The Ear Book

by Al Perkins, William O'Brian (Illustrator)

Illus. in full color. A boy and his dog listen to the world around them. "Illustrations are big and simple; the text is in verse form."-- School Library Journal.  

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Kids, Storytime, Bodies, Poetry

36 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Al Perkins is an author of several children's books, including the ever-popular Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb (1969), The Digging-est Dog (1967), and The Ear Book (1968).He also wrote early titles in the Beginner Books and Bright and Early series.

Reviews

[Calista · Rating 3 out of 5]

Similar to the Foot book or the Eye book, this is all about simple words and things we hear. For young children. Nice illustrations and we all loved the part about sister singing loud. ha.

The kids enjoyed this and gave it 4 stars.

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really fun book about all the things we hear through our ears! Nice art! Small children will really like to be quizzed after reading this book; you can even use this book to play games that are sure to make them laugh. This is a definite 'read again' book that will be of interest to a small child for a time.

[SaraLaLa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Along with The Foot Book, The Tooth Book, and from what I guess, The Eye Book, this is just a book of rhymes about ears. It has the added focus of onomatopoeia, which is cool (and makes sense, duh!). My 10 month old daughter is OBSESSED with these books, but I'll admit that it's my least favorite of the series (not counting The Eye Book, since we have yet to read that one.

[MelMon Sanchez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love reading to my son and I love hearing him interact with the pictures. After reading him this book I listened to my 2 year old son make his own story to the pictures. Whats more is that my older children read this book when they were his age. Making it a favorite and a classic family memory.

[Chad Ryan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kids deserve better than this. Decent illustrations, though.

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars, all the way. Why? Because my 6 year-old kid just read this *to* me. She didn't even realize she could do it!

[Anastasia]

Read this recently in a book store because I was desperate, so...



After all, I read it this year. And, personally, I thought it was a very stupid book.

ONCE AGAIN...




I'm out of here.

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[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book for ECE level readers because it talks about ears and all of the many things that ears can hear. It's short and sweet, full of rhymes, and lots of fun for young children.

[Bronwyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was alright. The rhymes weren’t great, but there were a few good ones.

[Julie Grace Immink · Rating 5 out of 5]

listen up to this pup

[Melenia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute

[Emma · Rating 2 out of 5]

This picture storybook does a good job of introduction one of the five senses to children, the sense of sound. The way in which this book presents the material, allows it to become an interactive read. However, there are things that could have made this book a better read.

One of my main concerns with this book is that the pages include lots of white space. I do not believe that the illustrations are using the space that is available properly. I would have enjoyed to see less white space, allowing the book to also appeal to a child's sense of sight.

Along with the illustrations, I also had a problem with the fact that the book only addressed one of the five senses. I would have liked to see it address all five so the reader would be familiar with all of them, not just sound.

Even though I saw these issues, they were only minor problems with this picture book. It was still a good read and it can be used when introducing the senses to students.

[Cruth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Author: Al Perkins
Illustrator: William O'Brian
First Published: 1968

From the Dr Suess stable, The Ear Book uses simple rhyme and rhythm in an early reader. It's easy to read... but it's really boring. And some words (flute, snore, bubble) jump out of the reading level being addressed.



Age:
Read aloud - 3+
Read yourself - 5+

References:
w'pedia Al Perkins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Perki...

-CR-

[Claire Kirchgessner]

The Ear Book is a great book for nursery aged readers. Ears, and what we use them for, hearing, are emphasized in this story. The story is good for young readers because it helps them identify the function of an ear and also what a sound is. The book has great rhythm, for example "Our ears hear water. Drop Drop Drop. Our ears hear popcorn. Pop pop pop!" The use of rhyme, repetition, and onomatopoeia are key. The illustrations help the reader to identify what the sound is, for example, the sink with three droplets of water coming off the spigot. The writing and illustration also take a comedic approach at points in the book, the boy and the dog cover their ears when "We hear my sister sing a song," or, "We also hear my father snore."

