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Row Row Row Your Boat
Sing along with Iza and Friends- Familiar nursery rhyme and song melodies- Exciting new adventures with familiar characters- Lively music and sound effectsRead along with page-turn signals- Rhyming stories give kids a great start in reading- Complete word-for-word reading- Warm and inviting illustrations
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First published October 1, 1999
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September 17, 2020
Love the books I can sing.
November 30, 2020
1. Awards the book has received (if any): None
2. Appropriate grade level(s): Pre-K-Kindergarten
3. Original 3-line summary: A family of bears rows a boat and encounters multiple different situations. They meet some animals, stop to have a picnic, and wait for a storm to pass. After this day of adventure, at the end, the family rows home.
4. Original 3-line review: This book does a great job putting pictures and a story behind the classic song, 'Row Row Row Your Boat'. I found myself wondering what was going to happen to next to the family of bears. There is a fun plot involved and the rhyme is perfect for singing as a class.
5. 2-3 possible in-class uses: This book, when sung, can be especially helpful when teaching about rhyming words. I think this story can also be used as an activity where the class has to identify the chronology of the events in the plot. Each page and rhyme is something new that the family encounters, so it would be a fun, easy task for the students to place these events in order.
2. Appropriate grade level(s): Pre-K-Kindergarten
3. Original 3-line summary: A family of bears rows a boat and encounters multiple different situations. They meet some animals, stop to have a picnic, and wait for a storm to pass. After this day of adventure, at the end, the family rows home.
4. Original 3-line review: This book does a great job putting pictures and a story behind the classic song, 'Row Row Row Your Boat'. I found myself wondering what was going to happen to next to the family of bears. There is a fun plot involved and the rhyme is perfect for singing as a class.
5. 2-3 possible in-class uses: This book, when sung, can be especially helpful when teaching about rhyming words. I think this story can also be used as an activity where the class has to identify the chronology of the events in the plot. Each page and rhyme is something new that the family encounters, so it would be a fun, easy task for the students to place these events in order.
October 23, 2017
1. Awards: None
2. Appropriate grade level(s): preschool through second grade
3. Original 3-line summary: This book is about a family of bears that go on a journey to row their boat. The bears run into a few different obstacles, and a few other animals on their journey down the stream. They find their way past them all and head home after the storm.
4. Original 3-line review: I think this book is a cute story to tie into the song most of them will know. It gives the song of rowing your boat down the stream a story that the students can follow along with different events and characters. It gives more to the song than just the four-line version.
5. 2-3 possible in-class uses:
• have students perform a skit of what happened in the book, allowing them to make costumes and a set.
• Have students put pictures of main events in the story in order to understand the concept of main event, and sequencing.
2. Appropriate grade level(s): preschool through second grade
3. Original 3-line summary: This book is about a family of bears that go on a journey to row their boat. The bears run into a few different obstacles, and a few other animals on their journey down the stream. They find their way past them all and head home after the storm.
4. Original 3-line review: I think this book is a cute story to tie into the song most of them will know. It gives the song of rowing your boat down the stream a story that the students can follow along with different events and characters. It gives more to the song than just the four-line version.
5. 2-3 possible in-class uses:
• have students perform a skit of what happened in the book, allowing them to make costumes and a set.
• Have students put pictures of main events in the story in order to understand the concept of main event, and sequencing.
November 3, 2017
1. This book has not won any awards.
2. I think this book is appropriate for kindergarten and first grade.
3. In this book a family of bears are rowing down a stream. Along the way they have some issues with their boat cooperating. Through song and awesome drawings of bears full of expression, this book comes to life.
4. My favorite part of this book was the look on the bears' faces when they lose control of the boat for a little bit. I think the words to the book offer a few vocabulary words which is always important in my books. I think this is a fun way to combine literature and song.
5. I would use this book as a read aloud. First, I would read the book to the students. After the reading, I would put the music on and sing the book to the students. The next day I would have the words posted on chart paper and have the students read and sing with me. Another activity I would have the students do is come up to the chart paper and circle rhyming words.
2. I think this book is appropriate for kindergarten and first grade.
3. In this book a family of bears are rowing down a stream. Along the way they have some issues with their boat cooperating. Through song and awesome drawings of bears full of expression, this book comes to life.
4. My favorite part of this book was the look on the bears' faces when they lose control of the boat for a little bit. I think the words to the book offer a few vocabulary words which is always important in my books. I think this is a fun way to combine literature and song.
