Hears an introduction for babies to the wonderful mishmash world of sounds. Listen to the cow's moo, the frying eggs' sizzle, and the thunde...
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Aug 13, 2011
Evan
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Mr. Brown can make sounds like nobody's biz
His mouth is a cacophony of auditory jizz
He can grunt like a hippo or buzz like a bee
Or mimic the pee stream of a hum-a-dung Dee
He puckers and blurts out sounds like a psycho
Wheezing more noise than a Cajun doing zydeco
He putters and sputters so much aural effluvia
He's developed a callous on his poor poor uvula
He puckers and blurts out his onomatopoeia
His irate neighbors equat More...
His mouth is a cacophony of auditory jizz
He can grunt like a hippo or buzz like a bee
Or mimic the pee stream of a hum-a-dung Dee
He puckers and blurts out sounds like a psycho
Wheezing more noise than a Cajun doing zydeco
He putters and sputters so much aural effluvia
He's developed a callous on his poor poor uvula
He puckers and blurts out his onomatopoeia
His irate neighbors equat More...
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Oct 05, 2008
Lstirl
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Mr. Brown is an expert at imitating all sorts of noises. There isn't a sound Mr. Brown can't do, from a hippo's gum chewing to a goldfish's kiss. The noisemakers are graphically illustrated and the "sound effects" are printed in big lettering.
As a fan of Dr. Suess, I loved this book. I feel that young children and infants will love the rhythm and rhyme of this story as well as identifying with the items that are creating the noise. It would also be engaging to make the noises wit More...
As a fan of Dr. Suess, I loved this book. I feel that young children and infants will love the rhythm and rhyme of this story as well as identifying with the items that are creating the noise. It would also be engaging to make the noises wit More...
Mar 27, 2009
Marshall
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OK, right off the bat let me set your straight: we own the hardback edition of this book with paper pages and the small board book edition. You NEED to have the hardback version. Why? Because the board book version pails in comparison. Entire pages with great sounds and illustrations are omitted, and you don't get to repeat the sounds Mr. Brown makes at all until the end. In the hardback edition, you do several times - and you get to do a hippopotamus chewing gum. Grum! Grum! Grum!
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Mar 05, 2011
Tiger Holland (All-Consuming Books)
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Mr. Brown is a Bright and Early book, meaning that you'll probably be reading it to children who are five and under. Mr. Brown isn't teaching practical, ordinary words to children--instead of learning the names of objects, we're getting the sounds that those things make. But that's fine because younger kids are as interested in learning different types of sounds as they are in learning about concrete objects. Onomatopoeia is just as interesting to them as a straightforward story, and maybe more
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Jun 04, 2008
Heather
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This has been a favorite since the first little guy was a baby. Who can resist listening to your parent moo or buzz?
We've enjoyed this book throughout the years and even the bigger boys like to listen to it now. It can get really loud, and long, with all of us making the sounds.
I think it would work as a beginning reader book as well, but some of the words are a little harder than the other Seuss books.
We've enjoyed this book throughout the years and even the bigger boys like to listen to it now. It can get really loud, and long, with all of us making the sounds.
I think it would work as a beginning reader book as well, but some of the words are a little harder than the other Seuss books.
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Sep 09, 2011
Andrew
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Is Mr. Brown delightfully eccentric, a misdiagnosed autistic patient, or both? Do we applaud him for his accuracy in aural imitation, or suppose his labels to be anthropocentric noise referring only to language systems? The self reveling in self-referential reverence? Is he, like some disciple of Derrida, pointing out that all utterances are connected only so far as they defer to further utterances. Can you moo? Yes, but I would be mooing about mooing, not mooing about cows. Cows are connected t
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Apr 19, 2010
Colin
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Jan 04, 2012
Kandace
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This book has been on my shelf for years and though I had read it, I never really gave it much thought (I was probably a little old for the book by the time I received it). Then not long ago, I was looking after my two year old nephew and threw a stack of books in a bag to take to him to share. He chose this book and as I started reading to him, he began to repeat all of the sounds in the book. It was such a fun book to read to him and to watch him discover new words that I developed a new fo
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May 12, 2009
Katrina
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I feel that young children and infants will love the rhythm and rhyme of this story as well as identifying with the items that are creating the noise. It would also be engaging to make the noises with the child.
This book (Boardbook Edition) seems to be geared more towards sharing between the child and adult than to be perused alone. I see this as a favorite book to be shared. The strength of this book for an infant lie more in it's lyrical content, rather than the art style. Good Unison- More...
This book (Boardbook Edition) seems to be geared more towards sharing between the child and adult than to be perused alone. I see this as a favorite book to be shared. The strength of this book for an infant lie more in it's lyrical content, rather than the art style. Good Unison- More...
Feb 02, 2012
Bridgette
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A friend of mine often asks, "In our urban society, why are we so anxious for our children to learn farm animal noises?"
She's right. Between "Old McDonald and numerous board books, we spend a lot of time ensuring our toddlers know that pigs go oink and sheep go baa. Our little city kids can recognize horses, cows, roosters, ducks and all the sounds they make long before they know that flames are hot or that forks don't go in light sockets. In some ways, it isn't surpris More...
She's right. Between "Old McDonald and numerous board books, we spend a lot of time ensuring our toddlers know that pigs go oink and sheep go baa. Our little city kids can recognize horses, cows, roosters, ducks and all the sounds they make long before they know that flames are hot or that forks don't go in light sockets. In some ways, it isn't surpris More...
Jul 11, 2008
Stacey
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After reading Mr. Brown Can Moo for the 105th time today, I deemed it Worthy of a goodreads (my wannabe blog) review. In the time I have spent reading Mr. Brown, I could have read War and Peace.
