Kids Say Funny Things Mortimer Green
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Clang, clang, rattle-bing-bang
Gonna make my noise all day.
Clang, clang, rattle-bing-bang
Gonna make my noise all day.
I hadn't read this one in ages, so there were some things I didn't remember. It's funny... Reading it as an adult, I saw Mortimer as much more manipulative than I did when I was a kid.
Way back when, we had a copy of this book. We also had a cassette tape of the author reading it. To this day, whenever I read Mortimer, I hear Robert Munsch singing the annoying little kid's refrain:Clang, clang, rattle-bing-bang
Gonna make my noise all day.
Clang, clang, rattle-bing-bang
Gonna make my noise all day.
I hadn't read this one in ages, so there were some things I didn't remember. It's funny... Reading it as an adult, I saw Mortimer as much more manipulative than I did when I was a kid. The last part, especially, when he falls asleep waiting for someone to come up and yell at him makes it clear that he's doing all this for attention. (When I was little, though, he was basically just a bratty kid who sang a funny song at bedtime.)
This book has a lot of unanswered questions: Does this happen every night? How does Mortimer have his own room if he has 17 brothers and sisters? Why does he have to go to bed before the baby? Do the police expect that call every night and have two officers on hand to go out and try to scare the singing kid? Why doesn't everyone just ignore him for a few hours and see what happens? (After all, that's what eventually works. Why don't they do that in the first place?)
The pictures are cute and funny, and though this book seems short, its repetition and silly story would make it a fun book to read aloud. It's one of the older Munsch/Martchenko titles out there, but it's held up pretty well.
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Author Robert Munsch and illustrator Michael Martchenko have collaborated on numerou
When Mortimer's mother puts him to bed, telling him to be quiet, the little boy nods his head, but doesn't comply, singing his fun (and loud!) little ditty. His father, siblings, and two policemen also try to get him to be quiet, all to no avail. It is only when everyone is downstairs, arguing with one another, and therefore unable to pay attention to the noisemaker upstairs, that Mortimer finally falls asleep...Author Robert Munsch and illustrator Michael Martchenko have collaborated on numerous picture-books, many of them quite humorous (my favorite is
The Paper Bag Princess !), and Mortimer is no exception. Oddly enough, given the fact that I wasn't amused by the bratty child in this team's Thomas' Snowsuit , I found Mortimer quite entertaining. Perhaps because the ending here, in which the eponymous hero's annoying behavior ceases when the other characters stop paying attention to him, doesn't enable or validate said behavior? Whatever the case may be, I found this one far more entertaining than the story about Thomas, and finished the book with a chuckle. Recommended to anyone looking for bedtimes books featuring noisy children who don't want to be quiet, or go to sleep. ...more
This book was a little different from most children's books that I have read. If I read this book to the children in my class, I would definitely have to get creative with the reflecting activity. I would have the children act the book out. I think they would have an awesome time pretending that one of the students were in the bed, there would be a mom and dad, then siblings and of course, two police officers. Most of the time, I do arts and crafts activities with the
text-to-teaching connectionThis book was a little different from most children's books that I have read. If I read this book to the children in my class, I would definitely have to get creative with the reflecting activity. I would have the children act the book out. I think they would have an awesome time pretending that one of the students were in the bed, there would be a mom and dad, then siblings and of course, two police officers. Most of the time, I do arts and crafts activities with the students, however, I feel like dramatic play would really bring this book to life, literally.
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Well, I know little ones, and you know little ones, and we all know little ones, and Mortimer says yes but immediately does what he shouldn't. He sings. Loudly. He's gonna make his noise all day long.
So his whole family, and ultimately the cops troop up to tell him to be quiet, and while they fight
Mortimer must be a daily chatterbox, because all his mom says when she puts him to bed (throws him in bed in the book, I don't like that part so I edit it to be a little less antagonistic) is BE QUIET.Well, I know little ones, and you know little ones, and we all know little ones, and Mortimer says yes but immediately does what he shouldn't. He sings. Loudly. He's gonna make his noise all day long.
So his whole family, and ultimately the cops troop up to tell him to be quiet, and while they fight over whose responsibility it is (and stop paying him attention for singing), he falls asleep.
