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Rhyme Crime
From the creator of Splat! comes more playful, irreverent, kid-empowering fun--with a rhyming twist.
In this buoyant rhyming romp, words have gone mysteriously Who stole Marlow's happy smile, and replaced it with a crocodile? Who swiped Dingle's sneeze--aaaaachooo!--and left a stinky cheese? The thief took Tumble's orange, and switched it with a . . . with a . . . Hey, does anything rhyme with orange? No? Aha! Could this be the rhyming robber's undoing? Guided by bright, clever artwork, kids are empowered to put the final clues together for themselves to solve this silly rhyme crime, then guess at the name-nabber's next sneaky move. Splendid, satisfying, inspiring.
"Rhyming wordplay. . . [and] even more hysterical laughter." -- Kirkus
"The creator of Splat! offers more page-turn-based tomfoolery" -- Booklist
In this buoyant rhyming romp, words have gone mysteriously Who stole Marlow's happy smile, and replaced it with a crocodile? Who swiped Dingle's sneeze--aaaaachooo!--and left a stinky cheese? The thief took Tumble's orange, and switched it with a . . . with a . . . Hey, does anything rhyme with orange? No? Aha! Could this be the rhyming robber's undoing? Guided by bright, clever artwork, kids are empowered to put the final clues together for themselves to solve this silly rhyme crime, then guess at the name-nabber's next sneaky move. Splendid, satisfying, inspiring.
"Rhyming wordplay. . . [and] even more hysterical laughter." -- Kirkus
"The creator of Splat! offers more page-turn-based tomfoolery" -- Booklist
32 pages, Hardcover
Published April 3, 2018
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April 22, 2018
About: Rhyme Crime is a children’s picture book written and illustrated by Jon Burgerman. It was recently published on 4/3/18 by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, hardcover, 32 pages. The genres are children’s book, picture book, and fiction. This book is intended for readers ages 3-5, grades K and under.
My Experience: I started reading Rhyme Crime for my 6 years old son as a bedtime story on 4/16/18 and we finished it that same night. This book is so much fun to read! My son really like thinking for the rhyming words: head for bread and house for mouse. My son enjoys the ending when he able to solve the puzzle of how the thief escapes jail. I like how this book engages my son into thinking and problem solving while listening to the story. I read Rhyme Crime to review but he will want to read it on his own many times over.
In this book, readers will follow the thief page after page as he commits word crimes. He starts out by stealing Hammy’s new hat and switches for a cat. He steals Annie’s comfortable chair only to switch it for a bear! Yikes! At the end, when he takes Tumble’s orange, he doesn’t know what to switch to and was caught by the police. This book is arranged in a peek-a-boo way. Readers will have a chance to think of the rhyming word before turning it to the next page. Each page has sharp solid colors of yellow, blue, pink, green, etc in the background. The story is written in a fun handwriting font. The characters are all unique and funny looking that children will like to look at.
This book is excellent and well put together. I like the book cover. I like the hand reaching out in each page because it reminds me of those sticky hands from kids’ toys. I like how each character has a name and an adventure of its own. I like the illustrations of each word and it’s rhyming word. I like the ending with the thief escaping jail. This book is definitely fantastic for kids because it promotes how fun rhyming words can be. I still can’t think what the rhyming word for orange is ?? The back of this book says, “Wordplay so funny, it’s criminal.” I couldn’t agree more! I highly recommend this book for everyone!
Pro: humor, rhymes, illustration, engaging, problem solving, interactive, individual characters
Con: none
I rate it 5 stars!
***Disclaimer: Many thanks to Penguin Young Readers for the opportunity to read and review. Please be assured that my opinions are honest.
xoxo,
Jasmine at www.howusefulitis.wordpress.com for more details
My Experience: I started reading Rhyme Crime for my 6 years old son as a bedtime story on 4/16/18 and we finished it that same night. This book is so much fun to read! My son really like thinking for the rhyming words: head for bread and house for mouse. My son enjoys the ending when he able to solve the puzzle of how the thief escapes jail. I like how this book engages my son into thinking and problem solving while listening to the story. I read Rhyme Crime to review but he will want to read it on his own many times over.
In this book, readers will follow the thief page after page as he commits word crimes. He starts out by stealing Hammy’s new hat and switches for a cat. He steals Annie’s comfortable chair only to switch it for a bear! Yikes! At the end, when he takes Tumble’s orange, he doesn’t know what to switch to and was caught by the police. This book is arranged in a peek-a-boo way. Readers will have a chance to think of the rhyming word before turning it to the next page. Each page has sharp solid colors of yellow, blue, pink, green, etc in the background. The story is written in a fun handwriting font. The characters are all unique and funny looking that children will like to look at.
