Identify Books As Abiyoyo
| ISBN: | 0689878257 (ISBN13: 9780689878251) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | South Africa |
Pete Seeger
Paperback | Pages: 48 pages Rating: 4.24 | 2474 Users | 265 Reviews
Representaion To Books Abiyoyo
I actually first heard about this book when I watched an episode on “Reading Rainbow” that discussed the power of music. “Abiyoyo” is a South African lullaby and folk story by songwriter Pete Seeger along with illustrations by Michael Hays and it is about how a young boy and his father try to outsmart the monster Abiyoyo when the monster tries to threaten their village. “Abiyoyo” is a brilliant folktale that many children who love folk songs will definitely enjoy for many years!Pete Seeger, master songwriter, has written a brilliant and creative adaptation of this classic South African folktale as he writes the story in a dramatic yet hilarious way as he makes Abiyoyo both menacing and hilarious at the same time as Abiyoyo is one of the few villains that I have seen where he easily dances to a song dedicated to him which makes him more like a great buffoon than an actual villain. Michael Hays’ illustrations are beautiful and extremely creative and beautiful at the same time, especially of the image of Abiyoyo himself as he looks like a bluish-white glass figurine with green looking overalls and a goofy grin on his face. The images that truly stood out the most in this book were the images of the villagers themselves as they range from all different cultures from around the world such as India, China, Africa and many more and the outfits that the villagers wear to represent their countries make the illustrations look extremely colorful.
Parents should know that Abiyoyo might scare smaller children since he eats people and even threatens the village. Parents should reassure their children that Abiyoyo is just a myth that many people told and that he does not really exist.
“Abiyoyo” is a brilliant adaptation of the classic folktale that many children who love reading books about monsters and love singing to folk songs will easily enjoy for many years. I would recommend this book to children ages five and up since smaller children might be frightened by the image of Abiyoyo.
Review is also on: Rabbit Ears Book Blog

Point Out Of Books Abiyoyo
| Title | : | Abiyoyo |
| Author | : | Pete Seeger |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 48 pages |
| Published | : | January 6th 2005 by Aladdin Paperbacks (first published 1963) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Picture Books. Cultural. Folklore. Fiction. Music |
Rating Out Of Books Abiyoyo
Ratings: 4.24 From 2474 Users | 265 ReviewsPiece Out Of Books Abiyoyo
The book Abiyoyo was a charming folktale of a man and a boy that were not liked by their town and a scary monster named Abiyoyo. This book would be good for a read aloud in 1st grade classes and up. It has a great message of bravery and judgement. It teaches not to be so easily annoyed and quick to judge people. Children will love the tale of all the magic and a funny dancing monster.My first review of 2019 was a special children's book--the only picture book I recorded all year, despite having read numerous such books. So, it feels right to end the year with a picture book that my 5 year old has come to love so deeply, Abiyoyo. She screams with joy when I read it and always tries to comfort me in case I am scared of the monster. Suffice it to say it is a reminder that our love of books can be about the book by itself or, at least partly, colored by the context in which we
abiyoyoGenre: FolktaleAbiyoyo is a short folktale about a kid with an ukulele and his father with a wand who plays to many tricks on people. This African-American folktale talks about a father and his son who the village people are sick about. They told them to go away (out of the village) and leave forever. This is the problem. In the story, people pass from generation to generation a story about a monster called Abiyoyo. No one believed in it until one morning the ground shook, so they knew

Text-To-World Connection In the story, the people in the town did not approve of the magic stick that the little boy in the story dad would carry around town and make people life difficult. The little boy loved to play his ukelele that people would complain about, but at the end of the story, the little boy and his dad helped save the town from the monster, Abiyoyo with his magic wand and his song and dance he created using his ukelele. If people in the world would take the time to get to know
The book Abiyoyo was a charming folktale of a man and a boy that were not liked by their town and a scary monster named Abiyoyo. This book would be good for a read aloud in 1st grade classes and up. It has a great message of bravery and judgement. It teaches not to be so easily annoyed and quick to judge people. Children will love the tale of all the magic and a funny dancing monster.
Read this as a child and saw a youtube clip of Pete Seeger himself telling this story. So I guess this a bit of nostalgia for me.
This was suggested to me because I've read some other folktales recently. It was cute.


0 comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.