Download Subway Anastasia Suen Karen Katz 9780670011094 Books

Product details Age Range 3 - 5 years Grade Level Preschool - Kindergarten Board book 24 pages Publisher Viking Books for Young Readers (March 27, 2008) Language English ISBN-10 0670011096

Subway Anastasia Suen Karen Katz 9780670011094 Books Reviews

• The pictures and the concept are good, but the language doesn't scan, so it isn't fun to read out-loud. The setup for each page is 2 lines, a verb repeated 3 times, then "to the subway" (although the preposition changes. So each page should have 3 syllables, 4 syllables, the repeated text of 2 and 4 syllables. However there seems to be no attempt to stick to that basic rhythm. All the lines are 3 or 4 lines, but the failure to keep a beat messes up any attempt at rhythm. It's such a simple sing. For example, change "turnstiles spin" to "the turnstiles spin." But it seems to me that author didn't really read it aloud dozens of times because the language is really flat.
  
  UPDATE My son really loves this book and I would say that it gives us some nice landmarks for the trip. (A rush of air.) I still think the language should scan, but maybe that is an adult issue. If you have a toddler who commutes every day by subway, this book is WELL worth it. But it should scan!
• If I had a dollar for every time I've read this book with my daughter... It's beautifully illustrated and there's lots to point out with her and follow different characters through their journey. My only beef (and hence one less star) is that the meter breaks on the last page! "Bye bye bye TO the subway"! That's all it needed! Gah!
  
  ... but hey, it's a kids book. Just put it in. They won't know.
• i have to admit when i first read this book i wasn't super impressed with the text and thought my son (17 months at the time) wouldn't be into it except for the great illustrations. but it turns out to be one of his favorite books! we live in a city and ride the subway every day, so he recognizes a lot in the illustrations, and he's started saying a lot of the repeating text in the book (go, go, go; night, night, night; etc.) when i read it to him. this is one of the books he wants to hear three or four times in a row. we love it!
• kids enjoy the repetive and lyrical motion of book. great illustrations
• Bought it as a gift for someone moving out of NYC. The kid and the parents loved it.
• Cute book. My son loves riding the subway and is learning to read so he works on reading the words and describing the pictures.
• Wonderful book. My children love it and i buy it as a gift all the time.
• I love this book!!! My daughter got it as a gift on her first birthday and loved it. It rhymes and it's very colorful. Every time we go on the subway now she recited this book. I just got one to give to someone as a gift too. Passing the goodness forward. )