This book is excellent and well put together. I like the book cover. I like the hand reaching out in each page because it reminds me of those sticky hands from kids’ toys. I like how each character has a name and an adventure of its own. I like the illustrations of each word and it’s rhyming word. I like the ending with the thief escaping jail. This book is definitely fantastic for kids because it promotes how fun rhyming words can be. I still can’t think what the rhyming word for orange is ?? The back of this book says, “Wordplay so funny, it’s criminal.” I couldn’t agree more! I highly recommend this book for everyone!
Pro: humor, rhymes, illustration, engaging, problem solving, interactive, individual characters
Con: none
I rate it 5 stars!
***Disclaimer: Many thanks to Penguin Young Readers for the opportunity to read and review. Please be assured that my opinions are honest.
xoxo,
Jasmine at www.howusefulitis.wordpress.com for more details
April 13, 2018
Well that was an interesting read! And just when you think you know what's coming... a surprise twist. :-)
April 16, 2018
Might be fun to do for a rhyming storytime. The illustrations were colorful and reminded me of "Ren and Stimpy."
May 16, 2018
Words have gone missing! Someone stole Marlow's smile. Who took Dingle's sneeze? What happened to Tumble's orange? There must be a thief going around taking words and replacing it with a rhyme. Can you help put the clues together to help capture the thief?
I found the book to be silly and fun to read. The little tots I read it to found it hilarious and they ended up becoming a big pile of giggles. However, the children who were a bit older (around 5-7) found the book silly. They found the illustrations to be "gross". Overall, a fun and entertaining book that let kids guess out the ending.
Engagement Activities-
1. How many rhyme pairs can you come up with in one minute?
2. What is your favorite word? Why?
3. Can you draw your favorite toy? What rhymes with it?
4. What is your most prized possession? Why?
5. If you can have any silly superpower, what would it be?
I found the book to be silly and fun to read. The little tots I read it to found it hilarious and they ended up becoming a big pile of giggles. However, the children who were a bit older (around 5-7) found the book silly. They found the illustrations to be "gross". Overall, a fun and entertaining book that let kids guess out the ending.
Engagement Activities-
1. How many rhyme pairs can you come up with in one minute?
2. What is your favorite word? Why?
3. Can you draw your favorite toy? What rhymes with it?
4. What is your most prized possession? Why?
5. If you can have any silly superpower, what would it be?
June 4, 2019
Not much to this story....and the ending was not satisfying.
April 12, 2018
Rhyme Crime is a fun new children’s book that will have everyone laughing! The key to the story is the rhyming wordplay along with the bright colored creatures who are the victims of a rhyming criminal on the loose!
The thief is stealing things and replacing them with a rhyming object such as Marlow’s happy smile is replaced with a…..crocodile! I read this book to my story time kids at the library where I volunteer. The kids were getting so good at guessing what the thief was going to do next! By the end of the book they were all coming up with other words that rhymed together.
A very fun interactive book, will you be able to guess the thief’s next move? Grab this book for a rhyming twist of laughter and silliness especially when the thief tries to steal an orange…what rhymes with orange?!
The thief is stealing things and replacing them with a rhyming object such as Marlow’s happy smile is replaced with a…..crocodile! I read this book to my story time kids at the library where I volunteer. The kids were getting so good at guessing what the thief was going to do next! By the end of the book they were all coming up with other words that rhymed together.
A very fun interactive book, will you be able to guess the thief’s next move? Grab this book for a rhyming twist of laughter and silliness especially when the thief tries to steal an orange…what rhymes with orange?!
April 13, 2018
There is a criminal on the loose! Je is stealing everything. Everything that he takes though, is replaced by something that rhymes. A hat for a cat, a head for a slice of bread, a chair for a bear! The list of stolen things grows and grows…. until he steals an orange. What rhymes with orange? That’s right nothing. The police finally find him when he is unable to replace the orange with anything, and take him to jail. How will the rhyme crime thief get out of this situation?
This is a fun book about rhyming. It would be a fun way to get students excited to learn about this concept of rhyming. You could use this as a read aloud and have them guess what the upcoming rhyming word might be. The fun illustrations in this story make for a fun experience that I’m sure children would love.
This is a fun book about rhyming. It would be a fun way to get students excited to learn about this concept of rhyming. You could use this as a read aloud and have them guess what the upcoming rhyming word might be. The fun illustrations in this story make for a fun experience that I’m sure children would love.
April 30, 2018
A fun frolic through a very colorful tale of item-swapping/theft based on rhyming words. Kids will enjoy this one and guessing the rhyme to go with each situation before they turn the page to see what the rhyming item is. Of course, there is a high silliness factor in here to go along with the whole idea. The end was a little peculiar but otherwise this would be a good book for those who are just starting to read and working on sounds and rhythms. I suggest reading aloud with an older person (kid or adult) since there are definitely words in here that are a higher level than first readers.
Thanks to the publisher (Penguin Young Readers Group) for providing a review copy.
Thanks to the publisher (Penguin Young Readers Group) for providing a review copy.
