Pat-a-Cake Curious George
OOOOh, was I suckered in by the cute little 1/2 monkey puppet popping longingly out from the book.
So I was most joyful when my daughter received this book for her birthday....
...until I read it.
Has no one studied meter in school?
No, I don't mean the metric system. I mean speech rhythm. Like iambic pentameter (oh, would Mrs. Chamberlain be impressed now) that Shakespeare used (if he existed). You'll know exactly what I mean when you read this book- you start reading it and the emphasis on the syllables in the sentences should have a rhythm (duh, a, duh, a, duh, a, duh, a, duh, a, duh, a, duh, a, duh).
But whoever wrote this had NO CLUE. I can't even read it properly! And it's PAT-A-CAKE! It's SUPPOSED TO TEACH METER!
What a nightmare.
Pass on the book and just get the puppet.
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