5. I would use this book as a read aloud. First, I would read the book to the students. After the reading, I would put the music on and sing the book to the students. The next day I would have the words posted on chart paper and have the students read and sing with me. Another activity I would have the students do is come up to the chart paper and circle rhyming words.
October 23, 2017
Awards the book has received (if any): none
Appropriate grade level(s): 1st nd 2nd
Original 3-line summary: This book tells of the classic song Row Row Row your boat with a family of bears going down a stream. In the book, it shows the bears going through some sticky situations. In the end of the book, there are the lyrics to the song so you can sing without reading the whole book.
Original 3-line review: I liked this book because it added a story to the classic song. I also liked how it showed the bears going through some tough situations because it shows kids how to resolve them/ overcome them.
2-3 possible in-class uses:You can use this book to show repetition
- if you wanted to make it harder you could show them the choir and waiting till you hear a certain word and then singing it (sorry I forgot the word for this).
Appropriate grade level(s): 1st nd 2nd
Original 3-line summary: This book tells of the classic song Row Row Row your boat with a family of bears going down a stream. In the book, it shows the bears going through some sticky situations. In the end of the book, there are the lyrics to the song so you can sing without reading the whole book.
Original 3-line review: I liked this book because it added a story to the classic song. I also liked how it showed the bears going through some tough situations because it shows kids how to resolve them/ overcome them.
2-3 possible in-class uses:You can use this book to show repetition
- if you wanted to make it harder you could show them the choir and waiting till you hear a certain word and then singing it (sorry I forgot the word for this).
April 8, 2019
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Summary: A family of bears rows in their boat down a river and face some challenges along the way. In the end they return to land safe and sound.
Review: I love the illustrations throughout the book and as I read I can hear the sing song tones of the story. I also really appreciate and like that at the end of the book the lyrics to the whole song are on one page.
In a classroom setting I would have my students sing along with me after we have read the book a couple of times. I would even try to add our own hand motions to help the children visualize the story.
Another activity I would do with this song book in particular would be to have my students draw and color their own boat rowing down the stream.
Summary: A family of bears rows in their boat down a river and face some challenges along the way. In the end they return to land safe and sound.
Review: I love the illustrations throughout the book and as I read I can hear the sing song tones of the story. I also really appreciate and like that at the end of the book the lyrics to the whole song are on one page.
In a classroom setting I would have my students sing along with me after we have read the book a couple of times. I would even try to add our own hand motions to help the children visualize the story.
Another activity I would do with this song book in particular would be to have my students draw and color their own boat rowing down the stream.
October 25, 2019
Title: Row Row Row Your Boat
Author: Iza Trapani
Awards: N/A
Summary: This is a fun reimagined version of Row Row Row Your Boat. It is about a bear family that goes on a boating adventure overcoming many obstacles. In the end, they arrive safely home having had a wonderful time of togetherness that really testifies to the meaning of family.
Review/Application:
This children's book is a lovely reimagined song/story. It would be appropriate for first and second-grade students and may be used as a segway to introduce the topic of literary devices. Specifically, the song could both introduce the topics of "Mood" and "the element of surprise". Either skill would be easily applied to this narrative with ease.
Author: Iza Trapani
Awards: N/A
Summary: This is a fun reimagined version of Row Row Row Your Boat. It is about a bear family that goes on a boating adventure overcoming many obstacles. In the end, they arrive safely home having had a wonderful time of togetherness that really testifies to the meaning of family.
Review/Application:
This children's book is a lovely reimagined song/story. It would be appropriate for first and second-grade students and may be used as a segway to introduce the topic of literary devices. Specifically, the song could both introduce the topics of "Mood" and "the element of surprise". Either skill would be easily applied to this narrative with ease.
April 17, 2018
Awards: I didn't find any awards
Grade level: Kindergarden
Summary : The bears are on a adventure down the stream. The bears try to stay clam when trouble emerges. In this lovable tail the bears show you why life is just a dream.
Review: I recommend this book for young readers. This book could be a great bedtime story to help little ones go to sleep . This book is also a song which makes it a great resources for parents and teachers.
In class use: A teacher could use this book at circle time and students can let some energy out while doing simple movements.
Grade level: Kindergarden
Summary : The bears are on a adventure down the stream. The bears try to stay clam when trouble emerges. In this lovable tail the bears show you why life is just a dream.
Review: I recommend this book for young readers. This book could be a great bedtime story to help little ones go to sleep . This book is also a song which makes it a great resources for parents and teachers.
