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It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Sometimes it looks like Spilt Milk. But it wasn't Spilt Milk. Sometimes it looked like a Bird or an Ice Cream Cone or a Birthday Cake or an Angel. But it wasn't a Bird or an Ice Cream Cone or a Birthday Cake or an Angel. What was it?
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
June 1st 1988
by HarperCollins
(first published January 1st 1947)
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I recently came across this book while teaching a group of first graders.
First grade, maybe Kinder. That's when this book was read to me. And I love it. For whatever reason, it was eye opening. Anything could be anything. The world was a playground for my imagination.
It looked like Spilt Milk
but it wasn't spilt milk...
Read this book to your kid. Read this book to yourself. It's so simple. And so wonderful.
First grade, maybe Kinder. That's when this book was read to me. And I love it. For whatever reason, it was eye opening. Anything could be anything. The world was a playground for my imagination.
It looked like Spilt Milk
but it wasn't spilt milk...
Read this book to your kid. Read this book to yourself. It's so simple. And so wonderful.
This book is an illustration of a child's imagination. Each picture is very simple: a blue background with some sort of white shape that resembles a different object on each page. It goes through many different examples and in the end, you find out the author is talking about a cloud. Before children get to the last page and discover it is a cloud, the suspense of what this white space could be would keep a child interested in the book and probably impatient to find out what it is! This book wou...more
"It Looked Like Spilt Milk" is one of my personal favorites. Although the book is extremely repetitive, it's keeps children on their toes and even has a surprise ending. Every single page in this book, in its entirety, is a royal blue color. The plain white text is always on the left-hand side page, accompanied by a white "picture" on the right-hand side page. The images (of white shapes that resemble a bird, a birthday cake, a tree, an owl, a bunny, and many other things) are simple and unique....more
The color in this book are two basic colors of white and navy blue in which the white displayed different eccentric designs of "spilt" milk in reality are actually defined shapes. Not really interesting but are essential to a child's intellectual growth, knowing what the shapes portray. I guess the use of blue could mean a state of restfulness, calm or serenity and melancholy which I felt when looking at the colors. Could be useful when trying to get insightful responses from kids when reading t...more
This was a cute book to read! Great for new readers or younger that you are still reading too.
The funny thing is the other night, my son was getting ready for bed. He had testing at school the next day so he had an earlier bedtime. He had taken his shower and was still putzing around. So I said in my best Mommy voice "B, it's time to go night night, are you finished getting ready for bed? Do you want Mommy to read you a story?" I didn't hear anything, then all of the sudden he comes tearing into...more
The funny thing is the other night, my son was getting ready for bed. He had testing at school the next day so he had an earlier bedtime. He had taken his shower and was still putzing around. So I said in my best Mommy voice "B, it's time to go night night, are you finished getting ready for bed? Do you want Mommy to read you a story?" I didn't hear anything, then all of the sudden he comes tearing into...more
Guessing books like this one are a great way to get kids to participate at story time. While the illustrations of the different cloud shapes are in blue and white, I have this tagged with "black and white" because I plan to enlarge the pictures and create felt pieces to use on a black background for a Spanish story time program I'll be doing in October. The story time theme is black and white, so I'm going to feature stories that are illustrated in black and white, including Kitten's First Full...more
It Looked Like Spilt Milk is a picture book written and illustrated by Charles G. Shaw, copyrighted in 1947. The book is presented in a portrait layout, which complements the text/illustration relationship of the book. Every set of pages has the text on the left page and the illustration on the right. Every page within the book, with the exception of the very first and the very last, is blue, and all of the text and illustrations are white. The choice of page, text, and illustration color make s...more
Simple, but very cute. This is a great book for story time and easily adapted to felt board. Shaw uses a repetitve verse which kids will easily be able to follow and they'll enjoy trying to guess what each white shape is. Todder, PreK.
