Martin Kalmanoff

The big bell and the little bell.
We happened to listen to cd that accompanied the book before sitting down to read it. The music was beautiful especially the second version with the choral group.
The story is being told by a mother cat to her kitten. I felt that these characters didn't add to the story and the space could have been used to develop the story of the bells furthur.
The illustrations were terrific but the story fell flat with our preschool group. Instead of telling a story that leads to a moral , This book jumped right into telling us what the moral was. Even though the book isn't a top choice for me for read alouds. I will still use it for illustrating the sounds of bells as instruments and community centerpieces. Overall I'd give it a 3.… (más)