This alternative take on black holes is a lot of fun, although I do feel the book started a bit slowly. While it makes them reminisce of the holes they grew up in, they suddenly find their ship stuck on something. Still, the pictures are great, the puns are present, and the ending provides a great moral that everyone can learn from – don’t sing with your mou The crew of the Star Warts is exploring a new part of space when they see a black hole off in the distance. What is it? Can they break free? This alternative take on black holes is a lot of fun, although I do feel the book started a bit slowly. The crew of the Star Warts is exploring a new part of space when they see a black hole off in the distance. A nice easy reader from a classic author/illustrator team.more Bruce Degen is most known for illustrating the Magic School Bus books but I'm partial to his own book Jamberry. The black hole turns out to be something much more dangerous and bad singing saves the day. They also have an argument about whether Toads or only Frogs can sing.
#Jamberry reminisce series
A simple enough easy reader recommended for ages 7+ this is the third book in the series and has the crew off in space investigating a black hole. It's rather like "Frog and Toad" in Space and is a bit of a parody of Star Wars. My oldest son read through this series when he was young though and liked it. I'm a big fan of Jane Yolen but have only read her fantasy & fairy tale works. They also have an argument about whether Toads or Clearing off the shelves. Any book which encourages an interest in reading is wonderful in my opinion but I see no reason why a children's book can not be enjoyable for the adult reading the book as well as for the child listening and learning.moreĬlearing off the shelves. I can recommend this as an early reader book but I suggest skipping it if you are reading it aloud to children who are not able to read the entire thing themselves. Any book which encourages an interest in reading is wonderful in my opinion but I see no reason why a children's book can not be enjoyable for the adult reading the book as With many Star Wars and other space related puns, this book was a hit with my boys but I found it difficult to smoothly read aloud, stilted, and not funny at all.
With many Star Wars and other space related puns, this book was a hit with my boys but I found it difficult to smoothly read aloud, stilted, and not funny at all. The inclusion of long tongues, off key singing and food being splattered makes for two laughing kids when we read the book out loud.more The first of these that we read is Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole and I think it's our favorite because it has some good gross-out humor and a parody of Home on the Range which requires really poor singing. At our last trip to the library we checked out three of these books for Sean to read on our trip down to Santa Barbara. The inclusion of l Back in the 1980s, Jane Yolen wrote a series of early reader science fiction / humor books involving Commander Toad and the crew of the Star Warts. Back in the 1980s, Jane Yolen wrote a series of early reader science fiction / humor books involving Commander Toad and the crew of the Star Warts.
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