In class use: A teacher could use this book at circle time and students can let some energy out while doing simple movements.
April 30, 2018
Category: Nursery Rhymes
Awards: N/A
Grade Level: Pk - 2
Summary: In the book, you read about some good things and some bad things that happen to the Bear family as they travel together in their row boat. It expands on the Row, row, row your boat nursery rhyme.
Review: It's a fun book that can be read or sung to the classroom. It's beautiful illustrations tell a beautiful, funny, scary story about a family of bears in a row boat.
Activities:
1. A board game could be create to do some retelling of the events that happen in the book.
2. Students can create a verse to add to the song.
Awards: N/A
Grade Level: Pk - 2
Summary: In the book, you read about some good things and some bad things that happen to the Bear family as they travel together in their row boat. It expands on the Row, row, row your boat nursery rhyme.
Review: It's a fun book that can be read or sung to the classroom. It's beautiful illustrations tell a beautiful, funny, scary story about a family of bears in a row boat.
Activities:
1. A board game could be create to do some retelling of the events that happen in the book.
2. Students can create a verse to add to the song.
March 12, 2018
I love the details in Ms. Trapani's picture books, and this is another that I enjoyed from front cover to back. Favorite details include the name of the boat, the munching critters, fishing, drying out after the storm, and home again before the sun sets. I am such a fan!
December 2, 2021
I love this book — and so do preschoolers and kindergartners. There’s a story about a family of bears going on a picnic and rowing their boat. So you start by singing the song, and then you read the further adventures. Lovely book by a wonderful author/illustrator.
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October 2, 2024As four friends are in a boat, they learn the importance of working together is better than, “Going nowhere, Fast”! The four friends share the same experiences giving meaning to being in the same boat literally. Find out what happens.
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October 8, 2024This is a great book to introduce young students to poetry. It is an extended version of the classical nursery rhyme. It follows a group of animals friends who face different adventures along the way.
August 24, 2018
Several more stanzas added to the song by the author develop a story with a plot. All of it can be sung to the traditional tune. Vivid illustrations.
November 14, 2019
This is a fun take on the classic song. There are a lot of opportunities to engage the kids in the story.
December 1, 2021
Classic done well.
July 27, 2022
Easily sung.
November 5, 2023
Clever and inventive adventure details in this sing-along.
September 9, 2024
Amazing and sweet pictures, of a bear family bumping along a river!
I'd never heard the full rhyme before. It was so fun!
Truly delightful.
I'd never heard the full rhyme before. It was so fun!
Truly delightful.
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September 24, 2024Very cute book. Did not know it was more than a nursery song, so that was fun to discover.
October 3, 2024
I thought this was a cute take on the classic row, row, row your boat nursery rhyme that everyone loves.
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October 3, 2024This book was a cute book based on the song row row row your boat.
October 11, 2024
Super cute play on the classic nursery rhyme. Great way to teach rhyming words!
October 14, 2024
A classic nursery rhyme story that is easy and fun to recite.
December 9, 2024
Darling book of a song that has lasted generations
February 27, 2017
No awards.
Grade level: Pre-K to 1st
This version of "Row Row Row Your Boat", is about a family of bears rowing down the stream. The rowing is easy and it is a beautiful sunny day out. The bear family is enjoying their time going down the stream. Then all of a sudden the streams turns into rapids and it starts to rain. The bears have to keep rowing and rowing. the family then almost hits a beaver dam so they take the boat out of the water and run into some other animals having a picnic. The bears end up having a nice day of rowing.
This book is great for readers who are learning to read because of the repetitive words throughout the book. The illustrations are created by a watercolor effect that gives the book a very light and calm background. This classic nursery rhyme would be great to read to children on a rainy day. I like how the author has other things to say other than row row row your boat gently down the stream which is the classic nursery rhyme lines. The author takes that and creates more creative lines to make a story line.
In the classroom this book can be read to the class and then the class can create their own boat and they can out whoever they would take with them in it. This book can also be used in the classroom when the students are learning about boats and other types of transportation.
Grade level: Pre-K to 1st
This version of "Row Row Row Your Boat", is about a family of bears rowing down the stream. The rowing is easy and it is a beautiful sunny day out. The bear family is enjoying their time going down the stream. Then all of a sudden the streams turns into rapids and it starts to rain. The bears have to keep rowing and rowing. the family then almost hits a beaver dam so they take the boat out of the water and run into some other animals having a picnic. The bears end up having a nice day of rowing.