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This book is done in a portrait orientation with a dark background with white lettering and white silhouetted shapes. The end pages are white at both the beginning and the end of the picture book. The title page has the title on dark paper with white text and a white silhouetted duck shape. This theme continues throughout the entire book. The illustrations are fun and simple, but are inviting to young readers with large imaginations. It's like looking up in the sky at the shapes in the clouds wh...more
Charles G. Shaw's picturebook, It Looked Like Spilt Milk, is a simple, but original book that is fun and interactive for children of all ages. This book consists entirely of white images and text on navy blue pages. Each of the images is simply a white splotch on the page that resembles a, for the most part, easily recognizable animal or everyday object. Children will find great fun in guessing and attempting to identify what the white splotch looks like, only to realize that that is not what it...more
Encourages the reader to use his/her imagination to see spilt milk as something else (e.g. a rabbit, an ice cream cone) but the picture looks exactly like a rabbit or an ice cream cone.
I would use this book to introduce similes to students grades K-1. I imagine the book would also be fun to go through without reading the words. Just ask the kid/student "what does this look like to you?"
Some of the capitalization in the book doesn't follow conventional rules (e.g. It looked like a Sheep. But it...more
I would use this book to introduce similes to students grades K-1. I imagine the book would also be fun to go through without reading the words. Just ask the kid/student "what does this look like to you?"
Some of the capitalization in the book doesn't follow conventional rules (e.g. It looked like a Sheep. But it...more
Jun 24, 2009
Eva
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
mothers of young children
Recommended to Eva by:
the little boy I was a nanny for 19 years ago
Encourages your little ones to stretch their imaginations. Lots of repetition makes it easy for little ones to help tell the story. Be sure to get the hardcover because your toddler will love it. A classic.
After reading, try playing the same guessing game outside. Read this to my 17 year old when he was less than a year old and we've been guessing ever since!
What this book has taught us? How to verbalize what we see and think to others. When we use our imagination, there is no wrong answer! It'...more
After reading, try playing the same guessing game outside. Read this to my 17 year old when he was less than a year old and we've been guessing ever since!
What this book has taught us? How to verbalize what we see and think to others. When we use our imagination, there is no wrong answer! It'...more
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"It Looked Like Spilt Milk" is a great classical picture book to read aloud to students K-3 to engage them in the reading. Throughout this book, there are lots of different white pictured illustrations up against blue pages, and includes repetitive phrases like, "It looked like a..." "but it wasn't a ..." This allows children to repeat the phrases, as well as make predictions about what they think the illustrations are. At the end, it is revealed that it was a white cloud all along. Very fun, an...more
Dec 31, 2011
Dolly
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
This is a very simple, but entertaining book that shows how a little imagination and some puffy white clouds can be a fun way to pass the time. The illustrations are very basic and look like Rorschach tests. We borrowed this book from our local library as part of a kit with an audiocassette. We listened to the story in the car while our girls followed along with the book. I read the story myself later to catch the effect of the illustrations. We enjoyed this book, although it's probably on the e...more
Simple yet meaningful book that promotes imagination in young readers. Although there are only two colors throughout the book (navy blue and white), the pictures of spilt milk can be interpreted by a child and can sometimes be more than one item. While encouraging imagination, this book would be great for symmetry during math time in kindergarten through third grades. The symmetry seen throughout the book in the spilt milk could be projected on a smart board and children could take turns drawing...more
This may not be a winner of the Caldecott Award, but it certainly has stood the test of time. First published in 1947, children today still love it.
We finished off today's "Shapes & Shadows" theme with this story to segue way into our craft and coloring activity. We used "Cloud Shape Patterns" from the April/May 2005 issue of The Mailbox Magazine, page 26, but coloring sheets are easily found in simple coloring books or using an internet search with the term "coloring pages".
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We finished off today's "Shapes & Shadows" theme with this story to segue way into our craft and coloring activity. We used "Cloud Shape Patterns" from the April/May 2005 issue of The Mailbox Magazine, page 26, but coloring sheets are easily found in simple coloring books or using an internet search with the term "coloring pages".
http://www.theed...more
This will be a good interaction one if I have the kids tell me what the shape is. I've seen a previous co-worker make this a felt board story, but I know I could never get these cut out in felt or even paper. I think it works in the book, and perhaps I can come up with a spin-off activity from this. (Like pass out other doodle things and let the kids tell me about them--which is an ECRR skill!)
