The Popcorn Shop (Hello Reader!) by Alice Low

by Alice Low

Audio Cassette

Genres: Childrens, Food, Picture Books, Kids, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Popcorn Shop is a Hello Reader by Alice Low, author and Patti Hammel, illustrator. It has been popular over the years with the classes that I have taught. It is a bit long for preschool age children, although mature four-year-olds have enjoyed it many times in my preschool classrooms. It is a silly story about food and appealing the children. They also like the song that Nell sings.

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I owned this book as a child, with a cassette, and at age 31 I finally googled the lyrics of the popcorn song to see if I could track down this book. I was very pleased to see it is still on the shelf in my library!

[Asheleigh Elizabeth · Rating 1 out of 5]

There's a book called The Popcorn Popper that was published in 1950 that is almost the exact same book as this. This is a total rip off. Right down to the rhymming, it's a wonder nobody was ever sued.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my 3 year old’s favorite books. She has the whole thing memorized (we all do!). It has the sweetest cadence and rhyming and a very fun story too (including twist ending!). Highly recommend this fun book, I’m hoping to encounter many copies at used book sales to buy up for friends 🙂🍿

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

A humorous, rhyming tale of Popcorn Neil who had a popcorn shop where she sold popcorn, and to meet her ever growing demand buys a larger popcorn machine. The machine goes haywire, and floods the town with popcorn. Popcorn Neil must come up with a solution to make the popping stop.

[Miss Pippi the Librarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

The publisher labeled this book as a Level 3 Easy Reader. It's a bit lengthy for storytime, but it was a fun story to share about popcorn popping everywhere. It's reminiscent of Strega Nona and her magic pasta pot.

2020 storytime theme: Popcorn

Reviewed from a library copy.

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a funny story in rhyme about Nell and her popcorn shop. When her popcorn came so popular that she couldn’t keep up, she bought a popcorn machine. When the machine worked too well, eventually Nell had far too much popcorn so that it became a public nuisance.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

An upper level easy reader where the local popcorn shop goes awary and produces more popcorn than teh town can handle. elementary

[Kay Mcaloney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute and fun read for my second graders!

[Nicholas Driscoll · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't remember this one very well, but I read it to my friend Jake's daughter last month, so I wanted to put it on here!

[Kim Matthews · Rating 4 out of 5]

For popcorn week read aloud for 1st and 2nd grade.

[Tara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story 3
Illustrations 3

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

(read aloud by himself at 4yo, no words missed)

[kaitlyn!]

this is my favorite book ever

[Candice Howard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another favorite of ours! Such a cute/funny story that has sing-song rhymes throughout.

5 ⭐

[Successful Person · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a cute little book with pretty illustrations and fun rhymes! It made me want popcorn by the end of it haha

[Kristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought that this book was a good book for younger readers. My daughter liked it so much she did a book report on it. I would recommend this book to others.

[Atiya Groomes · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Popcorn Shop is by far one of my favorite books of all time. It has good organization, it has a rhythm to it, and who deosn't love popcorn. Even though this book s a bit juevenile that does not deter it from being great.

First of all, let's talk about the good organization of this book. The book has everything a story needs and its in the correct order. It has a introduction of the protagonist, a in the body conflict, and a solution at the end. This is an important element to a book.

Secondly, this book has a rhythm that helps me enjoy reading it. It's almost like a poem, the words rhyme and the rhythm repeats itself. The fact that the book has a poetic flow to it makes the book fun.

Finally, who doesn't love popcorn or even a story about it. Popcorn is one of my favorite foods and I enjoy reading about it, eventhough at the end it turned its focus onto pizza.

So in effect to me being an organization freak, prefering my books to have a rhythm and loving popcorn. The Popcorn Shop is one of my favorite books.

[Hope Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a cute book for kids to begin to read on their own. You can talk about cause and effect. It is a great book to explore rhythm in because it has a song that you can sing with it. It is a good book to show literary techniques because it uses speech bubbles as a way to show who is talking.

[Tiffany Lane · Rating 4 out of 5]

A childhood favorite!

[Kelly Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book about a popcorn maker who gets carried away and overruns the town with popcorn. Teaches moderation, also ending sets up good prediction lesson.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

The rhyming is really fun in this one. I used it for a "things that pop" themed storytime for 3-5 year olds and had them shout "POP!" every time the word came up in the book. They loved it!

[Angela Nelson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this book. I love the story and you can use this to teach cause and effect.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book a lot when I was younger, and I still pick it up from time to time to prompt a smile out of me. good rhythm, fun pictures.

[Katy Hardman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a cute book!! My 7 year old read it to me and I absolutely loved it.

[Cws]

BR-Low

[Erika · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book! Delightful illustrations and story