The Popcorn Shop

by Alice Low, Patricia Hammel (Illustrator)

To keep up with demand, Popcorn Nell buys a very large popping machine, but when it pops day and night, it makes more than enough popcorn

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

1 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Luisa Knight · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute little beginning reader with a whole lot of popcorn!

After reading this, maybe, just maybe, you should make eight pounds of popcorn like we did, for an ever so slight book immersion. Watch the reel here!

Ages: 2 - 6
Reading Level: 1st - 2nd grades

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[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.

[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!

[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.

[TJE · Rating 5 out of 5]

We like a few other books by Alice Low (though not all) but this one was fantastic for Tea. Rhymes all the way through and would be a fan favorite if you like Strega Nona or Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Great option with similar content but at a lower level for toddlers.

[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

[TFE · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interested-read with sister and pointed out a lot of things (especially cat) but lost interest at very end (too long for his age-would read again when older if the theme came up!)

[Krista · Rating 3 out of 5]

A silly read that children will love!

[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