2/27/13 & 2/28/13: I could have done more with this, I know. But I was sick for days before storyti...more
2/27/13 & 2/28/13: I could have done more with this, I know. But I was sick for days before storyti...more
Feb 20, 2012
Chelsea Cloonan
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This book was done in only two colors, blue and white. The text is on the left page and the illustration is on the right. The audience is not engulfed in the story at all, and in my opinion, there really is no story.However, it does show the audience how one's imagination can create anything they desire. I think it is very important to empower kids to use their imagination. The font on the cover was rather plain, but it could also empower the audience to use their imagination to make it what the...more
Another really simple children's classic that Lucy enjoys. And yes, it does bug me every time I read it that it's spelled "spilt" and not "spilled". I don't even know if it's technically incorrect, but it still gets me.
Also, this is a great one to use with struggling early readers (or just beginning readers). The pictures are great for helping them figure out the "tricky" words in the text. Except for the picture of the great horned owl. They never get that one.
Also, this is a great one to use with struggling early readers (or just beginning readers). The pictures are great for helping them figure out the "tricky" words in the text. Except for the picture of the great horned owl. They never get that one.
The librarian read the big book version of this at story time, which was nice for seeing the pictures. This book had simple white illustrations on dark blue pages, which worked very well for the story. I liked the idea of this book. It was a simple concept, well executed. It would be fun to have a child guess what could look like all these things. The title is very unique, but I was a little disappointed that that flair was missing from the rest of the book.
Everyone went cloud-gazing as a kid and this is exactly what this reminded me of. Although the illustrations were simple, it really churned your brain and allowed your imagination to wonder a little bit. The pictures all looked like something but were spilled milk. Sounds boring but it made the book a lot more exciting than it looked. I loved the blue that was chosen. It's a royal blue and white which really captivated my attention. 5 star easily.
This was a good predictable book, with great pictures to support the text. I thought the contrast between the blue background of the pages and the white pictures was nicely done. Also i enjoyed the story to this book. I would recommend teachers in kindegarten to read this to their students, and then during free reading time the children could be able to "read" this book by themselves, which would give them a boost of confidence.
This was a very simple story that uses white images and text against a dark blue background to make the child imagine different shapes. Each opening contains a page of text on the left-hand side, and a page with a white image on the right. I can imagine it would be a good read for a young child to be able to get involved in the reading by participating in the recognition of different shapes, but overall there wasn't much to the book.
Going outside and looking at all the different objects a cloud could be was and still is one of my favorite things to do! I would love to take my students outside to explore and imagine one afternoon. We could practice descriptive words to paint a picture of the cloud. Also take the shape we see in the could and have students write a poem about that object.
I would use this book with students to get them thinking about what they are reading. It makes the students think about what the shape could really be. In addition, this could easily be used with younger students as they begin learning to read, because it is highly predictable. The students will feel like they are actually reading along with you.
It Looked Like Spilt Milk is one of my childhood favorites. Each page consists of a different image of spilt milk and the children can guess what the milk looks like. I would recommend this story for pre-k children because the story is easy for them to engage in and there is no wrong answer when they are guessing what the picture looks like.
ماذا ترين في السماء ياهدى؟
رأيت نفسي في هذا الكتاب، طفلة في السادسة
مستلقية في المقعد الخلفي لسيارة تجوب الولايات الأمريكية
كم تبدو تلك الأيام قريبة رغم بعدها
الحمدلله على نعمة الذكريات
رأيت نفسي في هذا الكتاب، طفلة في السادسة
مستلقية في المقعد الخلفي لسيارة تجوب الولايات الأمريكية
كم تبدو تلك الأيام قريبة رغم بعدها
الحمدلله على نعمة الذكريات
Great beginning reader with easy pattern for young readers to follow. Love to use it with children's writing as well. Fold a blue piece of construction paper in half. Open it up and drop a blob of thick white paint on the inside then close and press. Open it back up and have the child write what the white cloud looks like.
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw has the honor of being the first book Harriet has recommended to me to read. It's on her short list of favorite library books (tied, I think with The Book That Eats People by John Perry).
The book begins with a simple white blob and an explanation that "Sometimes it looked like spilt milk." From there the white on blue shapes take on other familiar forms: a tree, a duck and so forth. In the end of course the shapes are revealed to be not spilt milk but...more
The book begins with a simple white blob and an explanation that "Sometimes it looked like spilt milk." From there the white on blue shapes take on other familiar forms: a tree, a duck and so forth. In the end of course the shapes are revealed to be not spilt milk but...more
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Apr 25, 2013 08:15pm