Malachy DoyleCríticas

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The Bold Boy by Malachy Doyle is a cute book that expresses the of fairness. There is a boy who has a single pea and asks a lady to watch it for him. Her hen eats the pea, so he takes her hen. He asks a man to watch his hen, a pig frightened it away, so the boy takes the pig. This goes on for about four people. He does not ask permission when he takes these things he just takes them because that's the rule where he's from. Well eventually, all of the people he took from catches up to him to say that he is the bad boy for stealing all of their animals. They get the animals back and the boy is sad. He hangs his head in sadness only to find a pea on the ground. He is happy again and skips away. I am confused as to why the boy is happy about getting a pea back when I thought the message was that he is greedy. The illustrations were nice, but they were what is expected. They simply show what is happening in the story. I think that this is a fun book for children to read, but I am unsure if it is totally necessary. It's cute.½

Sleepy Pendoodle is about a young girl who finds a puppy. She wants the puppy to open his eyes, but she does not know how to help him. She asks her uncle for advice and he says," Scrub your hands, put him on your knees and shout Sleepy Pendoodle!" After trial and error the puppy finally opens his eyes and is excited to see the little girl. I related to this story because I raised a puppy at a young age. I believe this book would be great in the classroom because most children are learning about the responsibility and love that comes with having a pet.

The book Get Happy helps children to see in the illustrations, different moods, emotions and behaviors. It shows them the more positive way to interact with others. It also shows in the illustrations what support might look like towards someone who is struggling with a more difficult emotion, or how the negative behavior might affect others. The beginning of the sentences are repeated throughout the book which gives a nice consistency, and there is a rhythm to it. There are also good words in there to help give a name for children to know what they are feeling.

Sure is hard work being a cow. I loved the illustrations as the author shares with us a day in the life of a cow.

This book follows the story of Jody who is growing plants in her back yard. She plants the seeds with her grandparents and they teach her how to care for and harvest her plants. She even feeds her family with these plants!

I enjoyed this book primarily for the illustrations and the small details you can find in those illustrations. A lot of the borders on the pages are stems and seeds. At the beginning of the book, you can see that Jody's mother is pregnant. If you look closely at the end of the book, her mother is holding a baby in a small blanket! There are a lot of small details that children may not be able to pick up so It would be fun to read the book aloud and see if the kids pick up on those details. If they don't, you can explain it to them!

Antonio is visiting with his grandmother but he is shrinking more and more every week because he misses his mother so much. So, he sets out for home, hitching rides with all kinds of folk until he reaches his mother and she feeds him so much that he grow giant.

This is a fiction story about a boy called Antonio getting smaller because he missed her mother so much. Antonio has fun visiting his grandmother but misses his mother so much that he starts to shrink, and as he travels back to the other side of the world by ship, train, and horse, he gets smaller and smaller. Finally, he got his house, his mother fed him a lot of food till he grew bigger....
Genre: Fantasy Because Antonio get smaller during his trip
Age App: Primary, intermediate

Sleepy Pendoodle is about a little girl who finds a puppy in an alley, and asks her uncle how to make him open his eyes. When she finally remembers his instructions, she gets to run around with the puppy. This is a story that many young children can relate to.

library copy

On each two-page spread of this picture board book, the author and illustrator show the child what they should not do and then what they should do. For example, “Squabble less.” “Share more!” The book contrasts sniffle and snuggle, grumbling and giggle, zone out and zoom around, pick and plant, shout and sing, grab and give, tease and tickle, sulk and sparkle, and worry and wonder. It ends with “Fearless evermore! Be strong! Be happy!”

The text did not interest my granddaughter or myself. There are far more subtle ways to get across this message than the don’t do – do strategy used here. It felt pretty cheezy, even scolding at times.

The illustrations are soft and endearing in this little board book. The children show good action and expression. Many pages showed interesting detail.

Parents might like this book but I doubt many children will.

