Beautiful book but the rhymes are a little weird
340097
Beautiful book but the rhymes are a little weird. And they made some changes to them that I can't appreciate. Like Ring around the rosies... I never appreciate changes to the original. May be gruesome to some but it's real and I appreciate the history that's being taught behind it. Just can't because it's not in this version. But it's a nice book. Colorful pictures and lots of rhymes.
693764
It's a cute idea. The poetry is so good. I love the words. Its rare to find kids books now that are not terribly dumbed down. Kids used to be read more advanced books. This is a good medium because it has pictures with the words. The main point of kids books is the pictures. However, this book seemed more like clip art put together from word and organized in illustrator. I'm interested in working with the author to see if we could come up with a more congruent presentation. It has massive potential and we as pagan parents need more books available like this one.
1965436
I read this book aloud to my daughters.

Overall, we enjoyed the book. My girls love anything and everything to do with animals, so I knew they would.

There were some strange parts of the book where Jonathan and his sister play a game where they try to imagine themselves inside the animals becoming what they see and feel. The parts of the book written where he is "inside" the animals is just weird, though. I am all for creativity and imagination, and that is not what I have a problem with; it is just the way that Bauer wrote those passages that just seems "weird" to me.

We have read other Bauer books that we have enjoyed more.
2863384
The book, words, and illustrations are all beautiful.  Some of the illustrations are a little less colorful than I'd hoped for.  It is a good quality book.  There is a prologue that gives a history of where the poem originally came from, which is great.
1516415
My children absolutely love this story. It has a nice tone and moral and my children loved that there were a few pictures to be seen. However, I think that there could have been more pictures to keep them interested (I would have to work to keep their attention when pages would pass without illustration), and sometimes the rhyming cadence just didn't flow. Otherwise, my children sometimes request to read it, but not as much as some of the other books they like to read.
388720
Big Fat Hen is a cute book on 1,2 buckle my shoe. The kids like the rhyming pattern and the adorable illustrations. They are vibrant and full of life.

I was a bit bothered by the ending. It should have ended with a Big Fat Hen. They author added some more but it just did not flow. The text does not rhyme or fit as well. The kids love the graphics. I think that is what keeps them going.
4667525
My son loves this book, but I will say some of the sounds are just a little strange and repetitive. The book has most of the usual favorites as well as some that I've never heard of. Overall, the book is very colorful and simple enough for a 2 year old to enjoy but also learn more about the dinos.
3582072
Beautiful rhymes but a little melancholy..
3971236
Loved the fact that reading this story to my son (who cannot read himself yet) really expanded his vocabulary with the authors use of many synonyms to describe size. However the story is a little too wordy and caused him to lose interest and tune out at times. Some of the passages are written weird and although it makes sense it feels all over the place. BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATION!
2065784
A very funny book that helps children with rhyme
1315589
The illustration is beautiful. The actual story line is just odd. My infant loves all the color.
4489328
Love these Noisy books though the sounds on this one are a bit odd compared to the others in the series. My kid still enjoys it though
569833
The adorably whimsical illustrations of "A Bit of a Do" are utterly charming.  The expressions on the faces of the kitchen's characters are very funny!  Check out the cover for an example.

Some of the language from the rhyme, however, left me scratching my head just a bit.  Cans are referred to as tins, potato chips as crisps, and the phrase "quieten things down" is included.  It seems the author is British.  Not that there's anything wrong with that, it just struck me as remarkable that we can speak the same language and have such different ways of communicating the basic ideas covered by this very short poem.  (The Tesco brand is English, and that line of the poem won't make any sense if you don't know that.) If you're American, and you're planning to read this book to your child, be prepared to explain the meanings. It will be good practice for them when they get to school.
1526182
My daughter loves this book for some reason. However, I don't really care for it. The illustrations are great but the story line doesn't really flow for me. I like children's books that flow and create a sensible story line. The way this story flows is awkward. I will keep reading it to her because she loves it but a lot of times I make up my own story, haha.
1974676
So this book is absolutely adorable. It's exactly what you'd expect from The Oatmeal. The story and images are all sweet and amusing. However, I bought two copies of this - one for us, one for a friend, and both of them had the paper cover incorrectly folded so that part of the cover was on the inside and the side binding was on the front. It's a minor issue, but I wasn't able to re-fold it correctly. it just doesn't look quite as nice as I had hoped.
3715696
This is a beloved classic Christmas poem, and I will agree that this version has been illustrated beautifully - the illustrations are interesting and old-looking and lovely. However, I don't think it is deserving of such high ratings. Here are a few reasons why:

The FIRST thing I noticed and was disappointed about was that there is a LOT of text on each page. I think this makes it hard for little ones (or for older ones) to pay attention. I think it would have been a lot nicer to have a little less text per illustration.

The font is hard to read.

There is a little sidebar picture on each page with a little clock and a vintage-looking outdoor Christmas scene. I think this is cool; however, it would have been a LOT neater to have something in the picture change from page to page. It has the exact same picture on every. single. page. I think the illustrator missed out on the potential of this book in this way.

For the detail of the pictures, I would have liked the book to be a bit larger, or to have less white on the pages (larger pictures).
1323406
Weird but cool book looks cool BUT it is AWESOME!!!! really cool kind of ridiculous and I think that is cool