Review: No-No Shower
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2013
Ron is a baby swan in No-No Shower that does not like water. He refuses to go swimming each day with his family.  The parents consult an expert and find a way to make swimming and in the process having a shower fun for baby Ron.  According to Developmentally Appropriate Practices of young children, which is promoted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (USA), they learn through play, so this book supports that idea.  The illustrations are beautiful and appropriate for young children to enjoy with all the bright colors.  The underlying information about swans being families with large families is accurate from a scientific point of view, as most swans mate for life from what I have studied about them.  In teaching young children, it is a daily goal to make learning fun for young children in my classroom and this book meets that goal.  I read it to the group once and they wanted to hear it again right away (they learn by repetition of things that hold their interest at age four (my classes' age), so I know I have found another favorite book for the children.