The ending is a bit predictable, isn't it? But for a bedtime book, as I think this is, that sort of ending is just what you need. Nice and predictable and quick.
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Like most of Munsch's stories, this one's a (super funny) "pattern book," with lots of repeated phrases. Great for building sight vocabulary. Every primary grade reading teacher should have a whole library of Munsches.
Reading "Mortimer" to a classful of kindergartens is about as much fun as you can have in literature.Like most of Munsch's stories, this one's a (super funny) "pattern book," with lots of repeated phrases. Great for building sight vocabulary. Every primary grade reading teacher should have a whole library of Munsches.
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cute story! love the illustrations! Yes I say it every time! but it's true! The illustrations in Munsch's books are always amazing they never ever disappoint! I love the ending of this book! another one I recall from my childhood! so funny! "Clang-Clang-rattle-bing-bang, goona make my noise all day" lol
cute story! love the illustrations! Yes I say it every time! but it's true! The illustrations in Munsch's books are always amazing they never ever disappoint! I love the ending of this book! ...more
I guess Mortimer has a hard time going to sleep. Who knows why? I think everyone who has a child understands something like this to an extent.
But at night time, you want the house to be quiet, you want to relax; not Mortimer. Mortimer wants to sing and make noise all day!
I think the ending is the best part, I don't know what everyone was fighting about, but they all could no longer hear Mortimer and his songs, so he eventually falls asleep!
Mortimer.I guess Mortimer has a hard time going to sleep. Who knows why? I think everyone who has a child understands something like this to an extent.
But at night time, you want the house to be quiet, you want to relax; not Mortimer. Mortimer wants to sing and make noise all day!
I think the ending is the best part, I don't know what everyone was fighting about, but they all could no longer hear Mortimer and his songs, so he eventually falls asleep!
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The quandry Mortimer causes in his family sounds similar.
Humorous look at bedtime problems. :) Just wait it out. That's what I had to do with my second-born so he would start taking naps, which he desperately needed. Ten minutes the first time. Five minutes the second time. After that, he fell asleep as soon as his head the mattress. Dan wasn't singing; he was crying, btw.
The quandry Mortimer causes in his family sounds similar.
Humorous look at bedtime problems. :) ...more
I remember reading this as a kid, fantastic book and you and the kiddos can sing along. Although moms might complain it's too much excitement before bed. And my 7 year old adds it's funny too.
Great book to be enjoyed with your kids.I remember reading this as a kid, fantastic book and you and the kiddos can sing along. Although moms might complain it's too much excitement before bed. And my 7 year old adds it's funny too.
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Some habits just don't grow out of.
Robert Munsch was my favorite author as a grade schooler and my go-to during the scholastic book fairs.
I was Mortimer, often belting out Disney songs when I should have been sleeping.Some habits just don't grow out of.
Robert Munsch was my favorite author as a grade schooler and my go-to during the scholastic book fairs.
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He studied to become a Jesuit priest, but decided he would rather work with children after jobs at orphanages and daycare centers. In 1973, he received a Master of Education in Chil
Robert Munsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Fordham University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and from Boston University in 1971 with a Master of Arts degree in anthropology.He studied to become a Jesuit priest, but decided he would rather work with children after jobs at orphanages and daycare centers. In 1973, he received a Master of Education in Child Studies from Tufts University. In 1975 he moved to Canada to work at the preschool at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario. He also taught in the Department of Family Studies at the University of Guelph as a lecturer and as an assistant professor. In Guelph he was encouraged to publish the many stories he made up for the children he worked with.
Munsch's wife delivered two stillborn babies in 1979 and 1980. Out of the tragedy, he produced one of his best-known books, Love You Forever. This book was listed fourth on the 2001 Publishers Weekly All-Time Best selling Children's Books list for paperbacks at 6,970,000 copies (not including the 1,049,000 hardcover copies). The Munsches have since become adoptive parents of Julie, Andrew and Tyya (see them all in Something Good!)
Munsch has obsessive-compulsive disorder and has also suffered from manic depression. In August 2008, Munsch suffered a stroke that affected his ability to speak in normal sentences. He has recovered enough that he is able to perform live, but has put his writing career on hold until he is fully recovered.
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