[Angie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Synopsis: "Illus. in full color. A boy and his dog listen to the world around them."

My Review: I picked this book up because we had the Eye Book and Nose book by the same author and Munchkin loves them. This one was a little bit of a let down unfortunately. Even Hubby mentioned it wasn't as good. There are so many things to hear but the book seems kind of short and empty compared to the other ones.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dr Seuss' Bright and Early Learning Books have been a timeless books that have withstood the test of time and generations of children! I remember reading this as a beginning reader (40 years ago) and now found it once again for my granddaughter! Fun ways of interacting about 'listening' 'toot toot' "bang bang" 'tweet tweet' a boy and his dog help teach about ears and what important job they do for us.

[Sadia Mansoor · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is good for teaching different type of sounds in our environment, like dripping sound of water from the tap, or clapping the hands or tapping the feet. These are usually ignored by the toddlers. They need to be told & taught even the quietest & the loudest sounds & the difference between the two, so that they develop their focus around themselves & become alert if a different type of sound is made..
This is the book.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0x3U...

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Our girls just adore the "Bright and Early" books for beginning readers from the Dr. Seuss library. This one is perfect. Not too many words, but just challenging enough to keep them interested in learning to read. This one is similar to "The Foot Book," and our girls enjoy the continuity and rhythm these books have.

[Cornelius · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book identifies the part of our body that allows us to hear, our ears. The book tells children that we can hear with our ears different sounds, for example, popcorn makes a pop sound, a flute makes a flute sound, and a bell makes a ding-dong sound. Also, the book has rhyming words, such as snap and clap, which would be great for a kindergarten classroom.

[Alexis Munk · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was a variety of color throughout this book. It was very similar to a Dr. Seuss book. It is a book for beginning readers. It's very repetitive with very little words on the pages. The words are very simple. It would be very useful to have if you have children who cannot read or are just learning to read.

[Netanella · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Ear Book was not quite as well put together as the The Hair Book or even The Eye Book, but for preschool-book-completists out there, a must read. My daughter found it a little ho-hum.

[Heidi-Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

In the vein of Dr. Seuss, there is rhyming and rhythm with a focus on ears. Sometimes the rhythm was great, but a couple of times it switched to a different rhythm and it threw me off. But still something fun that kids could go along with in "listening" to the different sounds.

[Shelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for early readers to read on their own, or with a friend to build confidence. This would be a fun read aloud to share because of all the sound effects you can add to make story-time dramatic.

[Max · Rating 2 out of 5]

All they do is say what they hear "I hear this, I hear that" but they could have made it better by saying what they hear and then also saying if it's good, like "my sister makes a lot of noise when she sings" or "I like hearing certain stuff".

[Spenser White · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sounds! Sounds! Sounds! From birth to death we are surrounded by sounds. This book is a good introduction to helping children put names to the sounds they hear in the world. The illustrations help solidify that.

[Karen · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was expecting this to book like The Foot Book or The Hair Book where the author (all different) look at different types of Feet/Hair, but this book was just about hearing things. A what bothered me most was that not all the sounds are actually written in the book.

[Suzanne Lorraine Kunz Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book when you are teaching about the five senses, as it is a fun book that talks about hearing. Very readable even for beginning readers. A happy book about many of the fun things there are to hear in the world.

[Angelica · Rating 4 out of 5]

At 18 months, Au still loves this one!
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Fun rhyming and simple. Also small and easy to carry. We’ve had this for a while now but Au only recently (11 months) started taking an interest and actually choosing it off the shelf.

[John Yelverton · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very cute, fun and adorable children's book. Be forewarned though, that despite the cover and style, this is not a Dr. Seuss book.

[Todd Stansbury · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice and simple book, but it has great rhymes. More importantly, it has great sounds. Read it with your kids or have them read it to you.