I Hear a Pickle: and Smell, See, Touch, Taste It, Too! by Rachel Isadora

I Hear a Pickle: and Smell, See, Touch, Taste It, Too! Reviews

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  Matt

  In this book all about the five senses, the reader learns about different things we encounter each and every day. From the smell of a flower to the sight of a rainbow, and even the sound of a buzzing bee our senses work all the time, deciphering what’s going on. With all that excitement, one cannot forget the awesome sights and sounds of the lowly pickle, which gets its own mention and association to all five senses. A quick bedtime book for Neo allowed him to point out all the things related to his senses, through he was concerned that one sense of missing, that of thinking. Perhaps it’s time I introduce him to the movie The Sixth Sense? Or... maybe not!
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  Moonkiszt

  Featured in a grandma reads session.
  
  Here's a happy, confident book about the 5 senses. With an unexpected twist!
  
  My group loved it. Cute and thorough.
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  Mira Prater

  Theo loves this book from Dolly Parton but I think it’s too long.
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  Andréa

  It's a cute book, but it seems long for the age-range for which it would be appropriate.
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  KC

  A sensory overload with great illustrations and each page filled with lovely adjectives to describe taste, smell, touch, hear, and see.
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  Jessica

  Conner got this from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program. I have mixed feelings on this one - it rated on how much he loves it and how much vocabulary he’s picked up- it would be a solid five. If I am honest and admit how much i detest reading it after the five millionth time? I would give it a 1 or 2. That said - it’s great. And I now know how to say “I do not like the smell of cow poop” in Spanish. So 4 stars it is. Get it. Prepare to possibly read it over and over, statement by statement. Stop for the giggle each time over the cow poop in solidarity.
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  Lu's Reviews

  Lu got this book from the Imagination Library, or, as he calls it, "that nice friend of mine who sends me books!" He loved this when he was much smaller and I hadn't read it to him in a while. The four-year-old version of Lu finds the two references to "poop" HILARIOUS. He laughed until he cried and then had to run to the bathroom.
  
  (October 2019)
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  IvyInThePages

  Rating: 1.9 leaves out of 5
  Characters: 3/5
  Cover: .5/5
  Story: 1/5
  Writing: 3/5
  Genre: Children/Picture Book
  Type: Book
  Worth?: No
  
  This book is so false advertisement. The pickle thing doesn't come until the very end and the rest just has nothing to do with it.
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  LaLa

  The kid was very disappointing this book is not actually about hearing pickles at all.
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  Brenda Lower

  Doesn't have a plot, but talks about all the ways you can process sensory information: hear, smell, see, touch, taste. It gives various examples of each sense, including things not to do (like a little kid touching the outlet!). Fun little pictures.
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  Annie

  My 2-year-old loves this book, especially the cow poop. He wants to read it over and over.
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  Rose

  We have the English and Spanish edition and the only negative is how crowded the pages look. Overall, a fun five senses book for little ones.
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  Meredith

  This picture book introduces each of the five senses (sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch).
  
  I taste the pickle.
  It's sour.
  I smell the pickle.
  It's spicy.
  I see the pickle.
  It's green.
  I touch the pickle.
  It's slippery.
  I hear the pickle ...
  CRUNCH!
  
  This picture book introduces young readers to the five senses, and the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library edition is bilingual with text in English and Spanish. Each sense has three two-page spreads except taste, which only has two two-page spreads. All five senses are listed in the upper right-hand corner of each spread with the sense being discussed highlighted.
  
  A multi-ethnic cast of children describe various experiences for each sense, which makes the book very inclusive. A negation is included for each sense as well. The examples for each sense involve common occurrences for most children, which allow readers the opportunity to reflect upon their own experiences.
  
  As a parent who tries to limit the amount of toilet talk in general conversation, I was disappointed that "poop" was mentioned twice in the section for smell. Unless a picture book is directly related to toilet training or physiological functions, discussions of "poop" don't need to be included. Given the abundance of low-brow humor in American culture, there is already a plethora of reading opportunities for fans of bathroom humor. In fact, it's a selling point for many beginning chapter books marketed to reluctant readers.
  
  Disclosure: Dolly Parton was kind enough to send our family this book through her Imagination Library Foundation.
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  Tasha

  A book about your senses, this picture book invites the youngest of children to think about their senses and the many ways they use them in life. Starting with hearing, the book offers examples of different things that children may hear in their day like birds, bees and waves. There are also things you can’t hear, like worms. There are loud and soft noises too. Smelling has good smells like soap and bad smells like sneakers and baby diapers. Sight offers light and dark, the joy of wearing glasses to help you see, and the fun of reading. Touch has animals and rain, but also things not to touch like hot stoves or electric plugs. Taste is filled with foods, even ones like spinach that you may not want to eat at first. And then it all comes together in one crunchy pickle in the end.
  
