The Book About Tony Chestnut

Laurie Monopoli,

The Learning Station,

Wendy Sefcik (Illustrator),

Jeanne Bowyer (Narrator),

Julian Scites (Contributor)

4.60 · Rating details · 10 ratings · 4 reviews

The much-loved children's song, Tony Chestnut, comes to life in this interactive picture book that invites children to participate and join in as the book's cast shows, step by step, how to do the dance moves that everyone is talking about.

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Hardcover, Includes read-along sing-along CD, 48 pages

Published 2010 by Hug-A-Chug Books

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Mar 23, 2010 Monique rated it it was amazing

Book: The Book About Tony Chestnut
Author: Laurie Monopoli
Illustrator: Wendy Sefcik
Publisher: Don Monopoli/The Learning Station®
ISBN: 978-0-615-31139-5
Pages: 48
Category: Childrens

Tony and Eileen Chestnut are brother and sister and today is their first day at a new school. While Tony is excited about making new friends, his sister Eileen is sad because she had to leave her best friends when she moved. On the playground Tony and Eileen sit on the bench as they watch the other children play on the j Book: The Book About Tony Chestnut
Author: Laurie Monopoli
Illustrator: Wendy Sefcik
Publisher: Don Monopoli/The Learning Station®
ISBN: 978-0-615-31139-5
Pages: 48
Category: Childrens

Tony and Eileen Chestnut are brother and sister and today is their first day at a new school. While Tony is excited about making new friends, his sister Eileen is sad because she had to leave her best friends when she moved. On the playground Tony and Eileen sit on the bench as they watch the other children play on the jungle gym, the swings, and with the ball. Eileen gets really sad and starts crying! That made Tony sad. In order to make his sister stop crying – he makes her favorite monkey face. And she doesn't stop crying. So, what does he do? Shy Tony Chestnut stands up on that big yellow bench – and – SINGS! And everyone stops what they're doing so they can look! But, it works! It makes his sister smile!

Tony Chestnut uses the sounds of his name (Toe, Knee, Chest, Nut) to sing this really cool song. As he starts singing he points to the corresponding body parts. “Toe Knee Chest Nut Nose Eye Love You Toe Knee Nose...” (pgs 24-26). The song starts out slowly, in order to get the kids used to pointing to the body parts, and then quickly picks up speed. It's fun trying to keep up! This is the cutest song ever! He includes his sister and his classmates in the words of the silly song. And, as a bonus, Tony and Eileen become friends with the kids on the playground. I'm guessing they won't have to sit on the big yellow bench anymore!

Included with the book is a DVD. The narrator, Jeanne Bowyer, reads the story and sings the song. Tony Chestnut also reads the story. Lastly, there are discussion questions.

This song is so original it's crazy! Who can resist such a catchy song? And who can stop themselves from dancing to it? Not this family. This books allows children to actively participate in the story. We all love it. We read it for the first time yesterday, and we're still singing the words today. My younger daughter said the story was “amazing” and the other described it as “cool”. I agree. Apparently this song burst on the scene in 1997, but I hadn't heard of it until I read this book. Although we were late to this party, I'm glad we came.

Definitely a keeper for the bookshelf.

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Apr 23, 2010 Tiffany rated it it was amazing

The book about Tony Chestnut. By Laurie Monopoli

Tony Chestnut and his sister Eileen move to a new house and start the first day at their new school. Tony is happy at the thought of making new friends, but Eileen is still sad because she had to say goodbye to her best friends. At Recess all the kids are playing except for Eileen who sits lonely on the playground bench crying. Seeing his sister cry makes Tony sad so he decides to cheer her up. He tries begging her to stop but it does not work. He ...more

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Jul 08, 2010 Laura rated it it was amazing

When the package of this book promptly arrived in the mail, I told my 6-year-old son it was for him. He eagerly tore open the slim box and pulled out the attractive hard covered book. He was excited to find it also came with a read-along and sing-along CD!

I handed the book to my 9-year-old daughter and told her to read it to her brother. She said the story was cute. The Book About Tony Chestnut is about a shy boy named Tony Chestnut and his sister Eileen who have just moved to a new home and a n ...more

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Mar 24, 2010 Ladyporter rated it it was amazing

“Mommy, mommy, look! Toe…Knee…!” These were the words bubbling from my daughters lips when I walked through the door after a long day of work. It was quite obvious that the Tony Chestnut book had arrived in the mail.

Even more exciting was that the words to the song came rushing back to me and it was apparent that I had heard this song before—my daughter sung it at her Pre-school graduation! It dawn on me, “there is a book for it now!”

Lauri Monopoli and Wendy Sefeik have come together to offer a ...more

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