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From the E.B. White Read Aloud Award-winning author Judy Sierra comes a darling picture book about the joys of storytime in a preschool classroom illustrate by acclaimed and New York Times bestselling artist G. Brian Karas.
In Miss Bingo's classroom there's always time to tell a story! Here are Jiro and Annabelle, Rufus and Rory. They're here to have fun with amazing Miss Bingo, the storytime rhymer, the singing flamingo. She tells them of kittens, and mittens, and mice, Miss Muffet, her tuffet, and sugar, and spice.
Master storyteller Judy Sierra's latest read aloud celebrates stories, friendship, and the joy of reading in a picture book that can be shared over and over again.
Author Notes
Judy Sierra is the author of many award-winning books for children including the bestsellers Antarctic Antics , illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey; Wild About Books , illustrated by Marc Brown; and The Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the School , illustrated by Stephen Gammell. Sierra holds a PhD in folklore and mythology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has received the Children's Choice Award from the International Reading Association, two Aesop awards from the American Folklore Society, and the E.B. White Read Aloud Prize from the Association of Booksellers for Children. She lives with her husband in Eugene, Oregon. Visit her online at JudySierra.net.
G. Brian Karas has illustrated many children's books, including Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! And Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Hide! by Candace Fleming; Incredible Me by Kathi Appe< the High-Rise Private Eyes series by Cynthia Rylant; and Ivan by Catherine Applegate, which was a New York Times bestseller. His books have been named ALA Notables, Booklist Editor Choices, SLJ Best Books, and Boston Globe Horn Book Honor books. He lives in upstate New York. Visit him online at GBrianKaras.com.
Reviews (4)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Sierra returns to the subject of Wild About Books and Born to Read with another exuberant celebration of reading, this time focusing on the joys of a good read-aloud session. As the story opens, young animals ride scooters, skateboards, and bikes to a story hour led by Miss Bingo, a bespectacled flamingo who holds court in an outdoor library of sorts, complete with a pond and surrounding meadow grasses. Karas (A Poem in Your Pocket) includes visual nods to several children's book classics-avid readers will recognize copies of Pat the Bunny and Doctor De Soto, among other titles-and Sierra puts Mother Goose rhymes front-and-center as the day's read-aloud choice. As usual, Sierra's verse is spot-on in its rhyme and meter, and Karas's wispy colored pencils capture the animals' bountiful enthusiasm. And when one of the animals steps on the foot of tiny Annabelle the mouse during a mid-reading stretch session, Sierra eloquently shows how reading can do more than just engage imaginations-with a little improvising, it can turn tears to giggles, too. Ages 4-8. Illustrator's agent: Brenda Bowen, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. (July) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
Anthropomorphic animals flock to flamingo Miss Bingo's storytime, where amid all the reading, rapping, and rhyming fun, a child-size crisis arises: "Oh no! Someone tramples on Annabelle's toe!" In a nod toward child empowerment, young fox Rory saves storytime from grinding to a halt. Sierra's ABCB rhymes are recognizable if not memorable. Clever composition in Karas's colored-pencil drawings capture the drama. (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Link nursery rhymes with storytimes, add animal characters and whimsical illustrations, and voil: a rollicking, rhyming story.It opens with: "Make way for the readers, / the riders, the rollers, / arriving in backpacks, / on bikes, and in strollers." Assorted animals parade up to the gate adorned with the sign "Miss Bingo Storytime." Miss Bingo is a singing flamingo who shares tales of kittens with mittens, Miss Muffet and her tuffet, and other favorite rhymes. The group raps to "The Cat and the Fiddle," and Miss Bingo honks for the little ones to stretch high and low during a break. Oh no! The crocodile accidentally treads on mouse Annabelle's toe. She makes a fuss, and storytime stopsuntil fox Rory reads her a slightly altered Mother Goose rhyme ("Annabelle Mousey-kin ran up the clock"). The colored-pencil illustrations have just the right amount of whimsy to fully entertain readers, who will love spotting familiar favorites in Miss Bingo's backyard library. Miss Bingo wears a green dress, red eyeglasses on a pearl neck chain, and a jazzy green boater hat, and the other animals are just as jauntily attired. In particular, Rufus, the clumsy croc, sports a black tank top and red ball cap worn backward.Any adult who has ever read to a group of preschoolers will grin with delight over these familiar antics, and regular storytimers will enjoy seeing this favorite activity depicted. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Though not as catchy, a more accurate title for this might be Make Way for Storytime Attendees, for a story hour is where the stream of little foxes, ducks, skunks, and alligators is headed. Miss Bingo, a flamingo, is surrounded by books and tells them of kittens, and mittens, and mice, Miss Muffet, her tuffet, and sugar, and spice. There's singing and stretches and a bit of excitement when Annabelle the mouse gets her toe stomped on, but Rory Fox makes it all better with a bit of Mother Goose. Sierra and Karas, two vets who have long been delighting young readers, work in tandem here, producing a book that has enough rhyming appeal to make little ones bounce up and down, as well as an amusing cast of characters whose expressive faces (oh dear, Annabelle has hurt her toe!) will capture the hearts of children. It should come as no surprise that the perfect place to read this is storytime, but getting children excited about going to storytime is another smart application.--Cooper, Ilene Copyright 2016 Booklist
