Flap Your Wings (Beginner Books)

Excellent

I read to my grandkids via Facebook adthey live in another country . This is by far the most requested book.

Ok, if you're one of those that look for the little Seuss badges on your books and expects some level of quality, you won't be disappointed here. There are no fancy rhymes here, just a great story with great illustrations. After just panning a couple Seuss books (Hooper Humperdink and I Am Not Going to Get Up Today), I felt I needed to prove I'm not a hopeless crank. This book is a pleasure to read on many levels: 1) It follows a simple storyline that is engaging (kids puts an alligator egg in a bird nest and the surprised inhabitants become de facto parents of the outsized babe until it falls to its real home upon attempting its first flight) 2) the illustrations feel timeless to me and 3) as long as you're reading this a few dozen times to your impressionable little ones, the story might as well contain some redeeming element to it -- the not overdone message here being that a living thing is worth taking care of even if it doesn't look like you. You won't mind reading this one a dozen times in a day!

Very cute story....My Grandson loves it! It Teaches kids that it doesn't matter if you're different... Be kind to everyone...

Went great with our curriculum theme

My four year old daughter loves books by PD Eastman! This one didn't disappoint... I've read it to her over and over again!

This is one of my favorite books from childhood. It's about a husband and wife bird who find a large egg in their nest. They decide to care for it even though it doesn't look like their egg. It's a really cute story about caring for your "child" no matter how big they get or how much they eat you out of house and home! It's hard cover and the same size as the Dr. Seuss books. PD Eastman wrote a number of books, and I love them all. There's no rhyming or nonsensical words like in Seuss. Just a great easy to read story with good illustrations and a great message. I couldn't find it in any Barnes & Noble so I'm thankful it's available on Amazon. I bought two copies!

I had this book in paperback form for my own children and read it to them so many times that it was a bit tattered for my granddaughter... so I ordered the hardback and am so glad to have a more durable version. She is two now and absolutely loves it. It is the sweetest story of a "bird couple" raising an alligator that hatches from an egg put mistakenly in their nest by a well-meaning boy, and all their hard work and encouraging advice to their alligator baby as he gets ready to leave the nest. It's sort of a story of "loving what's different" but that's a subtle message, and if you're looking for messages, the other might be "we are all made to shine in a different way", since the alligator baby eventually jumps from the nest, unable to fly, but when he lands in the water, the father bird says "just look at him swim!". Love it!

Thirty something years ago when I was a little boy in hospital having my tonsils out I was given this book. From memory I've been telling the story to my 3 year old daugher - in fact she demands "junior" every bed time. Imagine my surprise when I typed "junior" "nest" "alligator" etc into a search engine and up popped a picture of the book's cover, unchanged after all these years. In fact I think everything including the back cover is unchanged. What's more, the contents matched my memory very closely. That alone is testament to the book's quality. I hinted to my daughter that I might be able to find the real book about Junior and she was so excited. She now loves it too & I'm sure she will remember it too 30 years from now.

I read this book to my children, and now to my grandchildren. It's always been a favourite. This time it's a gift for a baby not yet born. It arrived in excellent condition and packaging, and much sooner than expected.

I purchased this book for a young friend of mine whose daughter is just starting nursery. It was my son's and my grand children's favourite book. Because the story line is simple and the text well set out children learn it off by heart and then associate and recognise the words. The first steps to reading for themselves !

When I was 2 years old I got this book and insisted that my parents read the story to me every night. In fact I knew the story so well that some people really thought I could read because I turned the pages in time with the words!! Love this book!!!

My mum and uncle had this book when they were young and it was passed down to me but it got lost in a move years back, my son is 4 now and I searched for the book as its a fantastic starter point for new readers :-) he loves it and I still do .