I'm Still Here in the Bathtub: I'm Still Here in the Bathtub

by Alan Katz

Book Overview

If you like...
"Wheels on the Bus"
and
"Itsy Bitsy Spider,"
you'll go NUTS for
"The Meals at My Camp"
and
"Tiny Baby Brother"!

Songwriter and comedy writer par excellence Alan Katz has done it again! He's turned fourteen favorite songs upside down and created new nonsense songs kids will love. With hilariously funny pictures by illustrator and cartoonist David Catrow, this new collection promises...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689845510
• ISBN13: 9780689845512
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Totally zany and a whole lotta fun

Same-old folk-songs made totally zany and a whole lotta FUN is the name of the game here. For example, 3 Blind Mice, The Wheels on the Bus and Bingo are reimagined as Bad Advice, Meals at Camp and Itchy (Gee, I Wanna Cry) to name a few. If I am still here in the tub, so are YOU!

Love the author. Love the books

We read these books a lot! I love to sing and they are just so much fun. I will buy all the books by Alan Katz.

My 2 year old daughter loves it!

This book is so good! We have this one and the first one and my daughter (27 months) adores it! We read them over and over! Well, I should say sing! The pictures are a riot! And they're fun for adults too, it's nice to have some fresh songs in our repetoire that are funny and fun to sing! Great books!!

What a riot!

Shades of Alan Sherman! Remember him? "Hello, Mudda. Hello, Fadda. Here I am at Camp Grenada..." My son loved his album as a kid and now my grandsons have Alan Katz! This book is a hoot. We bought it and then spent the next half-hour listening to an 8-year-old read/sing Katz's words to the tunes the boy has known since he was a baby: Take Me Out to the Ballgame, Frere Jacques, Bingo, Three Blind Mice, Old McDonald Had a Farm, The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round, and more. Before long, we were all laughing and humming along. Great Grandma said the illustrations were grotesque, but even she agreed they only added to the hilarity of the book. Put on your sense of humor, remember the kids' songs of your youth, and have a blast. You don't have to be a child to thoroughly enjoy this book! Carolyn Rowe Hill

Definitely Silly Dilly

My son picked this up at the book fair at his school. I have to say, that overall, we enjoyed it. It was fun to have a book to "sing" to, rather than just read to kids. They loved it! The illustrations are funny, and sometimes kinda gross and funky, but my boys love that. There are 14 total songs to sing, to old tunes that we know and love. This is a great and engaging book, that will put a smile on any child's face. The words "silly dilly" are perfect for this book.

Toe-tapping verses that beg to be sung aloud

I'm Still Here In The Bathtub by Alan Katz is a delightful collection of "silly-dilly" poems, which can be sung to the tunes of classic childhood favorites. Extravagant caricature artwork by David Catrow adds a special touch to the toe-tapping verses that beg to be sung aloud, in this pleasant and humorous picture book. My Sister Fights With Me: My sister fights with me/We always disagree/And it's her fault!/She breaks my favorite stuff/She treats me mean and rough/I say, "I've had enough!"/Our mom yells halt!/So we act like we're friends/But soon the niceness ends/She starts to hiss/Taking things from my drawers/Making me do her chores/And worst of all, she snores/Please take my sis!