Row Row Row Your Boat

by Pippa Goodhart, Steven Lambert (Illustrator)

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

But what happens next? Why, it's time to hoist the sail and set out to sea, where an island full of adventures is just waiting to be discovered. Inspired by the classic children's song, here's a dreamy tale that begs to be shared time and again.

Genres: Picture Books, Music, Childrens, Adventure

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Pippa Goodhart is the author of over a hundred children’s books, including the prize-winning picture book You Choose, and the Winnie the Witch series which she writes under the pen name of Laura Owen. She trained as a teacher and worked for many years in bookselling before becoming a mother and a writer.

See Laura Owen

Reviews

[Henna · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great read with the younger age group! Lots of rhyming and repitition and the use of a sound button to sing along is brilliant for phase 1 phonics! (environmental sounds)

[Samantha Sirbaugh · Rating 4 out of 5]

1.N/A
2. Appropriate for grades K-2.
3. This book takes you through the adventure of two children who row their boat to shore and explore the jungle. There they meet lots of animals such as elephants, monkeys, and a lion. Each page of the song is a stanza that goes to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat".
4. At the beginning of the book there is the first chorus written with the music notes to identify the tune of the song. I like that this book includes a storyline along with the song as each stanza tells a little story. It's a fun, different version that what the children may know.
5. This book could be used for a read loud story or a sing along in the classroom.

[K · Rating 2 out of 5]

As it turns out, me and row row your boat with alt lyrics does not work out. To be fair a lot of the sentences and structures didn't feel like they worked with the tune. Because I couldn't get it together I decided to skip this book for story time.

[Victoria Victor · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book because it was something I grew up on and could reread it all day.

[Yelim Kwon]

1) No Awards
2) 3-6
3) Two children are riding the boat down the stream, while they are sing a song together.
They got out from the boat and arrived onto the land.
They go in to the jungle and have an adventure.
When the sun went down, they got on the boat and left.
4) I only heard the first page as a song, I never new that there was more than the first page.
I liked the story itself, the adventure that these two children had.
5) Story time, children can read this book after they sing the song "Row row row your boat"
Lesson about rhyming words.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

SONG
1. No Award
2. 3+ yrs old
3. Georgie and a girl a sail and venture off into the jungle to see what animals they come across. They meet an elephant, monkeys, spiders, snakes and more until they come across an angry lion. Their journey comes to an end until next time that they sail away.
4. I enjoyed reading this book as I read it in the merrily jolly tune. This rendition of Row, row, row your boat got me excited to see what journey the kids will encounter. The kids were being silly with the animals and some of the illustrations portrayed a good reflection off of the realistic animals.
5. This book would be great in a classroom to get the kids thinking about where they can sail off to. Also this can relate to an animal unit where students are learning about different animals in the wild and knowing what they do.

[Starsha Vang · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book talks about an adventure of two kids. It starts with the basic song of row row row your boat and then goes on the tell a story about going through the jungle. The book stays with the same tune, but changes up the words. It would be a fun and imaginative book to read to kids. I would recommend it to all ages.

[Morgan Sommers · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! I had never heard the entire story and I think it is so cute! I love the pictures they are big and colorful and a lot of fun to look at! I thought that they did a great job telling the story through them!

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

To the famous rounding song these children set off on a great adventure across an ocean and to a jungle. I think this book is pretty imaginative and would teach children about far off places where animals live in a jungle. There not always the nicest animals in the jungle either.

[Melissa Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great twist on row row row your boat. I like how there are so many different verses to make the song more fun. You could have the kids get up and sing and do a little dance to the song and the different verses.

[Joanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

No, THIS is the best edition of Row Row Row Your Boat. No, really, it's the other one. But they're both great.

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute version which starts with the standard song and then continues through with other parts of the story.

[Thomasin Propson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A long time favorite at our house. It's nice to have some exciting lyrics to add to the tune with which we are all familiar.

[Haley · Rating 4 out of 5]

That was super cute.

[Salsabrarian]

An extended story of the “Row Your Boat†song. It continues as a boy and girl row up on an island where they climb an elephant, play with monkeys and are scared off by a lion.

[Shoshana G · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book to sing. It scans well, the illustrations are vibrant, and it's a little funny.

[Susie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Different types of playtime