Two boys' review: Morris helps ease fears about starting school
More than anything else, this Morris story helped ease the fears my two sons, now ages 6 and 4, had about starting school. With a childlike innocence, Morris makes simple errors that cause a bit of giggling in the classroom. However, the teacher's gentle direction keeps the other children laughing with Morris instead of laughing at him.
I introduced this book into our bedtime reading rotation prior to my sons starting pre-kindergarten and continued to read it for a couple months after they started school. The book had sat on their bookshelf since then but now my eldest son has found it again as he's exploring early reader books. The book's classroom setting gives him common ground from which to build his reading comprehension.
In summary, while this book is not as funny as Morris' previous adventures, I still recommend this book if your child is about to begin attending school. The story helps ease concerns about the classroom.
How can anyone NOT love Morris and give his book a great rating?!
I love Morris the Moose! I'm a very intelligent grownup now and I still had a ball purchasing this absolute favorite from my childhood and reading it again! My grown children probably wondered what I was doing with that recent purchase! It was a loving, comforting trip down memory lane, and I still recommend it for today's youth! Easy read, fun read!
Not as Funny as Other Morris Books - a review of "Morris Goes to School"
I picked up this book to read with my son, and I have to say that we didn't find it particularly funny. Certainly not as funny as the other Morris books. We had about two chuckles in 64 pages. Which is not to say that the story is bad. It hangs together well and provides some very good kid-friendly examples which show why it's good to attend school. Morris, for example, is shown fumbling around town, not knowing which store is the candy store because he can't read. And Morris is also stumped when it comes to figuring out how many gumdrops he can buy, because he can't count.
The publisher suggests this book as a practice reader for those in first grade or younger. My experience convinces me that this book is a little too hard for most children in this age range. For one thing, there are 64 pages of text, which is quite a bit for newbies to sit down and read at one time. And the vocabulary is fairly advanced with words like: wrong, sting, meant, interrupt, couldn't, sandwiches, cream-cheese, piece, fruit, hamburgers, arithmetic, antler, count, make-believe, and forest. And in fact, the Accelerated Reading designation for this book is 2.0 -- which means that those experts feel that the book is suited for entering 2nd Graders.
[The AR designation is a general "guide" that rates books on a relative scale of difficulty. Children can certainly read at levels above or below their group range, so that this number should only be used as a aid to help choose books that are appropriate and not frustrating.]
Three Stars. This is an okay book which shows why learning is necessary. In my and my son's opinion it wasn't as funny as the other Morris books. The Publisher suggests this reader for ages Pre5 to Grade 1. The 'official' Accelerated Reading (AR) designation, however, is 2.0.
THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!
I'm 23 years old now and thinking about this book just makes me smile. It was my favorite book growing up along with The House That Jack Built. I could read these books OVER AND OVER again every day of my life and be content. It's a great book to not only learn to read, but a good lesson in accepting differences among each other. And that's a great lesson to learn at that age!! If you're looking for great book for your youngster, THIS IS IT!! (along with the whole series!!) :)
Wonderful memories
This book is absolutely wonderful. I remember loving to just look at the pictures before I could read! I cannot say enough about it. My favorite book of all time.
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