Rooster's Off to See the World (Aladdin Picture Books)

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• ISBN13: 9780689826849
• Condition: New
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From the Editors

<P> One fine morning, a rooster sets off to see the world. Soon he's joined by two cats, then three frogs, then four turtles, then five fish. But one group by one, his new friends decide to head home, leaving the rooster alone again -- and ready to return to his own comfortable home as well. Bold, colorful collage illustrations, a beguiling story, and a simple introduction to number sets, addition, and subtraction combine to make <I>Rooster's Off to See the World</I> a delight for Eric Carle's many young fans.
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Customer Response

Excellent book!
Love this book! Rooster's off to See the World encourages counting, friendship, learning about different animals and the fact that there is no better place to be but home. This is a great bed time story book!

I was very happy with the seller -The book Lady
I will order from her again!

Adding and subtracting book - created from the author's heart to help others.
Each page has a small block that shows you the animal and the number of animals starting off and ending with rooster. Cool book and as per usual cool illustrations!

Eric Carl created this book for children like himself when he was young. On the last page of the book, Mr. Carl says " this book is for the child who has thee difficulties with numbers, specific symbols, but also for all children who are getting acquainted with numbers."

A Great Counting Book
I used this book for a story time with a rooster theme. It is a counting book that teaches the concept of addition and subtraction. Rooster sets off to see the world. Along the way he meets two cats, three frogs, four turtles, and five fish. Since Rooster has made no plans for food or shelter, as night falls his traveling companions go home. The book is illustrated with Carle's usual large, gorgeous collages. It worked very well with a group of forty preschoolers.

The Roosters Off to see the world.
I rate this book at a five. It teachers childrenhow to be nice, and care and treat others with respect. Any child I think could read this because what it teaches is a good lesson to young ones.The book to me was actually pretty good.

Beautiful book but the story is a little sad *sniff*
I recently purchased a six pack of Eric Carle books because my six year old loves his illustrations. Included was the story Rooster's Off To See The World. The colorful artwork is visually stunning and captivates both of my children who insisted I read it NOW!

The story tells the tale (with lots of repetitive text) of an ambitious rooster who sets out to see the world. He leaves his cozy home safe behind to embark on his trip. On each page he picks up a few new friends who are also seduced by the temptation to "see the world". Unfortunately, rooster isn't all that bright and he forgets to make plans for basic necessities like food and shelter. So when the sun goes down rooster and his new friends are cold and hungry. They all begin to complain. Soon, rooster's fair weather friends begin to desert him (the turtle's even leave without bothering to say goodbye!). Before long poor defeated rooster is left all alone. A dejected rooster ponders his mistakes, takes a short nap and heads back out to his cozy home without seeing much of the world at all and the book comes to an end.

Both of my kids lingered on each beautiful page instead of rushing along to see what happens next in the story as they usually do. My sensitive four year old said she felt very sad when this story came to its end because Rooster's so-called friends left him alone but my six year old enjoyed it. He particularly enjoyed counting all of roosters new friends who appeared in little boxes in the upper corner of each page and said he'd like to read it again so it's a keeper for my son, anyway. ~ Laurie Shallah

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