Caleb loves Mr. Brown. In typical boy style he loves sounds (not real good about putting them together into words, but he can boom right along with Brown).
This book is significant because it has impacted my life on various levels. In addition to saving me from War and Peace, it all More...
Caleb loves Mr. Brown. In typical boy style he loves sounds (not real good about putting them together into words, but he can boom right along with Brown).
This book is significant because it has impacted my life on various levels. In addition to saving me from War and Peace, it all More...
Mar 03, 2011
Heidi
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How have I never read through this one completely before? This animal sounds (hey! it does work!) one is great to use on Seuss' birthday. Hopefully I'll be able to get some of these sounds to be entertaining. I'm not hoping for good! :-)
3/2/10 & 3/4/10: The larger group on Tuesday LOVED it. The smaller Thursday group was OK, but by the end they looked a little bored. And, I think I managed all the sounds. I enjoyed making them, if nothing else.
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3/2/10 & 3/4/10: The larger group on Tuesday LOVED it. The smaller Thursday group was OK, but by the end they looked a little bored. And, I think I managed all the sounds. I enjoyed making them, if nothing else.
3/3/11: First group loved i More...
Mar 08, 2010
Jackson
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Oh dearest Dr. Seuss, you once again deliver on your promise to enlighten my life's journey with your whisical tales. This is a timeless story of an elderly man affectionatly reffered to as Mr. Brown. He is an enthusiastic wildlife observer who never turns down the opprotunity to utter a screech or a hoot if it means attracting the local animals. Equiped with only his well groomed stash and a go-gettin attitude Mr. Brown's motto is go green or go home.
Feb 24, 2011
Annette
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My 20 month old has been a fan of Mr. Brown for at least 6 months. While he isn't yet at the stage of seriously attempting to mimic Mr. Brown's sounds, he does enjoy hearing his parents make them, and he likes the pictures. (He does imitate our knocking on the door or a table, though!) The whole thing has a nice rhythm, so it's easy to read out loud. Definitely a keeper for the youngest set.
Feb 05, 2011
Laura
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A great Dr. Suess classic that I just read this year in my field placement in first grade. This book follows the main character, Mr. Brown, as he does silly things throughout the story, such as "MOO!" At the end of each line, Dr. Suess adds: "Mr. Brown can ____________. How about you?" Of course, the end of each line has a rhyming sequence, so this is a great, fun story when discussing rhyming words!
Jan 03, 2012
Kathy
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My daughter brought this book to me tonight to read to her. The best part about it was that the book was the same one that I brought to my mom to read to me 40 years ago. Thanks for saving my childhood books for me, mom! You can't do that on a kindle! One of my favorite things about this book is listening to my daughter make all of Mr. Brown's sounds as we read together.
Apr 06, 2011
Kerri
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A great rhyming text for young children to read when learning how to make animal sounds. This is also great to use when teaching students about sound in school. Why are some sounds different? higher/lower? The silly story line is great for a young child's giggle, and the text is written perfectly for students to join along in reading this classic.
Sep 28, 2010
Leslie
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This book though easy for the clutsy hands of my young Aspie beginner reader to hold, doesn't well, match, our other Dr Seuss books on the shelf. But no matter, it is a pleasure to read for the beginner reader, though not as easy as it may first seem. He chose this one to read aloud more than once, and that says alot.
Dec 27, 2011
Candice
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A fun book of silly sounds for young children. My granddaughter loves all the sounds that Mr. Brown can make. He can moo, he can make sounds like the rain - dibble, dibble dip - he can buzz like a bee. Great for kids who are just learning to talk and to imitate sounds.
May 04, 2010
Amber
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I used this for my large prop activity during last semester. It was a fun activity and the children all loved it. I will definitely be using it again. It helps them understand different noises that animals make. Noises that I didn't even know that animals made.
Feb 04, 2012
Gala
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Mr. Brown can make sounds and so can children. I like this book because I can make sense of the story with children making these sounds that animals and things make.It is relational and a way to get children talking and having fun with reading.
Jan 21, 2012
Alexander
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This book was about sounds, and he did "noo" and that was the easiest one. But people that know how to do sounds don't need to read it. I liked this book because it teaches us the sounds, and it helps us learn the sounds. -by Alexander
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Apr 20, 2009
Jeff
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Have a hankering for onomatopoeia? This is the book for you. Mr. Brown can "Moo" and do about hundred more things with his voice that are simply music to the ears of anyone who loves playing with all the sounds that the human voice can immitate.
Sep 06, 2011
Melissa
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This book had mr. brown make all kinds of different animal noises that he can make. I liked this book because it introduces different animal noises to children and lets them try to make the noises on there own.
Jun 26, 2011
Marmee
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My aged 2.5 child and my 9.5 month child both let me pull this book out once in a while, mostly for the amusement of the silly voices and sound effects provided by the book and amplified in my heartfelt reading.
Oct 27, 2009
Bob
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Another classic Dr. Seuss book. Funny stuff. My wife and I occasionally say some of the more random ones to each other around the house. The only problem I have with it is that thunder is the sound of lightning!
Aug 09, 2009
Eva
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This was too repetitive for me. Julia seemed to like it the second time around, when I kept some of the words out but the first time she seemed as annoyed as I was. Maybe it would be better for very young toddlers.
Apr 20, 2010
Sephire
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I remember reading this book to my nephew when he was just a little baby. It is such a good book! Its all about Mr. Brown and what he can do and its asking if you can do it too. It is a great children's book.
Nov 26, 2011
Alise
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Filled with sound words! These are great to teach as children are learning to make their stories come alive! May be read alongside Shhh! Great to use for Dr. Seuss week for ages pre-k through 2nd.
