This is a good book but seriously turned great when my first graders started singing, "five onion rings!!" with me on every。 page。 Took the book to a whole new level and they wanted me to read it to them over and over again。 Sign of a good book。 This is a good book but seriously turned great when my first graders started singing, "five onion rings!!" with me on every。 page。 Took the book to a whole new level and they wanted me to read it to them over and over again。 Sign of a good book。 。。。more
Ashley,
This book can be sung to the tune of The 12 Days of Christmas。" And I definitely have。 This book can be sung to the tune of The 12 Days of Christmas。" And I definitely have。 。。。more
Emily Swope Campbell,
Awesome Christmas bookBased on the 12 days of Christmas, this book has a lovely variant version。 Think of a warmer climate and all the groovy stuff you can accumulate。
Sherry Scheline,
Cute little Christmas 🎄 book。
Madison,
Pete the cat is well loved by my children。 This is the 12 days of Christmas retold with Pete language and characters。 The rhyming was good, some of the choices were odd。 (5 onion rings, 10 sleeping sloths, etc)
Darleen,
Groovy😜 so cute, fun bedtime story!
Read Ribbet,
Pete the Cat has a new take on the 12 Days of Christmas in this holiday edition。 Each verse is cast as something for a road trip to the beach where a rocking party is held。 The repeated lines make this an easy book for young readers to read and to read with others。 Rhymed verses and the number pattern make the text on each page fairly predictable。 Lovers of Pete will like this book。 A fun book for the holidays。
Steph,
Colorful and bright with 12 days of gift-giving that kids might find more relevant than receiving the traditional milking maids or leaping lords。
Mira Prater,
This book was long and I hated it。 Theo loved it。 He doesn’t know true literature yet so I’ll excuse it。
KaitandMaddie,
We should, um, read Christmas books in December。 But we did have fun singing this one, and backwards counting while staying in tune is a bit of a fun challenge。
Jared White,
Pete the Cat wants to give some groovy presents to his friends and take them on an awesome road trip to the sea。I have worked in public library youth services for over 3 years and I freely admit I have never actually read a Pete the Cat book, despite the countless times I have helped patrons to find them (aka despite their popularity)。。。I just think the art is kind of ugly。So why, you ask, do I rate this one as four stars? Because this is a really creative, funny take on an old classic song。 I'v Pete the Cat wants to give some groovy presents to his friends and take them on an awesome road trip to the sea。I have worked in public library youth services for over 3 years and I freely admit I have never actually read a Pete the Cat book, despite the countless times I have helped patrons to find them (aka despite their popularity)。。。I just think the art is kind of ugly。So why, you ask, do I rate this one as four stars? Because this is a really creative, funny take on an old classic song。 I've read (I mean sung) this for about 6 groups this holiday season, groups from 5 to 111 in size, and I think every group had quite a few who enjoyed it。 I heartily sang it each time and would also enlist the audience to help sing certain lines。 With each group I would have them sing "Groovy" with me (which appears at the bottom of most pages) and, once we got to the parts proceeding the "Five onion rings!," would also have them help me with that line as well。 I incorporated exaggerated actions for each of those things so the younger kids would know when to come in and could join me in the action, if they wanted to。 The majority of people in my groups were preschoolers but there were a few older kids and adults who got really into it。 I think it would also work great with a lower elementary (and maybe even upper) group。 。。。more
Emily Heid,
This is such a fun book to read around Christmas time!! I read this to a group of preschoolers recently and they loved it。 I read it aloud and they thought it was funny since I read/sang it。 I think it would be fun to read with kindergarteners or first graders。 I will definitely keep this book title in mind for future reference。
Cherish Brown,
(4☆ Would recommend)Cute fun Christmas book for kids。 My son loves it when I sing the words to him。
Jeani,
Pete is great。 Fans of the character will enjoy this book!
Emily Carlyn,
Read this with my niece and she loved it! “Groooovy!” ✌🏼
Rene,
Great read
The Book Box,
Mama made me an advent calendar of books, so I unwrapped a new book every night and we read it together。 This was one of them。
Ms。 Arca,
I liked having a different Christmas vibe。 Groovy Christmas beach wasn’t a half bad place to land。 Wished there was a little more to it for my personal taste。。 but I imagine true Pete the Cat fans will enjoy this all the same。
aub。downtherabbithole,
Review to come
Keith,
I love Pete the Cat。
Susan,
I resent having to sing this when we read it but how can you not?! Also I would like a road trip to the sea, 7 concert tickets, and 5 onion rings please。
Dustin,
G R O O V Y !
Jennifer,
Cute parody on the 12 Days of Christmas song—Pete the Cat style!
April,
A cute holiday song made into a cute and fun book!
Anne,
Very groovy。 Recommend the READ ALOUD feature on Hoopla。 It will even turn the pages for you, totally cheating! If you like audiobooks。。。
Mya,
This book was okay。 It was more so for kids than adults。 The only reason I gave it three stars instead of two is because the illustrations were beautiful。
Juhina I,
An incredibly funny (and fun) book to read。 It's a great winter theme book and I would recommend it to any reading programs during winter。 Counts the 12 days until Christmas and a funny gift presented to the characters。 An incredibly funny (and fun) book to read。 It's a great winter theme book and I would recommend it to any reading programs during winter。 Counts the 12 days until Christmas and a funny gift presented to the characters。 。。。more
Judy,
I bought this book for my grandson’s 2nd Christmas。 It is a lovely little book with a cheerful, fun take on the 12 days of Christmas only better because it has onion rings and sloughs
Morgan,
This book became an instant favourite and have it largely memorized! We didn't even read it for Christmas。 This book became an instant favourite and have it largely memorized! We didn't even read it for Christmas。 。。。more
Rebekah,
It's fine。 Different than I thought it would be。 It's fine。 Different than I thought it would be。 。。。more