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Shake the Tree!
There's a whole lot of shaking going on -- and a funny final twist -- as a series of hungry animals seek shelter in an obliging tree.
Mouse spots a nut high up in a tree. "Mmm," she says. "I'm going to gobble that up!" So she shakes the tree a little to the right, and she shakes the tree a little to the left. But it isn't the nut that falls from the tree, it's Fox, who thinks that Mouse looks pretty tasty! Soon a warthog and then a bear come along with similar ideas. Little readers will enjoy the just-made-it escapes (and be happy to get in on the shaking action), only to laugh out loud when their expectations are foiled at the end.
Mouse spots a nut high up in a tree. "Mmm," she says. "I'm going to gobble that up!" So she shakes the tree a little to the right, and she shakes the tree a little to the left. But it isn't the nut that falls from the tree, it's Fox, who thinks that Mouse looks pretty tasty! Soon a warthog and then a bear come along with similar ideas. Little readers will enjoy the just-made-it escapes (and be happy to get in on the shaking action), only to laugh out loud when their expectations are foiled at the end.
48 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2018
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January 10, 2018
this is perfect for babies and toddlers.
a bit of a classic story about a string of animals following one another up into a tree (each one higher up on the food chain than the last) at it's heart, but the real magic here lies in moving the book around vertically, shaking it, and exploring the tactile wonder that is "the book" and "the page."
perfect for toddlers as it involves short amounts of writing, lots of action and fun, and most perfectly-vibrant colors and illustrations of some of the world's most famous animals getting themselves into a bit of a pickle. how fun is that?
a bit of a classic story about a string of animals following one another up into a tree (each one higher up on the food chain than the last) at it's heart, but the real magic here lies in moving the book around vertically, shaking it, and exploring the tactile wonder that is "the book" and "the page."
perfect for toddlers as it involves short amounts of writing, lots of action and fun, and most perfectly-vibrant colors and illustrations of some of the world's most famous animals getting themselves into a bit of a pickle. how fun is that?
March 6, 2018
Find yourself a child to read this with ASAP!
February 16, 2018
This was SO CUTE!
Mouse is in for a very big surprise when he shakes a tree to make a nut fall.
Fantastic, colorful illustrations, and a great surprise at the end.
I LOVED this one!
Mouse is in for a very big surprise when he shakes a tree to make a nut fall.
Fantastic, colorful illustrations, and a great surprise at the end.
I LOVED this one!
March 14, 2018
This bright and active picture book is just right for sharing aloud. When Mouse discovers a nut high in a tree, she tries shaking the tree to get it to fall down to her. She shakes it a little to the left and right, but the nut doesn’t budge. A fox though falls down out of the tree and wants to eat the Mouse who scampers up into the tree’s branches. So the Fox shakes the tree, but the Mouse and the nut do not fall down, instead a Warthog comes down and Fox runs up the tree to escape. When Bear falls down next, he really shakes the tree a lot. All of the animals fall down to the ground along with the nut. What will Bear do now?
Shared aloud, the reader will be shaking the tree and the book back and forth. This book could so easily help with concepts of right and left, particularly if you made the story time interactive and the children helped “shake” the tree too. The book also has a clever way to incorporate counting with each animal adding a shake each time they try. It counts up without actually counting, making it a book that has a natural rhythm and appeal. The illustrations add to this with their bright colors and the large animals tumbling from the tree. Funny and a great read-aloud add this one to your next story time on trees or counting. Appropriate for ages 2-4.
Shared aloud, the reader will be shaking the tree and the book back and forth. This book could so easily help with concepts of right and left, particularly if you made the story time interactive and the children helped “shake” the tree too. The book also has a clever way to incorporate counting with each animal adding a shake each time they try. It counts up without actually counting, making it a book that has a natural rhythm and appeal. The illustrations add to this with their bright colors and the large animals tumbling from the tree. Funny and a great read-aloud add this one to your next story time on trees or counting. Appropriate for ages 2-4.
February 13, 2018
First sentence: Mouse spots a nut. "Mmm," she says. "I'm going to gobble that up!" So she shakes the tree a little to the right...shake...and a little to the left. Shake, shake. Uh-oh.
Premise/plot: Shake the Tree is an interactive picture book originally published in Italy in 2015. The 'bells and whistles' of this one are provided by the imagination of the readers--parent and child. In this one, a mouse sets out to shake a delicious nut out of the tree. That isn't exactly what happens when she starts shaking the tree.
My thoughts: I liked this one. I can't say that I loved it as much as Silvia Borando's The Cat Book or The Dog Book by Lorenzo Clerici--both books in this same "Minibombo" series. But it's worth checking out of the library and sharing with your little ones. They may love it and want it again, again!
Text: 3 out of 5
Illustrations: 3 out of 5
Total: 6 out of 10
Premise/plot: Shake the Tree is an interactive picture book originally published in Italy in 2015. The 'bells and whistles' of this one are provided by the imagination of the readers--parent and child. In this one, a mouse sets out to shake a delicious nut out of the tree. That isn't exactly what happens when she starts shaking the tree.
