What Did You Put in Your Pocket?

by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, Michael Grejniec (Illustrator)

What did you put in your pocket?
What did you put in your pocket?
In your pockety pockety pocket
Early Monday morning?
What do YOU put in YOUR pocket?
Everyday things like a spinky spanky handkerchief? Or silly things like slushy gushy pudding? No matter what you put in your pockets, you'll get a whole lot of ideas from Beatrice Schenk de Regnier's catchy, cumulative rhymes. Together with Michael Grejniec's zany, bright illustrations, they'll make you look at pockets -- and the days of the week -- in a whole new way!

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Childrens

40 pages, Hardcover

First published April 25, 2003

About the author

Beatrice Schenk de Regniers earned a M.Ed from the University of Chicago in 1941. Her first book, The Giant Story, was published in 1953.

Beatrice Schenk de Regniers also wrote under the pseudonym Tamara Kitt.

Reviews

[Vicki · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this book with its repetitive rhyming phrases and goofy words. But I didn't.

The illustrations are bright but a mess, along with the "finger painted" font style. I liked the black print font - it was big and cute for young readers to see.

I will not be putting this book in my pockety pocket.

[Graceann Oswald · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it, the picture were super colorful and exciting, and the repeating phrases and rhymes were fun too. but there wasn't really an ending... it just stopped.

[Marcia · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of those great prek-k read alouds that hits on many levels: rhyming, repetitive, fun language; bright, kid-like fingerpainting-esque illustrations and pure fun. A big hit with the Ks today. Be sure to load your pockets with weird things to share at the end ( I happened to have a plastic beetle, a tiny stone owl, a quarter, a key and a crumpled tissue...!)

[Caroline Herfindahl]

This book has bright, bold child-like drawings that pair with silly unique words and strange atypical things that wouldn’t normally go in a pocket. It ends with the question what did you put in your pocket leaving an excellent opening for kids to create their own week of pocket placing imagination!

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

The illustrations are bright and colorful, but they're a mess and hard to read (what order do the words actually do in???). The rhymes are silly, but it just didn't do it for me. I won't be using it for story time.

[Syntha Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun cumulative rhyme that I wasn't familiar with before now

[Diane Gurman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like so many others, I hated the illustrations. My mom read this book to me when I was a child, and I would love to find a copy of the original edition (1958). The pictures were much better!

[Vivian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sadly, this whimsical story is currently out of print. Wrapped into this package is a concept book on days of the week and a concept story on colors. Included are rhyming elements and just plain silliness. There is play with sounds, repetition and rhythm, and invented words as well. For example:

WHAT did you PUT in your POCKET
What DID you put in YOUR pocket
in your pockety p o c k e t y pocket
early Monday morning?

I put in some chocolate pudding
I put in some chocolate pudding
slushy slushy pudding early Monday morning.

SLUSHY GLUSHY PUDDING!

to which is added nicy icy water, slurpy glurpy ice cream, fluppy gluppy potatoessticky icky molasses, and finally funny finny fingers.

What fun!

[Alexa Maring · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a great way to teach about adjectives, both concrete and created. The adjectives are what make this story fun to read! I would love to do this as a whole class project and post a BIG pocket on our bulletin to showcase the students work. Like the illustrations in the children's book students can use finger paints to paint what they put in their pocket. Their adjectives and the noun being described would be written to the side of the pocket for the other classes to see. This will create a cute bulletin board, but will have purpose as well.

[Danie P. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious book about the things a child puts in his pocket for each day of the week. Excellent phonetics sticky/icky, slushy/gushy. Repetitive words make this a good choice to sing this story or read it in rhythm. For preschool or older I think.

[Kate Hastings · Rating 3 out of 5]

This cumulative book has something silly (and yucky) being added to (a kangaroo's?) pocket each day of the week. He cleans it out on Sunday!

[Alisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

the illustrations look like a child did them, but i LOVE that. I love the repetition for the days of the week, and "pockety pockety pocket". Its fun.

[Mckinley · Rating 1 out of 5]

ick!
Very simple.

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Brandy Gilbertson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wasn't a huge fan of the illustrations. It does cover the days of the week and rhyming.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

bold colors with finger paint style illustrations. It seems like you could almost sing this book out loud. silly adjectives.

[Rebecca Millerjohn · Rating 3 out of 5]

A ridiculous singing book about putting all the wrong things in your pocket. Too repetitive to just read, but works very well in song. Sure to get lots of giggles.

[Little Champs]

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