Official Review: Halle and Tiger with their Bucketfilling...
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[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Halle and Tiger with their Bucketfilling Family" by Peggy Johncox.]
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Bucket Fillosophy, originally created by Carol McCloud through her own books, is the idea that each of us has an empty bucket, and that we fill buckets (both our own and those of other people) through kindness, consideration and all sorts of good deeds. On the other hand, we "dip into buckets" by doing bad things like bullying or disobeying rules. Peggy Johncox helps pass on this Fillosophy as well, including through the writing of this children's picture book published back in 2010.
Halle and Tiger with their Bucketfilling Family is all about Tiger, a new pet cat, being introduced to the idea of filling buckets by Halle, the family dog. Along the way additional family drops by, including another dog Jasper. Through a series of events throughout this 32-page book several quick examples are given of what fills buckets and what dips into them. Events include Jasper potentially scaring Tiger, children playing dangerously in a pond, sharing and forgiveness. Across the bottom of each page is a brief sentence about how whatever is going on in the current page either fills or dips into someone's bucket, and the bucket is either shown standing up and full or dumped out on its side.
The story is cute and really seems to sum up a family gathering at someone's home. Children play, people end up doing things they shouldn't either because they don't know or because they're just so excited and having fun, and forgiveness and lessons abound. The text at the bottom of each page is clearly separated and does a great job of demonstrating the concept of filling buckets, but I found it wonderful that the entire book still makes sense without even looking at them at all. If one were to get scissors and cut this bottom portion out of the entire book, the picture book still works on its own. As such, parents could possibly cover this up when reading to kids and use it to test them on what's going on in the book.
Megan D. Wellman's full-page illustrations are also lovely. They're colorful and very clearly done by hand. The format of the book is also excellent, as I never once had trouble reading the words over the artwork. Even on my kindle, with images smaller than the physical book, it would be easy to show off the pages to children while reading from a distance.
In the author bio section it's said that Peggy has taught grades K-8 for 33 years, and it shows in this book. Each opportunity to teach a lesson is taken, and the lessons are very clearly pointed out. When Tiger plays on the kitchen counter, for example, he is quickly told by Gram not to, he talks to Halle about feeling bad about it and is encouraged to apologize. Once he apologizes, Gram quickly forgives him and pets him! My rating of Hally and Tiger with their Bucketfilling Family is 4 out of 4 stars, and I can easily recommend it to anyone whose children have pets, like animals or could use some good examples of good and bad behavior.
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Bucket Fillosophy, originally created by Carol McCloud through her own books, is the idea that each of us has an empty bucket, and that we fill buckets (both our own and those of other people) through kindness, consideration and all sorts of good deeds. On the other hand, we "dip into buckets" by doing bad things like bullying or disobeying rules. Peggy Johncox helps pass on this Fillosophy as well, including through the writing of this children's picture book published back in 2010.
Halle and Tiger with their Bucketfilling Family is all about Tiger, a new pet cat, being introduced to the idea of filling buckets by Halle, the family dog. Along the way additional family drops by, including another dog Jasper. Through a series of events throughout this 32-page book several quick examples are given of what fills buckets and what dips into them. Events include Jasper potentially scaring Tiger, children playing dangerously in a pond, sharing and forgiveness. Across the bottom of each page is a brief sentence about how whatever is going on in the current page either fills or dips into someone's bucket, and the bucket is either shown standing up and full or dumped out on its side.
The story is cute and really seems to sum up a family gathering at someone's home. Children play, people end up doing things they shouldn't either because they don't know or because they're just so excited and having fun, and forgiveness and lessons abound. The text at the bottom of each page is clearly separated and does a great job of demonstrating the concept of filling buckets, but I found it wonderful that the entire book still makes sense without even looking at them at all. If one were to get scissors and cut this bottom portion out of the entire book, the picture book still works on its own. As such, parents could possibly cover this up when reading to kids and use it to test them on what's going on in the book.
Megan D. Wellman's full-page illustrations are also lovely. They're colorful and very clearly done by hand. The format of the book is also excellent, as I never once had trouble reading the words over the artwork. Even on my kindle, with images smaller than the physical book, it would be easy to show off the pages to children while reading from a distance.
In the author bio section it's said that Peggy has taught grades K-8 for 33 years, and it shows in this book. Each opportunity to teach a lesson is taken, and the lessons are very clearly pointed out. When Tiger plays on the kitchen counter, for example, he is quickly told by Gram not to, he talks to Halle about feeling bad about it and is encouraged to apologize. Once he apologizes, Gram quickly forgives him and pets him! My rating of Hally and Tiger with their Bucketfilling Family is 4 out of 4 stars, and I can easily recommend it to anyone whose children have pets, like animals or could use some good examples of good and bad behavior.
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