Genre: poetry
Reading Level: elementary

I didn’t find this book to be very good. I doubt I will have I️t on my shelf. The story is just all over the place and I feel as if I had no idea what was going on. Although, the story doesn’t flow, the story does teach children about words and that’s important.

Tongue twisters. Actually made me laugh.

This book is about a parrot named Hooey reading through a bunch of tongue twisters. This book does not really have a plot, it is basically just a bunch of unrelated tongue twisters on each page. Occasionally the parrot will talk to the audience and say how hard it is to read through the book.
I did not really enjoy this book because it was hard to read through all the tongue twisters. I also did not like how there was hardly a plot, it was basically just a bunch of nonsense statements.
This book would be great to have students read to each other. They would have fun reading the tongue twisters aloud to each other and trying to get through them without messing up. I would not recommend this for silent reading because you really need to say the tongue twisters outloud to get the full effect of them.

Oh, Say Can You Say?
This is a very cute and fun book of tongue twisters. In this book, you can enjoy a selection of fresh fish at Finney’s dinner, or take a trip to a museum to visit Dinn (the dinosaur) with the thin shins. We get an introduction to the bed and bread spreaders and a grape eating ape. We also get to mee the Fuddnuddler Brothers (who like to stand on each other’s head), a blue and black duck (who like quacking and quacking back), and a Schnak (in a backpack). We also have an East Beast and a West Beast, a man who pats pigs all day (Pete Briggs), Fritz and Fred (who like to feed each other snacks all day) and Blinn’s twins (who like to put their Dad to sleep by playing the violin). It gives some financial advice about traveling with your Grox and how to tell the difference between a Kotz and a Glotz. Also ideas of what to get your Daddy for Christmas. And asks our thoughts on which cost more a single shingle or a simple thimble and what would we choose to be a cop a cupcake cooker or a flapjack flapper. If you like chips and chops it invites you to check out Skipper Zipps Clipper Ship Chip Chop Shop. I think this is definitely one of the most memorable Dr.Sues books I’ve read. I’d have to put it on my top 10 list of favorites.

Rating: 7

F (5) and I had a lot of fun with this book. I thought between my own childhood, three kids, and teaching elementary/preschool I had read every single Dr. Seuss book in existence, but I'd never seen this one until F checked it out from the library this week. All Dr. Seuss books are a little tongue-twistery, but this one is explicitly a bunch of tongue twisters. When I first started reading F was like, "I can't understand a word you're saying," so I slowed down a bit and by the third page or so she got it and started really enjoying it. Her response at the end was, "Well! THAT was a really fun book!" As with all Dr. Seuss books, it's a little bit lengthy so maybe don't choose it at bedtime after a particularly exhausting day.

How have I missed this my whole life!?! I have loved Fox in Socks for many years, and this one is almost as good and as fun.

My tongue feels like jello and my brain gets a cramp every time I read this to my kids! lol

Tongue twister after tongue twister.
No I cannot say.
I didn't like this one.

Yes I occasionally add children’s books. My lips are numb! LOL! I was informed I messed up four times with these rhymes.

As a former Community Actress and Vocal Performance Major, I found this book to be very intelligent.
It teaches enunciation and diction, while remaining laughable and silly for children's amusement.
My four year old boy loves this book!

-Chelsea Merkley

My 100th book! :)

I don't know how many people really appreciate how much of a genius Dr. Seuss was. Yes, he wrote books for children and I love them when I was 6 and 7. But when I pick one now and read it... WOW! He had some really deep ideas within his quirky rhymes! Dr. Seuss is a MUST for all people of all ages. If you can't appreciate his works, there is something really wrong with you. I can think of no other author who can cater to as wide an audience as Dr. Seuss.