Row Row Row Your Boat

by Iza Trapani, Iza Trapani (Illustrator)

Overview

Climb aboard, read, and sing along with this adorable family of bumbling bears as they row, row, row their boat on a merry adventure in this beloved, reimagined nursery rhyme. Hold on to your hats and get ready to laugh as these irresistible characters rock, bash, and splash their way into your heart. Iza Trapani brings a fresh spin to this classic song with new verses and sweet and vibrant illustrations. Young readers will recognize the song and delight in seeing it come to life as the bears paddle their way through each and every page.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580890779
Publisher:	Charlesbridge
Publication date:	02/01/2002
Series:	Iza Trapani's Extended Nursery Rhymes
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	237,028
Product dimensions:	8.38(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.13(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Iza Trapani is the best-selling author/illustrator of several children's books, including TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR, I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT, THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER, and RUFUS AND FRIENDS: RHYME TIME. She lives in the Hudson Valley of New York.

Read an Excerpt

Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.
(Continues…)

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Table of Contents

Hold on to your hats and get ready to laugh.

Climb on board with this adorable family of bumbling bears as they row, row, row their boat into a merry adventure.

These irresistible characters will rock, bash, and splash their way into your heart.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-Gr-1-Clever additional verses make this classic song splendidly unique. With soft watercolors, Trapani depicts a cuddly bear family and pet pup on a boat excursion. They start off leisurely in bright sunshine but soon encounter fallen oars, rapids, and a beaver dam. Stopping for a picnic lunch, they enjoy their meal with all of the forest animals who are "Chomping, snacking, slurping, smacking/What a noisy bunch!" Returning to the boat, they run into bad weather and hurry back to shore. "Raining, hailing, wind is wailing/Hear the thunder roar!" Children will enjoy the rhyming, alliterative language energized by strings of gerunds. Every original verse perfectly matches the traditional melody, and each picture illustrates the action with warmth, excitement, and humor. The music with all of the verses is printed on the last page. Trapani has transformed a simple little song into a delightful adventure.-Jackie Hechtkopf, University of Maryland, College Park Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Clever additional verses make this classic song splendidly unique. With soft watercolors, Trapani depicts a cuddly bear family and pet pup on a boat excursion. They start off leisurely in bright sunshine but soon encounter fallen oars, rapids, and a beaver dam. Stopping for a picnic lunch, they enjoy their meal with all of the forest animals who are Chomping, snacking, slurping, smacking/What a noisy bunch! Returning to the boat, they run into bad weather and hurry back to shore. Raining, hailing, wind is wailing/ Hear the thunder roar! Children will enjoy the rhyming, alliterative language energized by strings of gerunds. Every original verse perfectly matches the traditional melody, and each picture illustrates the action with warmth, excitement, and humor. The music with all of the verses is printed on the last page. Trapani has transformed a simple little song into a delightful adventure. Jackie Hechtkopf.

School Library Journal