[.ca] The Seven Silly Eaters (ISBN 0152000968)

The Seven Silly Eaters:
This book is great for children and their parents.They can share in the diversities of each child and the love between them and their mother. This is great way to helpyour child understand the love a mother has for her children.This is a fun and loving book in which many should read.

The Seven Silly Eaters:
This book is great for children and their parents.They can share in the diversities of each child and the love between them and their mother. This is great way to help your child understand the love a mother has for her children.This is a fun and loving book in which many should read.

Seven Stars!:
My all time favorite book......the illustrations are wonderful and there is so much going on in the scenes that my daughters were mesmerized as I read. The rhyming lyrics are funny, and the whole concept of each of the children having their own fussy way of eating is quite cute. They drive their mom nuts, of course, but in the end, the make her a surprise that is truly dee-lish :)

Lovely.:
When you rate a children book (one that is meant to be read aloud) you rate the book from your point of view as the vocal reader and not necessarily from the kids point of view. How was the reading from your "reading" side? is it one of the books you hate having to go through or is it fun for you as well? this book is definitely a "10" for all participants. The fatigued mother (sorry fathers, the mother is the heroine here), reading the book at the end of her full day and receiving in this book something to address her side and problems (in picture and rhyme) and the child who enjoys reading about other children funny as himself - and always loves to hear about large families. Former reviewers have saluted the rhymes of Mary Ann Hoberman but I would like to honor the great drawings of Marla Frazee. The story evolves from one drawing to the next, through time passing by - portrayed by changing seasons (Summer - bathing in the lake, Autumn - falling leaves), the mother continuous pregnencies, the part of her hobby (playing the chello) in her life - central when she had one child and then forgotten all together (thrown aside) and again appearing in the end of the story. I find it always interesting (and credible) to hear about other people's problems and this is what I feel when I look at the drawings - their house is also in a constant state of a mess (although she does do her best...), the loads of laundry... the ever lasting need to go to the store, fill the house with food (mother and father are again seen with bags of groceries), isn't that what you do all day? very real and very satisfying. I cannot comment much about the rhymes as I read the (beautiful) Hebrew translation but I am sure the translator had a great original to translate from.... I would like to stress again how I love the REALITY of this book - the kids and the house life are so normal. Nothing too pretty or cute - not the kids (each one with his own personality and each one with his own craving), and not the crowded house - diaper changing on the floor, one kid is in the toilet, seven beds in one room. You might argue about the reality of the ending but this is an ending I am sure we all wish for and a perfect ending to this perfect book.

FANTASTIC!:
An absolute favorite in our house, and sure to delight anyone with more than one child! ... The pages are so well illustrated - there's enough there to entertain and discuss for hours! The cadence of the story makes it easy to read (and memorize)! A great addition to any bedtime repertoire, and a great gift, too!