Oh, Look!

By Patricia Polacco

Book Overview

The famous Polacco goats are back In this playful interactive chant, three mischievous little goats find their way out of the gate (squeak, squeak, squeak ), over a bridge (click, click, click ) through some mud (squish, squish, squish ), onto a carousel (um pah pah pah, um pah pah )...and right into the path of an angry ogre Of course, they are happy to turn right around and run straight back over the path they traveled, until at last they are back home gain, safe and sound. Patricia Polacco's color palette is bright and springlike in her second goat adventure for very young readers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399242236
• ISBN13: 9780399242236
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Philomel Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

On The Run In The Countryside

. Oh, Look! by Patricia Polacco is a great book for young kids that like adventure. I think first or second graders should read it. In the book some goats are running away. They go to many different places. This book is filled with excitement. The book takes place at a farm in the countryside. In the beginning, the goats are safe at home when suddenly someone opens the gate! They escape and go all over the countryside. They even go to a carnival! But then, they get scared. Read the book to find out what happens in the end. This book has some great illustrations that took some hard work. They were mostly made in colored pencil, but not entirely. I love all of the description words! These words help you imagine you are really there. They give a lot of information. There are some things that you can change though. I think the story was a little to short. There were only two sentences on each page. That was all I didn't like. Besides that, it was awesome! I totally recommend this book. It's fun and easy to read. Plus, there are many different animals. The author did a great job. So, would you like to read this book?

Looking and Laughing...

This delightfully engaging and even suspenseful children's book continues to reinforce in my mind that Patricia Polacco tells a wonderful story and moves it quickly from one eventful moment to the next. As a high school teacher, I read "Oh Look" for my own personal pleasure. As always, the art illustrations and the storyline leaped from the bag and carried me away with a blast of beauty through the animal's escapades. I can hardly wait to share this story with a group of children. Thank you for the privilege.

Surprisingly Delightful

I love Patricia Polacco but when I read this story, I thought it lacked in originality. The bear hunt has been done again and again, and for me, Polacco is so much more wonderful and orginal than that. However, as the goats approach the fair, and then the funhouse mirror, the fun really starts, especially for my 2 and a half year old. He can't get enough of this book! As the pages turn and the ogre gets nearer, he can hardly contain himself! It is so much fun!

Oh the places these goats go!

A tale of three escaped goats on an adventure. Though it follows the style of going on a bear hunt, the goats are not hunting anything. Nonetheless, they find an ogre who scares them back home. The text has a comfortably repetitious style that will invite listener participation. Karen Woodworth-Roman