My thoughts: I liked this one. I can't say that I loved it as much as Silvia Borando's The Cat Book or The Dog Book by Lorenzo Clerici--both books in this same "Minibombo" series. But it's worth checking out of the library and sharing with your little ones. They may love it and want it again, again!
Text: 3 out of 5
Illustrations: 3 out of 5
Total: 6 out of 10
April 29, 2018
Fun, funny and full of actions for little ones. Great book.
January 18, 2019
Cute. Wouldn't work with my toddlers, because they'd all be fighting over grabbing the book, but would otherwise work for baby (bounce), toddler, or preschool.
April 7, 2021
A variety of animals fall out of a particular tree, each one with a different appetite in mind.
February 14, 2018
There's a nut in the tree that the mouse wants to eat, but when he shakes the tree, it's not the nut that falls out.
June 26, 2018
When a hungry mouse sees a nut in the tree she shakes the tree hoping to cause that tasty morsel to fall.
The book opens vertically to show the little mouse looking up at nut in a very tall tree. She shakes the tree a little to the right and a little to the left. Oops! It's not a nut that falls but a hungry fox who is ready to gobble her up. The frightened mouse scurries up the tree to escape the fox.
And thus begins the story. Each time an animal falls it is a little larger than the animal shaking the tree.
The book's design encourages the child to shake and turn the book since the layout shifts occasionally from vertical to horizontal.
My Concerns: Nothing
What I Liked Most: This is the perfect book for toddlers. About the time adults (and children) might be getting a little tired of the repetition, it comes to a very cute close.
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The book opens vertically to show the little mouse looking up at nut in a very tall tree. She shakes the tree a little to the right and a little to the left. Oops! It's not a nut that falls but a hungry fox who is ready to gobble her up. The frightened mouse scurries up the tree to escape the fox.
And thus begins the story. Each time an animal falls it is a little larger than the animal shaking the tree.
The book's design encourages the child to shake and turn the book since the layout shifts occasionally from vertical to horizontal.
My Concerns: Nothing
What I Liked Most: This is the perfect book for toddlers. About the time adults (and children) might be getting a little tired of the repetition, it comes to a very cute close.
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October 3, 2018
Age: Toddler
Food: A nut
Nature: A tree
Mouse sees a nut up in a tree and shakes the trunk to knock it down and accidentally knocks down a hungry fox. And so it goes, each animal knocking down an animal bigger than itself until the strong hungry bear has his turn.
Not the most logically sound book (if the animals are all up in the tree in the first place, why aren't they trying to eat each other up there) but toddlers won't care and will love the gimmick of shaking the book. Older toddlers will like the twist at the end. Librarians and teachers will appreciate the large, simple illustrations for reading to a big group.
Food: A nut
Nature: A tree
Mouse sees a nut up in a tree and shakes the trunk to knock it down and accidentally knocks down a hungry fox. And so it goes, each animal knocking down an animal bigger than itself until the strong hungry bear has his turn.
Not the most logically sound book (if the animals are all up in the tree in the first place, why aren't they trying to eat each other up there) but toddlers won't care and will love the gimmick of shaking the book. Older toddlers will like the twist at the end. Librarians and teachers will appreciate the large, simple illustrations for reading to a big group.
December 28, 2018
Funny. It all starts with a mouse who tries to shake a nut out of a tree. Instead, a fox falls to the ground. A fox who wants to eat the mouse. The mouse runs up the tree, and this time Fox shakes the tree. No mouse, but a warthog falls and wants to eat the Fox. This time Fox runs up the tree. The pattern continues till all the animals, and the nut, fall from the tree.
Kinda cute how the animals were already up in the tree, and return to it to hide from other animals that were also originally in the tree with them. Also a little confusing. But I think kids will enjoy the humor, and how the book is held vertically rather than horizontally for most of the story. You could recreate this as a flannel board and it would still be super cute.
Kinda cute how the animals were already up in the tree, and return to it to hide from other animals that were also originally in the tree with them. Also a little confusing. But I think kids will enjoy the humor, and how the book is held vertically rather than horizontally for most of the story. You could recreate this as a flannel board and it would still be super cute.
August 18, 2022
Book one (3-4 minutes): Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
Song/rhyme/game one (3-4 minutes): Five little Monkey's swing from a tree
Book two(3-4 minutes): Shake the Tree by Minibombo
Song/ rhyme/ game two (3-4 minutes): “Apples and Bananas”
Book three (3-4 minutes): Oliver’s Tree by Kit Chase
Song/rhyme/game three(3-4 minutes): I can play on the Beat by Judi Cranston with rhythm sticks
Book Four (3-4 minutes): The Jellybean Tree by Toni Yuly
Special Signs: tree, monkey, green, grow
Activity: https://supplyme-images.s3.amazonaws....
December 1, 2019
Shake the Tree! was unfortunately one of the most boring books I've seen read at a storytime. Mouse runs up the tree to escape Fox, who runs up the tree to escape another creature, and repeat. There's a little twist at the end which is quite clever, but the illustrations are a bit too simplistic and the story is horribly basic, so I wouldn't have personally chosen this story to read to our little one.