This book is about a young kid who travels with his grandma, but begins to shrink each week because he misses his mom and his home. As he journeys back home he continues to shrink. Once he gets to his mom, she fattens him up with food and he becomes much bigger again. This fits in with the "tiny humans" category of modern fantasy. It is very realistic and believable (other than the fact that he shrinks). Overall a good, creative book. I would use this book to talk about missing your parents or your home when being gone (like when you're at school).

This is one of my favorite books..... A little girl spies a tiger hiding in the woods. As she promises to keep his being a secret, he invites her to come out and dance with him on every full moon....

The words although few, simple and rhyming, evoke a rich picture of what it would be like to dance through the seasons with a kind laughing tiger.

The illustrations seem to have been rendered in pastel and the quality of the night invokes a sense of reality.

This book is for very young children. If they are having a bad day, they can read this book to see how to get happy. This story is written in rhyme. It teaches kids how to turn their frown upside down.

This short picture book can show a young child how to turn a frown into a smile no matter what is going on during their day. It shows children how to cheer up their friends and how to keep a smile on their face no matter what. "Shout less" and "sing more" are two components that differ; choosing one of the two can make your day either happy or sad.

The tale is of Sita, stolen by the Demon King and taken to his inaccessible island. Rima searches for her and being good and true, enlists the help of the monkey king who tells his followers to build a bridge to allow access to Rima and the demon king's army.

A book about some toy animals who have a rocket ship, but they all find excuses to not go, except the bunny. He is brave and goes for the ride and has a great time. The book is about not being afraid to try new things and is great for reading aloud.

I enjoyed this book because I am a dog lover. I feel this would be great to read in the classroom to students to talk about responsibilities and the importance of listening and caring for others and animals.

A great look into Irish folktales. Gives you a new look on Irish culture.

Meh. I wasn't too impressed with this one. Georgie was a total mess: incredibly, unpredictably violent, dangerous to himself and other people, unable to keep anything in his room because he destroyed everything he owned. Then he got sent to a facility where he improved dramatically...simply because people acted nice to him. He got a whole room full of possessions and never destroyed any of them. He left his room, started eating in the cafeteria with the other kids, went outside, started speaking, made a friend, etc...all in the course of a few months. All because people were nice to him.

Nice as it sounds, it's just not realistic. I'm not the target audience and probably a teenager (I'm 27) would have an easier time buying it. But I know it takes a lot more than kindness and love to turn such a troubled, animal-like child into a functional human being.

Play the Partridge Family song after reading this one aloud.

Cute book! It is great for showing children what things they ought to be doing instead of what they ought not do. For example, it tells readers to “grab less”, “give more”, and to “sulk less”, “sparkle more”. I think it is important for kids to see exactly what it means to do the right thing. My only criticism for the book is that it uses language modern day children may not recognize, like squabble. This book was created in 2011, so using this language doesn’t make sense to me.

This book was written to interest children in preschool and is on a 1.0 reading level.½

Albert and Sara Jane is a book about the relationship between a cat and a dog. It is a very cute book and shows how mad a cat can get after her furry friend Albert eats all her food. He ends up feeling really bad and missses her completely. Good book!! One of my daughters favorite books.

The story One Two Three O’Leary is a story about ten children who are going to bed. The children are distracted by each other creating rhymes about different events that are taking place. Their father is getting ready for work and gets involved with the children’s bed time fun. Finally the children go to bed after having fun with various rhymes and games with their father.½

A lovely collection of traditional Irish tales, beautifully and simply illustrated by Niamh Sharkey, and complemented by Malachy Doyle's softly lilting Irish accent. The stories include: The children of Lir; Fair, Brown and Trembling; The twelve wild geese; Lusmore and the fairies; Son of an otter,son of a wolf; The soul cages; Oisin in Tir na nOg. This would be suitable as a book to read to younger children 4years and older, and were enchanting to an adult such as myself