The Walloping Window-Blind

by Charles Edward Carryl, Jim LaMarche, Charles Carryl

Book Overview

"Like the wacky crew of the ship in Carryl's classic nonsense poem, readers will 'cheerily put to sea' in this captivating picture book....LaMarche's gleeful illustrations capture the spirit of this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688125174
• ISBN13: 9780688125172
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.5" x 0.5" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

A Capital Book !

The illustrations are excuse enough for anyone of any age to want this book, but the way the text and illustrations play off of one another is magic. The gorgeous pastels and the rythym of the language captivated our 18-month-old, and now that she is 3, it is still a favorite. This is one we are always happy to read aloud, no matter how many repetitions are requested. Thank you, Jim LaMarche!

Fun!

I'd never seen the poem before, so this was a first for me. The pictures are beautiful, and go along very well with the words...they are creative and up-to-date. Ex. For toasted pig, the captain eats a toasted hot dog, and for figs, fig newtons. I read the book to my 3rd grade students. They especially liked that the kids were playing the parts that would normally go to grown-ups. As one said about the book,"That's cool"! A good book to use when talking about the difference between real and make-believe, also a good jumping point to writing fantasy stories or poems.