Comments on: Top 100 Picture Books #14: Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/15/top-100-picture-books-14-caps-for-sale-by-esphyr-slobodkina/ A School Library Journal Blog Sat, 25 May 2013 04:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Meredith http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/15/top-100-picture-books-14-caps-for-sale-by-esphyr-slobodkina/#comment-840535 Meredith Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:18:51 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=13866#comment-840535 We always blow raspberries for the monkey sound. I'm sure that's not what it's supposed to sound like, but it's funny, and the kids sure like doing it. We always blow raspberries for the monkey sound. I’m sure that’s not what it’s supposed to sound like, but it’s funny, and the kids sure like doing it.

]]> By: Carl in Charlotte http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/15/top-100-picture-books-14-caps-for-sale-by-esphyr-slobodkina/#comment-794848 Carl in Charlotte Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:45:43 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=13866#comment-794848 I pronounce it "chi chi chi" or "chee chee chee." Not quite accurate? Then sue me. It sounds more like monkeys--or the idea of what monkey should sound like. This book never fails to get lots of laughs. I remember when Captain Kangaroo would read this book on the air. And Virgina Burton books. Ah, the glory days of kids TV! I pronounce it “chi chi chi” or “chee chee chee.” Not quite accurate? Then sue me. It sounds more like monkeys–or the idea of what monkey should sound like. This book never fails to get lots of laughs. I remember when Captain Kangaroo would read this book on the air. And Virgina Burton books. Ah, the glory days of kids TV!

]]> By: Aaron Becker http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/15/top-100-picture-books-14-caps-for-sale-by-esphyr-slobodkina/#comment-794447 Aaron Becker Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:46:57 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=13866#comment-794447 The limited palette is so deeply embedded in my consciousness that I get a tangible feeling of being young again when I see those caps. Amazing - like Lynda Barry was saying at ICON7 this evening, how illustration really does connect us to things emotionally like nothing else, especially those made by hand. The limited palette is so deeply embedded in my consciousness that I get a tangible feeling of being young again when I see those caps. Amazing – like Lynda Barry was saying at ICON7 this evening, how illustration really does connect us to things emotionally like nothing else, especially those made by hand.

]]> By: rockinlibrarian http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/15/top-100-picture-books-14-caps-for-sale-by-esphyr-slobodkina/#comment-794075 rockinlibrarian Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:47:27 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=13866#comment-794075 My "tsz tsz tsz" is a sort of hissy thing through your teeth that sounds vaguely like a whole treeful of little monkeys... or maybe it sounds more like tree frogs... well, it sounds somewhat like a Tropics room at a zoo, anyway. I always start by, before I show the book, saying that I'd like the audience to play a part in this story, but I'm not going to tell them what it is yet so it's a surprise for the people who don't know the book. And I say "SO KEEP IT A SECRET." Most of the time when I DID show the book then, the kids who knew it WOULD exclaim happily but would play along and not tell the others, though occasionally there were immediate shouts of "IT WAS THE MONKEYS!" Either way, when we get to "...and what do you think he saw?" the shouts are enthusiastic. Then I have the audience do whatever the monkeys do. And when they figure out the pattern by the end, they just light up. Like I said, it's just so fun. Still my first go-to emergency story time book. My “tsz tsz tsz” is a sort of hissy thing through your teeth that sounds vaguely like a whole treeful of little monkeys… or maybe it sounds more like tree frogs… well, it sounds somewhat like a Tropics room at a zoo, anyway. I always start by, before I show the book, saying that I’d like the audience to play a part in this story, but I’m not going to tell them what it is yet so it’s a surprise for the people who don’t know the book. And I say “SO KEEP IT A SECRET.” Most of the time when I DID show the book then, the kids who knew it WOULD exclaim happily but would play along and not tell the others, though occasionally there were immediate shouts of “IT WAS THE MONKEYS!” Either way, when we get to “…and what do you think he saw?” the shouts are enthusiastic. Then I have the audience do whatever the monkeys do. And when they figure out the pattern by the end, they just light up.

Like I said, it’s just so fun. Still my first go-to emergency story time book.

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