Review: MISTAKES
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2013
When I was in the first grade our teacher was telling us about camels. She asked how long a camel could travel without water. I raised my hand and repeated what my granny had told me," Weeks and weeks because a camel stores water in that hump."I was corrected quickly. A camel's hump is made of fat. It provides both moisture and nourishment.If a child is read to from this book they'll be laughed at just like I was because the author says a camel stores water in its hump. Not only that, but the author believes penguins live in Iceland and male kangaroos have pouches.I have to tell the truth: I had to stop reading this book. It's okay to pretend the animals have conversations, but there are just too many errors. At first I told myself the parent could make a game of it. Guess What's Wrong With This Story? But would every parent catch all the goofs?Find another animal storybook, or paraphrase an encyclopedia article and make up a story of your own. You can use your child's favorite sport or TV program, throw in the name of friends or neighbors and don't forget either the best loved food, or the food they would like to banish from the earth.Don't forget to  make your child the hero. And if that same story is requested again, you're a hit!