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Illus. in color. An allergy to roses causes this city horse many problems until, one time, his sneezes save the day.
Lexile Measure: 100L (What's this?)
Hardcover: 72 pages
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; Reissue edition (February 12, 1962)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0394800257
ISBN-13: 978-0394800257
Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 0.4 x 9.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #37,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #61 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Horses #252 in Books > Children's Books > Early Learning > Beginner Readers #841 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Chapter Books & Readers > Beginner Readers
Age Range: 3 - 7 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 2
I am so sad that people are turned away from this book because of the dated depiction of guns... it is such a fabulous book that I remember from my childhood as one of my favorites, and I think you'll be relieved to know that I don't remember a single gun in the book. I'm sure you wouldn't want to force the concepts of arms into your child's mind, but it ISN'T related to the story, and it absolutely did not stick for me. I remember a fantastic little horse who had a bad case of allergies, and I loved him. There's no violence in the book, so maybe it's a breath of fresh air nowadays. Please consider this book for your kids! It is timeless, and I know I will share it with mine someday.
This is such an enjoyable story. It's too bad that some people provide negative reviews because there are cartoon illustrations of bank robbers with GUNS! I don't know about your world, but in my world bank robbers do tend to carry guns. Don't be so "pc" & get some kid a wonderful story with excellent moral lessons and lasting good memories. We read this to our son dozens & dozens of times years ago and he has not once robbed a bank!
this has got to be the best book for kids My friends kids love this book . I have bought it for other friends that have kids and they also love it. It is so good for one reason is younger kids can get into the part where Robert starts to sneeze. . . The older kids can take part in reading the book with you . That was always the best part of reading with chirlden . I'm so glad you have this book and I will be getting for my friends kids. Thank you again.
This book is my absolute favorite children's book. I have my original copy, and read it to my 21 month old almost every day. He loves Robert, and yells "Bless you Robert!" after every sneeze. I am so glad to see its been reissued and available, as I want to buy it for my friends' children.
Hereâs another book I remember from long ago and this oneâs also about a horse, a farm and a city. Robert the horse is allergic to roses and his gigantic sneezes blast everyone and everything high in the sky. To get away from all the roses on their farm, his parents send him to the city to work.Robert gets a job pulling a milk cart all around the city. But he discovers that there are roses in the city too, and thatâs a big problem! His âKERCHOOSâ cost him this job, and the next one too. Robert is in a bad spot.Robert had to look for work again.He looked and looked.Fathers had work.Mothers had work.Every one had some kind of work.But there were not many jobs for a horse.Finally he sees a job he can do â he can be a police horse! Heâs good at his job and heâs happy. He knows he has to act quickly when he sees some bad guys enter a bank, but how can he stop the robbers?And thenâ¦Robert saw a rose!It was not a big rose.But it was a rose!Robert began to think.He began to think fast.Iâm sure you can guess what happens next!I enjoyed remembering this fun story from my childhood and I also read it to my kids when they were little. You might not like the scene with the robbers, because they carry guns and the guns go off during the biggest KERCHOO ever. You definitely wouldnât see that in a childrenâs book today!Itâs interesting to think about how different childrenâs books are now. And that extends to how we raise our kids. Do we always protect them from the rough stuff or do we tell it like it is? I had forgotten all about the guns in this book until I read it to our kids. It bothered me a little, but it did not bother my kids. The story is not violent. Itâs gentle, in fact. And it sends a nice message. Robertâs quick thinking saves the day and no one gets hurt. The secondary message about working for a living is nice, too.In a Publishers Weekly interview cited below, Heilbroner makes an interesting comment about how she came up with the idea to write Robert the Rose Horse.âI got the idea for Robert the Rose Horse because Fidel Castro was in town,â she recalls, âand there were police horses all over the city. That has nothing to do with my story, but the horses were the trigger.âWhatâs your opinion about childrenâs stories? Should they include the realities of the times, but incorporate a positive message? Or should they just be happy stories? Iâm not sureâ¦
Oh, I so enjoyed finding this book and giving it to my granddaughter. You see, this was my oldest son's FAVORITE book when he was a child. The one he wanted read EVERY NIGHT. I'm not sure if he actually liked the story, or the fact that it was the longest story he owned and therefore could stall bedtime even longer. His favorite part was imitating Robert's sneeze. Fast forward more years than I care to admit, and he now has children of his own. It was SO much fun to give his daughter the book. And when she opened it, he said "Hey! I used to have this book!" No kidding, Captain Obvious. Hope you get as tired reading it as I did. However, the things we put up with for our children are books we may find annoying but they love. So, Lucas scores this one a big 5 stars. He'd give it more if there were more stars.
For the first few years after Dr. Seuss established the Beginner Books name (roughly 1957-67), he and his wife Helen Palmer were heavily involved in choosing and editing the books. If you and your child love Seuss then you'll probably enjoy almost any BB book from that period, even those from such now-obscure authors as Heilbroner, Robert Lopshire and Marion Holland. This is a wonderfully charming and positive story with a great "KERCHOO!!" hook; the P.D. Eastman illustrations are also terrific (and very funny).
I found this book among the books my parents had for me when I was a child and quickly ordered my daughter her own copy. My 2 year old daughter loves this book. I have read it to her about a million times and is already helping me read it. Great for older kids as well.
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