Row, Row, Row Your Boat

by Jane Cabrera

Overview

Read, row, and roar along - a newly imagined favorite will have everyone singing.

In this vibrantly-painted rain forest, squeak, bark, and chatter along with a kitten and puppy rowing their way down the stream. Uncover one delightful animal surprise after another. Sheet music with guitar chords, along with Cabrera's jaunty new verses, is included.

Jane Cabrera's Story Time celebrates children's best-loved read along nursery rhymes and songs. These interactive favorites are given a new twist by award-winning artist Jane Cabrera and feature her bold, bright, kid-friendly illustrations.

Don't miss the other delightful nursery-rhyme titles, including Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, If You're Happy and You Know It,  and One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823430949
Publisher:	Holiday House
Publication date:	01/17/2014
Series:	Jane Cabrera's Story Time
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	53 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Jane Cabrera is the author and illustrator of many beloved books for young children, including Baa, Baa, Black Sheep; There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe; and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. She is best known for her exuberant versions of classic nursery rhymes and her bright, kid-friendly paint and collage illustrations. Publishers Weekly has said "her style exudes the joy of creation." She lives beside Dartmoor National Park in South Devon, England.

Editorial Reviews

"Nursery rhymes and cheerful ditties have become Cabrera’s forte. . . . This makes a fine addition to storytime collections where song variations are ever popular."—Booklist
 
"Though the animals’ expressions incline toward the cartoonishly cutesy, there is plenty of usability here and a whole lot of kid appeal, particularly with the combination of sound effects and large-scaled, boldly hued illustrations that work well on a storytime carpet. The endpapers, which show the boat’s entire route from start to finish, are particularly handy for encouraging young listeners to make predictions, and the more musically inclined will appreciate the notation at the end of the tale."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
 
"Cabrera transmutes the simple children’s song into a participatory singalong with a nod to wildlife diversity."—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

05/01/2014
PreS-Gr 1—"Row, row, row your boat/through the narrow gap./If you see a crocodile, don't forget to Snap! SNAP! SNAP!" The traditional children's song begins "merrily merrily" with rhyming rhythm but quickly adjusts to changes in flora and fauna as a kitten and puppy take a watery boat tour along a rainforest river, surrounded by easily identifiable animals and their sounds. Preschoolers will find a cartooned fantasy with colorful birds, mice, monkeys, elephants, butterflies, crocodile, lion, tiger, doves, and dragonflies. Rich acrylic paintings reveal brushstrokes through reflections in the water, a setting sun, and deep, lush forest vegetation. Introduced by a map with a patiently waiting mother dog at the end of the journey, the lyrical text also includes onomatopoeia at the end of each verse for interactive singing and play. Each verse (nine, including the original) may also be found with musical notation on the final page after "wearily, wearily, wearily" all "snuggle up and dream." A general purchase for all libraries.—Mary Elam, Learning Media Services, Plano ISD, TX

School Library Journal

2014-01-22
Cabrera transmutes the simple children's song into a participatory singalong with a nod to wildlife diversity. A girl puppy (she has eyelashes and wears a dress) and a boy kitten (he wears a shirt and shorts and has no visible eyelashes) row, row, row that little boat down a green river through a jungly setting. The first verse is the familiar one, and as the pages turn, they meet different animals, all with cute childlike faces and each paired with a verse that encourages animal noises from the audience. "Row, row, row your boat / Closer to the shore. / If you see a lion smile, / Don't forget to roar. / ROARRR!" In addition to the smiling lion, the rowing pair encounters swimming mice, a monkey ("OO, OO, AH, AH!"), an elephant, a crocodile, a tiger and singing doves ("COO!"). As it gets dark, puppy and kitten see mommy dog on the shore, and "wearily, wearily, wearily, wearily," they "snuggle up and dream." Thick impasto acrylics and clear colors with many shades of green underscore the dedication to Earth's "disappearing forests," though the illustrations make no attempt to create a recognizable, specific habitat. It may seem like a heavy message for this familiar nursery song; on the other hand, the original "life is but a dream" has philosophical and theological implications galore. Music and all the verses are appended. Sweet, if freighted. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews