A Children's Book About Iceland and the Wind in Iceland
by - Written: Aug 27 '08
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Pros: Folktale from Iceland, interesting, problem solved
Cons: Some repetitive text.
The Bottom Line: A folktale from Iceland talks about how windy it is and what was done about it!
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| pablothegreat's Full Review: Bruce McMillan - How the Ladies Stopped the Wind |
Have you ever been to Iceland? Me neither. I had no idea it was so windy there! But according to this children's book, it is very windy there. Enough to carry a small person away! Who knew! My daughter was intrigued and looked for Iceland on each of our globes to find out more. Then asked me for more books about Iceland.
Once upon a time in Iceland, some women came up with an idea to stop the wind from knocking them off their feet. They planned to plant trees to block some of that strong wind so they could walk around without worries. So they planted trees everywhere and thought of ways for the animals to help them too. They started singing to the sheep for them NOT to eat the little trees before they grew big. Oh thank goodness the sheep only eat the grass! Now it was time for the chickens to help, they needed to make fertilizer to make the trees grow. Uh oh the sheep have discovered that the trees are tasty and ate them all. The women asked the cows to herd the sheep away from the trees, after all cows only eat grass. A fence prevented the sheep from coming back near the trees. As the women's babies grew up, the trees also grew tall. When their babies were grown and had babies of their own, they never had to worry about the wind knocking them down on their walks. And the most popular song in Iceland was "Chickens please, help our trees. Chickens please, help our trees".
This 32 page book has two to twelve lines of text per page with colorful illustrations. The cartoon pictures look like paintings of the people and farmland of Iceland. Even the animals have human-like facial expressions and are trying to help the trees grow. The countryside in the book has lush farmland. It is not snowy and cold as I would think for Iceland. The people are wearing warm clothing but it does not look to be cold. My daughter was very excited that the ladies thought up an idea to keep the wind from blowing so strong on their walks. Recommended for ages 1st grade and up.
What is so good about this children's book?
Folktale from Iceland gets children interested in another country
What is unique about it?
About Iceland
There has to be some bad to it, right?
Some nonrhyming repetitive text
Any warnings?
None
Final verdict:
A folktale from Iceland for children.
Recommended:
Yes
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