It's a Spoon, Not a Shovel

by Caralyn Buehner

Book Overview

When a crocodile is eating an armadillo, should she put her napkin (a) on her head, (b) in her ear, or (c) on her lap? If you can't figure out the answer to this silly etiquette quiz, peer into the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803714947
• ISBN13: 9780803714946
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

It's a Spoon Not a Shovel

A great way to introduce manners to kids. No age limit to using it, younger ones like the pictures and older love to shout out the answers.

It's a Spoon, Not a Shovel

This book provided my son's preschool class with laughter and excitement. They were glued to me as I read this to the class. My children want it read to them all the time. My five year old loves to read it by himself and that is something he is really proud of, as well as I am.

Irresistible!

My five-year old loved this book so much (he's read it before) that he insisted in reading it to the end-- even though the text and letter-search activity take quite some time-- AND despite the fact that we had already been reading for an hour.

GREAT FUN FOR A GOOD SUBJECT LESSON

My 4- and 7-year old boys giggled their way through this great lesson in good manners. The pictures are adorable (we had bought the book because we liked Mark Buehner's other book illustrations so much), and even older kids will enjoy finding the cleverly-hidden answers to the "quiz questions." A very nice way to reinforce what Momma always taught you - and a great gift book to subtly convey to not-quite-polite kids and their parents the proper way to do things!

Delightful, funny and challenging.

My 5 year old was having trouble deciding which bedtime story to choose when I began reading "It's a Spoon, Not a Shovel" outloud. Within seconds, the delightful words and outrageous answers had caught his attention, and he snuggled in with me to read the rest of the story. He never once lost interest, answered all the questions correctly (not a great feat, given the choices, but he felt successful nonetheless!!), and was thoroughly intrigued by searching for the not-so-easy to find letters. Great book!