Gerald McBoing Boing Sound Book
by Dr. Seuss
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Author: Dr. SeussEdition: Board book
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-08-26
ISBN: 037582443X
Number of pages: 12
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Book Reviews of Gerald McBoing Boing Sound Book
Book Review: Cute rhymes and retro art work
Summary: 5 Stars
My kids love this book. Gerald is a kid who can only make noises (such as "boing" and "bam") much to the dissappointment of his parents. He has a hard time in school and the kids make fun, but in the end he lands a cool job doing sound effects for a radio show. It's an older Dr Suess book, written in the 1960's I think. Some parents don't care for it because they don't like how Gerald is made out to be shunned for being different. I think it's just a cute book that rhymes...and the sound effect button makes it interactive for the kids. It's a hit in our house.
Summary of Gerald McBoing Boing Sound Book
When Gerald started talking, you know what he said? He didn?t speak words?he went boing boing instead!Press the boing sound button on this sturdy board book to help Gerald express himself in this fabulously quirky, radically read-aloudable tale, based on the Academy Award?winning motion picture by Dr. Seuss!
Just suppose," said Ted "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, "there was a little kid who didn't speak words but only weird sounds?" Thus Gerald McBoing Boing was born, brought to life by a studio called United Productions of America as an animated cartoon. This delightful, rhyming story went on to win an Academy Award in 1951, and was briefly made available as a book at the time of the movie's release. And now it's back in hardcover and, here, as an interactive board book that produces a delightful boing-ing sound when you press the button on the right-hand top corner of the book. When Gerald McCloy turns two, he doesn't start talking like most children--he says "Boing boing!" instead. His George Jetson-style father, turning gray, rushes to call Doctor Malone, who decrees there is no cure. In time, Gerald only increases in volume, shouting "Boom!" like a big keg of exploding powder. School is no help, either. He cuckoos and honks in the classroom, "And as little Gerald/ grew older, he found/ When a fellow goes BAM!/ no one wants him around." Outcast, forlorn, he runs away from home. But just as he is about to board a slow-moving freight, the owner of the BONG-BONG-BONG radio station accosts him by the tracks. "I need a smart fellow/ to make all the sounds,/ Who can bark like a dog/ and bay like the hounds!/ You're GONG is terrific,/ your toot is inspired!/ Quick come to BONG-BONG-BONG,/ McBoing Boing--you're hired!" This fun and funny picture book--soaked in muted Fiestaware colors--lilts and bounces and boings like a good read-aloud should. Children will discover that sometimes it's our quirks that end up making us special. (Ages 3 and older) --Karin Snelson
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