August 12, 2018
Filled with bright, bold colors, and a shadowy hand, Rhyme Crime is the tale of a thief who, “Once upon a time, / a thief / committed a crime. / Everything he stole / was replaced with / a rhyme” (2). Gumpop’s lovely head became bread. Tootle’s dog was replaced with a log. That is until the thief steals Tumble’s orange. What rhymes with orange? Through fun, bright colored, alien characters, children will easily pick up the rhyme and complete it before the page is turned. This is a fabulous read aloud that introduces readers to rhyme scheme and is lots of fun to read aloud with your preschooler.
March 23, 2021
A funny, rhyming book which is great for teaching children rhyming skills in an interactive way.
We have this book on our Facebook Portal and it is asked for almost daily by children from ages 2 to 6 years. Our three year old granddaughter will insist on all three book by Mr. Burgerman, and will refer to them as "I want a book by Jon Burgerman" which I find hilarious coming out of her little mouth.
We have this book on our Facebook Portal and it is asked for almost daily by children from ages 2 to 6 years. Our three year old granddaughter will insist on all three book by Mr. Burgerman, and will refer to them as "I want a book by Jon Burgerman" which I find hilarious coming out of her little mouth.
May 24, 2021
This book is trippy! Very fun to read aloud and nice big graphic shaped characters and bright, flat color. Eye catching. The character designs are very "Foster's home for imaginary friends". A sweet funky premise and good beginning, middle and end. The cover doesn't represent the book...I would redesign the cover.
October 2, 2023
Stumbled upon this at the library and snagged it both because it looked fun, and a potential option for helping my pre-K kiddo start practicing some rhymes. I loved that it was silly AND created some suspense as you tried to figure out what the "crime" was, allowing my kiddo to try out and guess some potential rhymes.
May 5, 2018
Cute book - kids will have lots of fun trying to guess what the thief left behind before the page is turned!
The pictures are big, brightly colored, and will be easy to see during storytime.
(And the twist is great, though it might be a liiiittle harder to spot in a crowd.)
The pictures are big, brightly colored, and will be easy to see during storytime.
(And the twist is great, though it might be a liiiittle harder to spot in a crowd.)
June 4, 2018
Clever rhyming format, but not sure if I could use this with groups of students due the number of them who have incarcerated family members.
Solid bold colors with black outlines resemble Todd Parr's work.
Solid bold colors with black outlines resemble Todd Parr's work.
July 7, 2018
Follow along as a crafty thief steals objects and replaces them with something that rhymes. This is a great book to introduce a rhyming words. If I was still teaching kindergarten I would do a learning center based on this book.
July 9, 2018
Loved it! The illustrations worked perfectly with the text, offering clues and unspoken information, which is fantastic. And the story is cute and funny to boot. Wish I had a child to read this to.
July 12, 2018
RHYME CRIME is a fun romp with wordplay that capitalizes on the comedic effect of using page turns as punch lines. Would make a great read-aloud for young readers who'd like to guess what the rhyme might be. Burgerman's punchy illustrations are as silly as the scenarios.
February 21, 2020
An interesting idea and it allows for some guessing. I'm not actually very fond of these illustrations, which is perhaps part of the reason that I'm not thrilled with the book, although I did like it fairly well.
February 21, 2021
Genre: Poetry
Grade: K-1
This would be a fun book to read to younger students that incorporates a lot of rhyming. This would be fun to have the students guess the next word in the phrase. It is a fun and energetic book that lots of students would love to read because of the rhyming in it.
Grade: K-1
This would be a fun book to read to younger students that incorporates a lot of rhyming. This would be fun to have the students guess the next word in the phrase. It is a fun and energetic book that lots of students would love to read because of the rhyming in it.
June 8, 2021
All kinds of crazy trouble ensues when a thief replaces everything he steals with a rhyme, for example a bear for a chair or a mouse for a house. And of course, nothing rhymes with orange. Silly visual humor and wordplay make this a fun book to share. Add this to units about rhyming.
March 16, 2018
A hilarious story where a thief steals things and replaces them with something else -- that rhymes. What will happen when he steals an orange?
March 22, 2018
Full of goofy, silly wordplay.
April 13, 2018
Colorful, simple, fun rhyming book.
April 20, 2018
Emma's class loved this. After the 2nd or 3rd page, they got the rhymes and started adding their own.
April 29, 2018
Review from my 3.5 year old, after we read it twice in a row: “This book is crazy!”
May 5, 2018
I think this would be fun in a preschool storytime, could have the kids guess what rhyming word will come next.
May 7, 2018
2.5 stars-intended for very young readers
May 8, 2018
I love the little *extras* in the story. Like the Log going "bark bark" or the head of bread saying "oh, crumbs." And I wasn't expecting that ending at all!
April 7, 2019
Cute! Pair with "Nothing Rhymes with Orange" by Adam Rex.
May 19, 2018
Kind of disturbing.
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