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My Book About Me | 
| Authors: Dr. Seuss, Roy Mckie
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 4475
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 72
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0394800931
UPC: 038332269970
EAN: 9780394800936
ASIN: 0394800931
Publication Date: September 12, 1969
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Review
One of the titles for the younger crowd in the Beginners Books series, IMy Book About Me/I has an unusual interactive twist--you make it up as you go along. On each page there's something new to complete, from "I weigh ___ pounds" to "My teeth. I counted them. I have ___ up top. I have ___ downstairs." It's a simple idea, but with a surprising amount of educational value--getting children to name their home country, to recognize and draw in the color of their own eyes, learn their telephone number and address, to name favorite clothes, foods, and colors, and more. Finally, there's a two-page spread where each owner of the book can write his or her own story. Illustrator Roy McKie's style is halfway between the P.D. Eastman of IAre You My Mother/I and the mainstream Seuss of ICat in the Hat/I and IThidwick: The Big-Hearted Moose/I. (Ages 4 to 8) I--Richard Farr/I
Product Description
Illus. in full color. Encourages children to find out about themselves, while having fun writing and drawing their own biographies.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 57 more reviews...
Great Fun! January 2, 2009
We LOVE this book! It was a Christmas gift for my 6-year old son and he spent half the day working on it after opening his gifts, nearly finishing it. It basically is a fill-in-the-blank type book and the child answers questions on each page pertaining to themselves. My only complaint is that it isn't long enough! My son kept very busy counting forks, windows and steps in our house and is now working on collecting autographs. I think it will be a lot of fun to look back on someday and I had this book as a child and remember it fondly.
Great gift and rainy day book January 2, 2009
I bought one of these for each of my kids to complete when they were 5 ... although my daugter is waiting until a first tooth comes out to fill hers out! (soon we think... but she might be 6 first!) It is fun and a great book to keep around to read later. We also bought one for a friend recently who was in the hospital for 6 mos 1200 miles away from most of the family for a bone marrow transplant (only mom moved with her for this period), it was great for her to be able to give a task to a brother or sister at home each day (ie, hey count how many forks are in our house)to get her book completed. Mom reported back that she absolutely loved teh book.
Great book! November 18, 2008
My sister and I had this book when we were kids. She filled hers out when she was about 5 (1976) and I did mine when I was 8 (1986). My mom saved them and it was so fun to go through when she brought them out! br /br /The book is great. It allows kids to draw a picture, write a story and answer questions about themselves. Even if they aren't reading yet it's something parents and kids can work on together. Somethings are a little harder to figure out (# of steps to closest store) but it really is fun. br /br /It does need a little updating (a newer edition maybe)... when it asks what country you live in it still has East Germany, West Germany and the Soviet Union as options. Now I understand it is hard to keep up with all the small changing countries, but those are pretty major! But that's the only thing. Even that could be a teaching moment for parents and kids. I am buying several as gifts this Christmas. br /
Theodore Giesel (Dr Seuss) at his best November 16, 2008
Wonderful book! I've bought three copies over the years for three of my kids/grandkids when they were 5 or 6 years old. It's their book, to write the answers in (in fact the first thing is to have the kid write his name in it!), to read and figure out, etc. Highly recommended both for the parent/grandparent - and, more importantly, for the kid.
Dr. Seuss at it's best November 2, 2008
My Book About Mebr /br /This book is great! My young reader loves the interactiveness of being able to count all the steps in the house, find out the color of his eyes and tell all the things about his life at this moment. I'm thinking about adding some scrapbook pages for each year for some of the questions that will change over time.br /br /The best part is, I can show him My Book About Me that I completed in the 1970's.
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