Reviews for I Feel a Foot!

The average rating for I Feel a Foot! based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-09-24 00:00:00 Philp Scolieri This is a clever new take on the Blind Men and the Elephant story. Here, five animals come across something strange on a dark night. Turtle thinks it is a huge turtle because of the foot. Bat thinks he feels a huge bat wing. Octopus feels a long tentacle. Bird feels a beak. And finally Goat discovers a large goatee. By the end, children will have figured out the animal easily, but the five animal friends are all surprised to find an elephant! The text and illustrations work perfectly together here. The text is simple and great fun, though the tale has a timelessness about it, the text and dialogue have a modern, up-beat feel. The illustrations really shine, especially against the dark background. The colors are vivid and pop right off the page. This is a perfect story time read for a large group because they will be caught in the mystery at first and the illustrations will project well to a big audience. Highly recommended for story times, this would be a wonderful addition to elephant, turtle, bat, or even octopus themed programs! Appropriate for ages 3-6.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-03-13 00:00:00 Tracy Warren It's the Seven Blind Mice, only with a very odd mix of tiny characters whose intense, um, colorings make me wonder how the illustrations were created. (The info. was not given in this case.) A translation from Dutch. But still a cute story and might make for a good storytime read. Definitely a fun lapsit read. Good, accurate description on the cover: 5 creatures feel their way through this silly adventure. But honestly--turtle, bat, octopus, bird, and goat? While, yes, I love turtles and goats and think bats and octopi are pretty neat as book characters--it's still a pretty odd combo. But then when you see what they associate of themselves with the mysterious creature, it makes hilarious sense. And I loved the ending. So while parts of it were OK, or I've seen done before, or were a little annoying with some of the repetitiveness, the overall cuteness of it made it very enjoyable for me. And, yes, the reason I grabbed it off the New Book Display was because the illustration of the turtle on the cover was just too much for me to pass up.