  Isadora uses small pictures on the page to show all sorts of interactions with the world. Children will enjoy seeing the things that they have done and then will want to talk about other ideas they have of things they have experienced with their senses. This is a book that starts a conversation with small children. Are there other things that are crunchy to eat? Other things that are dangerous to touch? Other things that you can’t hear at all? This book invites that sort of exploration of the child’s own world.
  
  A joyous exploration of all of your senses that will have toddlers listening hard. Appropriate for ages 2-4.
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  Rummanah (Books in the Spotlight)

  This is a great introduction to the five senses for younger readers. The author presents the five senses in a large-format featuring several small pictures of children on every spacious double-page spread. Each of the book’s five sections focuses on one of the senses, illustrated by a large, multicultural cast of toddler and preschool characters which was really nice to see. Like the simple texts, the illustrations are also whimsical and charming. The white space on the pages allow the reader to focus on the individual characters displaying the senses will help younger readers make the connection between the action and the senses. I Hear a Pickle would be a great read-aloud and also very effective if used one on one.
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  Samantha

  Readers are taught the 5 senses and given many vignettes in which to see a given sense in action. I liked how all of the senses were tied together by book's end into the experience of eating a pickle.
  
  Doesn't work so well as a read aloud, but good for sharing one-on-one. PreK-2.
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  Sandy

  Can you see it, touch it, smell it, hear it, or taste it? This book covers items that uses your five senses. This is a great book that helps children discover which sense they use for what. Is it called “touch” when they feel something? Is it called “taste” when they eat something? Which sense would they use to discover a new fruit? A leaf? A book?
  
  This book is set up into sections, each sense has a section. Hearing is first, then smell, see, touch and then, taste. There are at least one to four examples on each page. Each example has an illustration. Some of the examples are: “I taste the milk.” “I don’t touch the painting. It’s wet!” “I smell the grass! It’s so fresh!” “I don’t like to smell cow poop.” There are some things that you can hear like traffic and a vacuum. But you can’t hear snow falling. You can see stars and snow but when a lamp is off, you can’t see. You don’t touch stoves or electric plugs but you can touch worms and eggs (even if you drop them). What can you eat? You can taste apples, ice cream, and chili but you “don’t want to taste the spinach.”
  
  It’s a fun book with lots of examples and information. The illustrations are simple and colorful and the text consists of simple sentences.
  
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  Maddi Holmes

  I would recommend this book for the primary grades, second through third grade. I would categorize this book as contemporary realistic fiction.
  
  I’m not going to lie, when I first picked up the book I was really confused with the title. My first thought was, “how do you hear a pickle?” But once I opened the book, I was pleasantly surprised! I just taught a lesson on the five senses, and wished that I had read this book before I taught it! It’s a little silly, but does a phenomenal job at teaching and giving a plethora of examples on each sense. The book is filled with children using all of their senses. The best part is that they are not all white with blonde hair and blue eyes. The illustrations are diverse and would be a great text for a miniature lesson, or to keep on the classroom shelf.
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  Lindsey Saez Harrington

  I had to read this book about 5 times today (it's really hard to say no to a toddler who insists on "pickle book!"). By the third or fourth time, I tried to skip a sentence or two before seeing if I could get away with skipping a full page (it's easier said than done!)... and I ended up very surprised to realize how much he had been paying attention. I ended up unable to skip anything, but I paused to let him finish several sentences throughout the book. Overall, it's not my personal favorite because it's very repetitive, but I'm impressed by how much my son enjoys it, especially considering its length.
  
  On a different note, I really like how this book is written in both English and Spanish. I can imagine this being very helpful for families who speak Spanish at home.
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  Katharine Ott

  "I Hear a Pickle: and Smell, See, Touch, & Taste it, Too!" - written and illustrated by Rachel Isadora and published in 2016 by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. This book was a great way to introduce the five senses to little ones, with cute drawings of familiar kiddos and objects. The two three-year-olds I read it with have never eaten a whole pickle, but they identified with most of the other examples. A good book to add to your home library.
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  Elena Johnson

  I’m not sure how I feel about this book. It did a great job exploring the 5 senses…however, there was too much mention of poop, and stinky smells like shoes/cheese in my opinion. And there was no talk about a pickle until the very last page I think. It got a great dialogue out of my students and then they had to write about what they can do with their senses. It was an ok book. A little scattered and all over the place but we enjoyed it.
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  Esther Westfall

  This is a good book. The way it gives multiple examples of things that you can do with each sense really helps to reinforce the lesson. The ones that made my kids giggle the most were all the "I don't" examples. All the pictures were of situations that related to their daily life, so they really enjoyed that aspect of the book too. Great way to teach about the senses!
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  Becky B

  A picture book that explores things kids experience with their 5 senses.
  
  I like how this is clearly divided into different sections for each sense and provides numerous examples for each, and then it ends with all the senses experiencing a pickle. The illustrations are cute, and the examples are very relatable for kids.