by the third person (say, lifts a large box), he is praised for it by said unseen narrator (Clever Meeow!). It's rather creepy not knowing where this mocking (ok, as I parent I just found it mocking) voice comes...more
I think this is a perfect book to segue into an imagination art activity with, but you need a creative and open-minded audience to share it with.
The art activity I tried involved cardboard pieces (I'd saved a bunch of cardboard backing they pack pamphlets with)and I told them that this was their "box" and gave them some collage supplies and asked them to use their imagination like Meeow and make something out of their box. Didn't work. They just wanted to color and stick foam pieces all over it...more
The art activity I tried involved cardboard pieces (I'd saved a bunch of cardboard backing they pack pamphlets with)and I told them that this was their "box" and gave them some collage supplies and asked them to use their imagination like Meeow and make something out of their box. Didn't work. They just wanted to color and stick foam pieces all over it...more
Sep 24, 2009
Abigail
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Toddlers/Young Children Who Like Imaginary Games
Shelves:
picture-books
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Rasyad suka banget buku ini *sampe hr ini. Karena, ada si kucing (binatang yg familiar), gunting , gelas biru (mirip punya rasyad) dan mobil pemadam kebakaran. semua benda2 yg ada disitu diulang2..satu kali dibacain..dia lsg hafal semua benda2 itu ^^. Ceritanya sederhana tapi menarik. ga banyak plot satu plot dan simple idea. Sayangnya...Buku pinjeman perpus ini hrs segera dikembalikan krn sudah diperpanjang terus...
This is a simple little book that I'm not sure completely works. I read it in my toddler story time and while the kids seemed to like it okay, I feel like it's a bit confusing. What is the green box for, really? I like the overall idea (have a box, turn it in to whatever you like), and the blocky, big pictures make it a good story time read, but I wasn't enthralled.
This was an enjoyable book and put me in mind of Not a Box. As I was reading it I thought the two books would go well together for a storytime. and then it just seemed to stop short. I wanted Meeow to DO something in the box instead of just showing the reader what the box could be turned into (and it was only one thing.)
Great book and nice surprise at the end. A couple kids started to break out the toys before the book was over, but I think it was more due to the fact that it was a second book. High contrast images worked well for the babies and younger tots in the group!
A book about a cat named Meeow. A good predictive book for young children. They intoduce him and his big box. In each page he is doing something to a box such as painting it red. We figure out at the end of the story he made a fire engine.
What does Meeow make with a big brown box, some red paint, green scissors, an orange chair and blue mug? This book uses short simple text and very simple illustrations to show Meeow's creativity.
May 10, 2013
Alice Hudson
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
children-s-books
The illustrations are really nice but the story was bland. Needs rhyming words or something so younger children will enjoy listening to it. But it's really cute
Just what is Meeow going to do with that big brown box? You'll have to read the book to find out! This book is yet another wonderful addition to the series in which Meeow uses imagination and ingenuity to create amazing things out of ordinary objects (like big brown boxes)! Meeow is a storytime favorite!!
Themes: box, imagination, cat
Could be stortyime, lacks punch/interest; maybe older toddler young preschool
Could be stortyime, lacks punch/interest; maybe older toddler young preschool
Giant Helvetica font. Color and shape identification. Use of an empty box in imaginative play. Cute bug-eyed cat.
What's a cat without a box to sit in? Who knew my box-obsessed black cat was imagining he was driving a fire truck?
Kids will like the big, colorful pictures but there's not much to the story.
Meeow now has an almost permanant spot in my baby storytimes. So great!
This would be fun to do with the storytime families! Make your own firetruck
One of Elliott's favs. He now says not only meow, but "nee-naw, nee-naw!"
a "additional" choice for box themed storytimes. Simple and good for toddlers
Excellent choice for any kid that loves cats and nee naws
The boys love to talk to Meow using the lines in the book.
Just what a concept book should be like. Wonderful.
Learn your colors. Boring book.
Great for a Box storytime!
Fun early reader.
awesome
I really want to read this one out loud just to be able to say "MeOW" a whole bunch
ELS;Vocabulary,Letter Knowledge
Cute cute cute! Lily asked for this one again and again. She liked the step by step transformation of the box.
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"I’m French and studied fine and applied arts at Strasbourg University.
I taught applied arts before becoming a freelance illustrator, first of all for editorial clients in Paris.
When I moved to London in 2000 I developed my illustrations for children and since then have been
working exclusively on children’s picture books.
If you’d like more information about my work, please drop me a line.
I’m a mem...more
More about Sebastien Braun...
I taught applied arts before becoming a freelance illustrator, first of all for editorial clients in Paris.
When I moved to London in 2000 I developed my illustrations for children and since then have been
working exclusively on children’s picture books.
If you’d like more information about my work, please drop me a line.
I’m a mem...more
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