This book is great for readers who are learning to read because of the repetitive words throughout the book. The illustrations are created by a watercolor effect that gives the book a very light and calm background. This classic nursery rhyme would be great to read to children on a rainy day. I like how the author has other things to say other than row row row your boat gently down the stream which is the classic nursery rhyme lines. The author takes that and creates more creative lines to make a story line.
In the classroom this book can be read to the class and then the class can create their own boat and they can out whoever they would take with them in it. This book can also be used in the classroom when the students are learning about boats and other types of transportation.
March 2, 2017
This book would be for 1st and 2nd graders.
There are no awards for this book.
This book takes the classic rhyme of Row Row your boat and expans on it. The illistration is of a family of bears that endures hardships while out boating. The book also offers the song with the notes in the back of the book as well as all the lyrics.
I personally did not enjoy this version of Row Row your Boat. It seemed a little graphic for a nursery rhyme. It had more drama than the actual nursery rhyme has.
Activites of the classroom could include.
You could pair children together and have them make motions for all the diffrent lines of the song.
You could have children make their own paper (or popsicle) boats and have them act it out with their boat while reading.
There are no awards for this book.
This book takes the classic rhyme of Row Row your boat and expans on it. The illistration is of a family of bears that endures hardships while out boating. The book also offers the song with the notes in the back of the book as well as all the lyrics.
I personally did not enjoy this version of Row Row your Boat. It seemed a little graphic for a nursery rhyme. It had more drama than the actual nursery rhyme has.
Activites of the classroom could include.
You could pair children together and have them make motions for all the diffrent lines of the song.
You could have children make their own paper (or popsicle) boats and have them act it out with their boat while reading.
November 30, 2020
I did not find any rewards on this old, traditional story/song. I think this would be good for preschool age because it has rhyme and repetition. This is just a catchy song/poem that talks about people rowing down the stream happily. I like this song/story just because I remember it from my childhood and I sing it to my son. I like to see different versions of it from time to time. I could use this in a preschool classroom during music time.
October 25, 2016
No Awards
This is a unique story on the song row row row your boat, where a family of bears are rowing their boat down the stream. They encounter many obstacles in their adventure, falling out of the boat, having to carry their boat because of the beavers and many more. At the end they get through all of their obstacles to enjoy a nice sunny day without any inconveniences.
The author does a great job taking a simple nursery rhyme and turning it into her own story of overcoming obstacles. Children who enjoyed listening to this song as a young child will enjoy revisiting the famous song. I recommend this book to beginner readers who enjoy listening to nursery rhymes.
Grade Level: K-1
In Class Uses: For a theme on family this book would be great to teach children how you can rely on your family to get you through the rough times in our lives. If you are doing a lesson on the Hudson Valley this book would be interesting because the setting could be the Hudson Valley with all of the animals they encounter.
This is a unique story on the song row row row your boat, where a family of bears are rowing their boat down the stream. They encounter many obstacles in their adventure, falling out of the boat, having to carry their boat because of the beavers and many more. At the end they get through all of their obstacles to enjoy a nice sunny day without any inconveniences.
The author does a great job taking a simple nursery rhyme and turning it into her own story of overcoming obstacles. Children who enjoyed listening to this song as a young child will enjoy revisiting the famous song. I recommend this book to beginner readers who enjoy listening to nursery rhymes.
Grade Level: K-1
In Class Uses: For a theme on family this book would be great to teach children how you can rely on your family to get you through the rough times in our lives. If you are doing a lesson on the Hudson Valley this book would be interesting because the setting could be the Hudson Valley with all of the animals they encounter.
October 8, 2016
This illustrated and extended version of the familiar song provides a fun music break for a story time featuring forest animals. Trapani serves up plenty of adventure and fun a'la` bears, beavers, and more. Perfect!
There are plenty of Onomatopoeia (words that make sounds)and playful verbs. Vocabulary is a key element of emergent literacy. There's plenty of that here and it's all in fun!
Rocking, bashing, water splashing...
Chomping, snacking, slurping, smacking...
Scurry, scuttle, hide and huddle...
There are plenty of Onomatopoeia (words that make sounds)and playful verbs. Vocabulary is a key element of emergent literacy. There's plenty of that here and it's all in fun!
Rocking, bashing, water splashing...
Chomping, snacking, slurping, smacking...
Scurry, scuttle, hide and huddle...
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