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Product Description
Every child adores getting twirled and tossed by Mommy and Daddy. Again! Again, they squeal. That’s the rapturous joy Nicola Smee captures, in simple rhythmic text and charming pictures. One after the other, a group of barnyard friends climb aboard Mr. Horse for a ride. Faster, they beg…faster! But will “faster” lead to disaster? No…just a satisfying ending that toddlers will love.
Best-selling Nicola Smee has written and illustrated many children’ books. Her Three Little Finger Puppet series has sold more than 800,000 copies.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #425245 in Books
- Published on: 2006-08-01
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 32 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In this familiar tale, what Mr. Horse deems near disaster is just what his riders always wanted. When he asks, "Who wants a ride?" Mr. Horse has many takers among the barnyard's denizens—Cat, Dog, Pig and Duck; "clip-clop, clippity-clop" acts as the tale's refrain. Much like a parent eager to satisfy his children's wishes, Mr. Horse agrees to their requests with some safety tips. "Up you get," he repeatedly responds, then "hold on tight!" when the child-like passengers beg him to go faster. Smee's bold black outline and watercolor wash portray the friendly characters against a vast white space, with Dog's wagging tail and the hero's hooves suggesting movement. But once Mr. Horse quickens his pace, the spreads mirror the intensity; the typeface increases in size, as does the image of the steed (with animals atop his back) galloping across the pages. When the four begin to lose their grip, Mr. Horse "skids to a halt!" and the riders tumble safely into a haystack. Though the horse's urgent cries of "Oh dear! Oh dear! Oh dearie me!" echo those of a concerned caregiver, even youngest readers will appreciate the animals' exuberant chorus of "Again!" as they climb up for another ride. All ages. (Apr.)
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From School Library Journal
Starred Review. PreSchool-K–This tale of an accommodating horse and his eager passengers elicits smiles from the get-go. Its cast of animals is a lot like a group of small children. When Cat gets a ride on Mr. Horse's back, Dog wants one, too. 'Up you get,' says Mr. Horse. Pig and Duck follow suit, and soon they're off and…hmm, 'Can you go a little faster, Mr. Horse?' ask Cat and Dog and Pig and Duck. As their friendly vehicle complies (clippity-clop), the riders look blissful and then (clippity-cloppity) uneasy as they desperately hang on. Whoa! Stop! We're falling off! Concerned for their safety, the horse comes to a screeching halt. Oops: the animals go flying through the air. Plop! Plop! Ploppity-plop! As his friends struggle out of the haystack in which they landed, the horse hears the last word he expected from them: Again! With its simplicity of plot and design, lovable characters, repetitive sound effects, and captivating color illustrations, this laugh-out-loud picture book is first-rate.–Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY
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About the Author
Nicola Smee's warm and witty drawings are well known worldwide. While working as an illustrator for children's television, she began making up stories for her own three sons when they were small. Since then, she has created many books for babies and toddlers, several of them shortlisted for awards. She lives with her husband, a painter, in a small village in Essex.
Customer Reviews
Exciting book for toddlers
My little niece loves it when characters in books fall down and then get up again. So this book is very exciting because the children go for an exciting ride, bounce in some straw, get up, and start again. The rhymes are very fun to read out loud!
Charming for parents and kids alike
Friendly Mr. Horse offers rides to the other barnyard animals. One by one, cat, dog, pig and duck ask to be included, and then to go faster, FASTER!! They start to fall, Mr. Horse "skids to a halt"-- and over they fly, into a haystack. Mr. Horse is worried, but his friends are fine-- and want to go "AGAIN!"
From the familiar theme, to the simple but evocative art, to the demonstration of manners (many requests are accompanied by "please"-- frequently enough to reinforce the message), this book is wonderful. My 3 year old wants to hear it again and "AGAIN!" and loves to show me where each animal is going to be on the next page. I enjoy the art, and the suggestion of motion and emotion. This book is a big hit with us both!
What fun
My daughter just giggles everytime we read this to her. Great buy!