February 18, 2018
This is a fun interactive story. A nut sits high up in the tree and mouse wants to eat it. With the reader's help mouse shakes that tree but what drops out is a surprise.
The book is read vertically for most of the pages. Lots of repetition makes this one a good candidate for reading aloud and for kids learning to read.
The book is read vertically for most of the pages. Lots of repetition makes this one a good candidate for reading aloud and for kids learning to read.
February 28, 2018
I love everything about this book - the illustrations, the format (half the book is vertical rather than horizontal pages and it just works!), the story, the ending. Highly recommended! I'm using it for preschool storytime and having my kiddos shake their shaker eggs to the left and to the right as the animals shake the tree.
October 8, 2018
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A wonderful book with a simple yet entertaining story. The book's interesting format, use of repetition, and adorable illustrations make it perfect for reading aloud to young children. I especially loved the participation element of shaking the tree with the various animals.
A very fun book.
A wonderful book with a simple yet entertaining story. The book's interesting format, use of repetition, and adorable illustrations make it perfect for reading aloud to young children. I especially loved the participation element of shaking the tree with the various animals.
A very fun book.
October 26, 2018
This book was so entertaining! The change in layout is an interesting twist that will keep young readers amused and the book just begs for audience participation. I'd definitely see readers enjoying it over and over again.
For: readers wanting a silly story where readers can shake and jump around.
Possible red flags: characters in peril.
For: readers wanting a silly story where readers can shake and jump around.
Possible red flags: characters in peril.
October 30, 2018
Used for toddlers 10/26/18. Mouse sees a nut and shakes the tree, out fall a fox, a warthog and a bear. Unusual layout - you have to hold the book sideways, great pictures, great story with fun ending. Every animal shakes the tree to right and then to left. I didn't use shakers with the toddlers, but they might work with a small crowd of preschoolers.
July 12, 2019
adorable and funny! A mouse sees a nut up in the tree, boy does it look yummy! How should the mouse get that nut down? Shake the tree of course! But when mouse shakes the tree she gets a lot more than she bargained for. Perfect interactive story for storytime and working on making predictions with a funny twist at the end. Recommended for pre-K-2.
December 9, 2019
I read this for my inhouse story time and my story time at a local toddler and preschool center.
Ages ranged from 16 months to 5 years old, and honestly, I think all the kids really enjoyed this super simple story. The toddlers loved yelling "UH-OH", and the older kids had fun guessing what was going to fall out of the tree next.
Ages ranged from 16 months to 5 years old, and honestly, I think all the kids really enjoyed this super simple story. The toddlers loved yelling "UH-OH", and the older kids had fun guessing what was going to fall out of the tree next.
November 16, 2020
This story is full of surprises for the characters and unexpected events for the reader. Funny ending and fun illustrations. The book itself has to be read mostly the long way around which adds to the interest. Another thing to note is how many times the word "shake" is said - one more each time, so it adds counting for the reader to enjoy.
June 23, 2022
How is mouse going to get the nut out of the tree? What else is up there when you shake it? Read it to find out.
I have read this book a while ago and pulled it out for preschool storytime last week. The kids really enjoyed it. They loved shaking to the left and the right. I have also had the kids shake the book themselves. This book has always been successful with the preschool crowd.
I have read this book a while ago and pulled it out for preschool storytime last week. The kids really enjoyed it. They loved shaking to the left and the right. I have also had the kids shake the book themselves. This book has always been successful with the preschool crowd.
January 24, 2018
This is perfect for little ones and for storytimes. Hilarious and a delight to read. The little mouse shakes the tree to get the nut, but then something surprising falls out of the tree, and the pattern continues until the end.
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February 15, 2018First published in Italian in 2015. Interactive "shake the book" story that will get kids excited! The story builds on itself as each animal runs up the tree afraid of getting eaten by a bigger animal. Then comes bear, the biggest of them all...
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Reviewer 24
March 6, 2018
I LOVE this book! I shared it with 2 different ESL Pre-K classes this morning and they loved it too! It was fun to "shake" the tree and to see what came out of it. I didn't see the ending coming but we all laughed at it. Great interactive read aloud!
April 29, 2018
This would make a fun read-aloud with a small group of preschool children. They can interact with the text by shaking along with the tree, and they will delight to see what animal falls out next. There is also a little surprise at the end.
January 16, 2019
Kids love it when I read this at storytime. It's a great book for small storytime audiences because they can help you pat the tree, poke the blossoms, and shake tree as needed. They love it. Great for spring or fall.
August 12, 2019
so fun. they can do left and right movements, there is prediction, and interaction, you have to guess what will happen. the ending is great - the bear wants the nut. there are warthogs, mice, fox, and bear. would be great for storytime.
August 29, 2019
This book is the perfect book to read to elementary students, it had me giggling as I read through it. What a classic story of a chain of events between prey and predator that is sure to make the young children in your life laugh and giggle and want to keep reading to see how the ending turns out!
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