Funny book to teach visualizing and descriptive language.

In my opinion, this is an adorable book. The book explains the life of a girl from birth to her having her own child. I like this book because of the writing style the author used. There are rhyming words and a lot of repetition of the words. For example, the first page says name, blame, and same all in one sentences. The children can use phonemic awareness and learn to read these words and understand that all the words have the same ending. Also, "Catalina Magdalena Hoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogan Logan Bogan" is repeated on every page, so the reader could get used to hearing the name and repeat it themselves.

I also liked the illustrations used in this picture book. Catalina is very unique with very interesting physical features. The illustrator made sure that the reader was able to visibly see the different features she had and also had it correspond with the written description. Catalina has two strands of hair; one red and one black. In the illustration, the reader can easily see there are two different color strands of hair.

I think that the purpose of this book is to bring joy and entertainment for the reader. Catalina has a unique name and has unique feature, but she still enjoys life. She doesn't care that she is different and just focuses on being happy. ( )

My granddaughters all time favorite. It's about a little girl who had a very unique look and a very unusual long name. It took my granddaughter numerous readings before she could read every other page, which was just her name "Catalina Magdalena Hoopensteiner wallendiner Hogan Logan was her name. In the end she gets married and instead of her just her name, it now includes Jones. The illustrations are what really makes the book fun! ( )

Actually having read Mr. Arnold's notes on this book I know that he got the inspiration from variations on this old campfire song. He added some cooky illustrations and made a fabulous little book out of it. Great for children who love to sing and love his books. ( )

This is a silly, heartwarming story about a girl who danced to the tune of her own drummer. I first heard this story as a song. ( )