Tom's Tweet
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (911 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0375851712 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Brianna Zamborsky So funny!. sslgbBest Book Ever sslgb4 5yo Son: Mom? What's your favorite book of ALL my books?Me: Tom's TweetWe have A LOT of award winning, super witty, clever books and this one takes the cake. Great rhyming scheme making it fun to read, good lesson to be learned, no "weirdness" requiring long explanations about the authors intentions. A classic in this house for sure. I dare to say I now like it better than "Stand Back Said the Elephant, I'm Going to Sneeze". Prior to finding this THAT was my favorite.. said Best Book Ever. 5yo Son: Mom? What's your favorite book of ALL my books?Me: Tom's TweetWe have A LOT of award winning, super witty, clever books and this one takes the cake. Great rhyming scheme making it fun to read, good lesson to be learned, no "weirdness" requiring long explanations about the authors intentions. A classic in this house for sure. I dare to say I now like it better than "Stand Back Said the Elephant, I'm Going to Sneeze". Prior to finding this THAT was my favorite.. Delightful read aloud J.Prather Tom's Tweet has that kind of rhyming flow that just begs to be read aloud and played with. When you combine that with illustrations that are goofy, silly and cute all at the same time, you get a story time natural. Tom's Tweet tells the story of an unlikely friendship, a pretty common theme among picture books, but rarely told with such humor. Kids will cringe and hoot when Tom mashes up worms to feed his "Tweet", and will laugh at the sight of the big cat trying to put the bird back in the nest with it's obviously terrified brothers and sisters.There's a great message here stated boldly by Tom when he says:
JILL ESBAUM is the award-winning author of several books for young readers, including Stanza, To the Big Top, Estelle Takes a Bath, and Ste-e-e-e-eamboat A-Comin'!. She lives on a farm near Dixon, Iowa, with her husband and family. She loves visiting schools, as well as teaching adults how to write for children in numerous classes and workshops.DAN SANTAT is the illustrator of The Secret Life of Walter Kitty by Barbara Jean Hicks, Always Lots of Heinies at t
"Totally tweet-rific. Esbaum’s tweet tale will have listeners in stitches (especially the wormy bits), and Santat’s Photoshopped cartoon illustrations of bulky Tom and the goggle-eyed tweets are as expressive as they are goofy." —Kirkus Reviews
Consarn it! It's just Tom's luck to get stuck with a Tweet!. Tom is on the hunt for a tasty morning treat when he spies a flip-flapping, fluttery bird just there for the taking. Tom is determined to not get involved, but he can't just leave Tweet there frightened, unhappy, alone. Hello, breakfast! But little Tweet with his big black button eyes is too skinny to eat