Jamberry Board Book and Tape (My First Book and Tape) Reviews
Jamberry Board Book and Tape (My First Book and Tape)
Hatberry
Shoeberry
In my canoeberry
Under the bridge
And over the dam
Looking for berries Berries for jam
They’re off…a boy and an endearing, rhyme-spouting bear, who squires him through a fantastic world of berries. And their adventure comes to a razzamatazz finale under a starberry sky.
Children will want to feast again and again on Bruce Degen’s exuberant, colorful pictures and his rollicking, berryful rhymes.
One berryTwo berryPick me a blueberryChildren are sure to chime in when they hear Bruce Degens rollicking berry-picking romp. Berries of every shape, color, and size burst from the pages of this playful storyespecially when accompanied by a dynamic narrative and musical underscore.Hat and boot in hand, a boy and a bear set off on a delicious and raucous romp through Berryland. They frolic in strawberry fields forever, rumble and ramble in blackberry brambles, and topple their canoeberry with blueberries. Silly rhymes and a musical beat practically beg to be read aloud, preferably accompanied by dancing. New readers will giggle as they follow the fruit-frenzied pals on their berry adventures. Jamberry builds quickly in intensity and complexity, starting with “One berry, Two berry, Pick me a blueberry,” and working up to “Raspberry, Jazzberry, Razzmatazzberry, Berryband, Merryband, Jamming in Berryland.” Children will love discovering the subtle touches in Bruce Degen’s illustrations: a frog climbing out of a hat, crackers and butter instead of lily pads, and a sign by the raspberry skating rink imploring skaters not to pick the jelly rolls planted nearby. Every character seems giddy with well-fed joy in this veritable jamboree of flavorful fun. Jamberry is a book best enjoyed on a gloomy day with a dollop of vanilla ice cream. (Baby to Preschool) –Emilie Coulter
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List Price: $ 9.99
Price: $ 9.99
My Uncle Stu
Review by My Uncle Stu for Jamberry Board Book and Tape (My First Book and Tape)
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What a cute book! Bruce Degen tells the tale of a young boy and a jovial bear rollicking through a decadent world of fruit. The illustrations are luxuriant and detailed, composed of iridescent deep blues, reds, and purples. The text is catchy, with a Seussian quality:
“Quickberry!/ Quakberry!/ Pick me a Blackberry!/ Trainberry/Trackberry/Clickety-clackberry.”
It’s nonsense. The good kind of nonsense. The kind that gets stuck in your head whether or want it their or not. In fact, this morning, on my way to work, I caught myself improvising a vulgar, burlesque variation of Jamberry. I’m not proud of that, it just happened, but it put a smile on my face. Please don’t tell anyone.
The book closes with an afterward in which the author explains that he was inspired to write the book based on childhood memories of picking berries with his grandparents. Every time I read the book to my daughter, she makes me read this afterward to her. It’s a nice personal touch, lets you know that it’s a labor of love.
Anyway, thumbs up. That’s how you write a children’s book.
M. Allen Greenbaum
Review by M. Allen Greenbaum for Jamberry Board Book and Tape (My First Book and Tape)
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One of my all-time favorites for children aged four months to 2 1/2 years! The youngest will enjoy the enthusiastic alliterative rhyming and the bright colors; toddlers (and adults!) will also enjoy the clever pictorial links between each page (preparations for fireworks are shown in the corner of one page; delightfully exploding berries on the next).I don’t know whether this book is more fun for the reader or the listener (“Raspberry/Jazzberry/ Razzamatazzberry/ Berryband/Merryband/Jamming in Berryland”), but it will fast become a favorite for you and a child! An enchanting tale, beautifully told: A perfect gift!
History_of_Art_Geek
Review by History_of_Art_Geek for Jamberry Board Book and Tape (My First Book and Tape)
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Come along and sing the song of “Jamberry” in “Jamberryland.” A little boy befriends a dancing bear that is picking scores of berries in Berryland. The illustrations in this book are OUTSTANDING, sweet, and silly, beset with wit and surprises such as fruit tart flowers, butter-cookie lily pads, and bread vines to name a few. Visually stunning, as well as wonderfully rhythmic too, “Quickberry! Quackberry! Pick me a blackberry! Trainberry, Trackberry Clickerty-clackberry!” Terrific use of alliteration. This dynamic little board book will captivate your children, and don’t be surprised if it charms you too. Indeed, “Jamberry” is one of the MOST imaginative books ever written for infants and young children! Birth and up.
Anonymous
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My daughter said “OHH” for the first time when we turned the page and all the berries had fallen out of the canoe. Beautiful pictures and fun rhymes to go along.
G. Acar
Review by G. Acar for Jamberry Board Book and Tape (My First Book and Tape)
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This book is one of my favorite children’s books ever written. It is fun, sweet and my babies have loved it. I give it to every mother to be that I know!!!