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“It had a messaage”
Su Kyoung O wrote this review Tuesday, November 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“this book has alesson to learn”
Bayly V wrote this review Saturday, October 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“nice book very touching.”
Meher K wrote this review Thursday, October 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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sumthinblue.com wrote this review Monday, June 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Madonna's book, "Mr. Peabody's Apples" was illustrated by Loren Long in 2003 by Callaway. This is a great book about rumors. Tommy starts a rumor about the baseball coach, Mr. Peabody stealing an apple from a farm market. Billy, who loves baseball and Mr. Peabody is the only one to show up at the next practice. Mr. Peabody wonders why no one is there and Billy tells him people think he is a thief. Mr. Peabody takes Billy to the farm market and the clerk comes out and says hi to Mr. Peabody, he asks him about the game and Mr. Peabody says there wasn't one. Mr. Peabody then asks if he can take his apple earlier and the clerk says sure you pay for them every Saturday. Billy is amazed, he wants to find Tommy and tell him. Mr. Peabody tells Tommy to meet him at the baseball field with a feather pillow. He tells Tommy to cut the pillow in half and shake the feathers out. Tommy is confused, but does it anyway. The wind carries the feathers. Tommy asks if that is all he has to do to make things better. Mr. Peabody says he must go and pick up all the feathers. Tommy frowned and says he doesn't think it is possible. Mr. Peabody points out that it is impossible to undo the damage done by spreading rumors. He says each feather represented a person. This is a great book for first through fourth grade. A teacher could use it for: 1) feelings, 2) gossip and rumors, 3) shared, buddy, or group reading, 4) read aloud”
Carrie K wrote this review Tuesday, April 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“As with Madonna's previous book, the art was more impressive than the storytelling, but this story I liked better than The English Roses. Even though it wasn't an original story since it was based on an old parable, I liked it. Children's books are fun.”
swankivy wrote this review Wednesday, February 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I really liked this book because it was about teaching a boy a lesson and don''t lie.”
sPAzZo wrote this review Thursday, December 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Summary: When Mr. Peabody, the school teacher and baseball coach, begins to hear rumors spreading, he soon learns that he must teach the small town the importance of words. Mr. Peabody must put an end to the rumors and show the town how people's word choices can really affect others.
Christina C wrote this review Monday, December 1 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Why I chose this Book: The reason that I chose this book is because it has a great message. Word choice is extremely important, especially for elementary school, and this book hits on that subject just enough to prove a point. It is also a good book written by Madonna, so it is an interesting book to have in the classroom which can bring up a lot of discussion.
Use in a Classroom: I would use this book in my classroom again as a read aloud. I think that the overall message of the book is powerful in itself and really hits on something that students face with one another. This book can also be used in regards to something such as an author study where the students are looking at work done by famous people. The book is very good, and has a great message. Definitely useable in my class.”
