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Title: 青蛙撲通跳 (qing wa pu tong tiao4)/The Frog Jumps
ISBN: 9789861612430
Author: 李紫蓉
Publisher: 信誼
Level: Beginning Reader, Zhuyin, Fiction
Summary: Another bunch of short poems/rhymes about nature.
Sample Pages:
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
5 Minute Review: Though the illustrations are quite beautiful, neither Cookie Monster (6.5 at time of reading) nor Gamera (5.75) liked this book much, either.
Again, it’s because it is a bunch of short poems about nature and my kids are somewhat MEH about poems that are not longer, involved stories. In fact, Gamera was so bored that it took her over 4-5 days to read this book even though clearly, it’s not long and doesn’t require that many days to get through.
Come to think of it, the hardest part actually is that the characters are in a handwritten font so it’s not as easy for children to decipher what the character is. On top of that, the zhuyin is also handwritten. That is what both my kids objected to the most.
Here is a quick video of Gamera reading an excerpt of this book.
