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HMH Books for Young Readers (1978), Edition: 1, 32 pages
Description
A little old lady's attempts to have pancakes for breakfast are hindered by a scarcity of supplies and the participation of her pets.
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LibraryThing member JulianneM
This is a classic wordless picture book! This book is about a lady who bakes pancakes that get eaten by her dog. She wanders down the street to a neighbors house because she smells pancakes and eats theirs. It is a humorous story. This is a great book to use with children who are just beginning to
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talk and when they are also starting to read. It allows for children to use their imaginations to discover what they believe is being said in the story and what is happening. Wordless picture books are an important thing to incorporate into the classroom! Show Less
LibraryThing member kscarlett
This book is very enjoyable for children of all ages! Although the book has no text, the book tells a wonderful story about a woman who wakes up wanting pancakes and goes throughout her day trying to achieve this desire. She eventually achieves this desire, which teaches children about persistence
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LibraryThing member eadavis83
This is a fun book to introduce to your class. It is a humorous book for children to interpret in their own way. Wordless picture books are good for the children to have in the book center so they are able to read and interpret the book themselves.
LibraryThing member ml445
Pancakes for Breakfast is a fun wordless picture book you can read with kids. I love the illustrations. An idea would be print out the pages and have the kids write words to go along with the illustrations. There are so many different activities one can do with Pancakes for Breakfast. Studies show
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reading wordless picture books helps children with comprehension. I would strongly recommend this book. Show Less
LibraryThing member Jazz2107
This wordless picture book was about a lady who wants to make pancakes. She thinks about them all day so she begins to get up to make them. What she did not know was that she was going to be missing a few ingredients. What is this lady to do? She really wants some pancakes.
LibraryThing member eay2206
This book requires the imagination of a teacher. They have this book at the child development center, and it took me by suprise when I first opened it. I feel like this book can be made as simple or challenging depending on the audience.
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LibraryThing member akg118
I LOVE this book! This is one of the few books I can remember from early elementary school. It helps to introduce wordless picture books and all the different activities you can do with each. For example, students can write their own version of the story or discuss what they think is happening on
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each page. Also, I remember having a pancake party along with all the literature activities we did with this book! I highly recommend this book for any elementary or middle school students. Show Less
LibraryThing member jsmith6243
This book lends its illustrations to tell a story that the students could write themselves. It is great for retelling a story to identify sequencing and creative writing by having the students create thier own story to go along with the illustrations.
LibraryThing member aimtroyer
This is a wordless book that is utterly captivating. A woman craves pancakes and yet has to find (or make) the ingredients that would eventually go into the pancake mix. She works and works all day and in the end...disaster. She still gets her pancakes though! This is a great way to teach
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problem/solution in a story. The way a story is organized and why that is important. Show Less
LibraryThing member jlowens4
The book, "Pancakes for Breakfast" was very interesting. I would use this books in grades kindergarten, first, and second. The book has no words, so this book would be great for teaching begining sentence ideas. The book is about and old lady who wanted pancakes. She got out of bed, got dressed,
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and got her kitchen ready to make pancakes. The lady realized she had no eggs, so she had to get all bundled up and go to the barn to get eggs. When she got back in her kitchen she realized she had no milk. So the lady had to get all bundled up again and go milk the cow. When she made it back to her kitchen she used the milk to make the batter and she used the milk to make butter. The when she sat down ready to eat her pancakes she realized he had no syrup, so she got all bundled up and went to town to get some syrup. On her way home she dreamed of how wonderful her pancakes would be, but when she got there her dream was crushed. Her dog had eaten all of her pancakes. The lady was so sad, but then she smelt pancakes and she followed the smell. The smell touch her to her neighbors house where she ate a big pile of warm pancakes. At the end of the story the lady is holding a sign that says if at first you don't succeed try, try again. I really enjoyed this book. I think that it has a wonderful moral and it also gives children the chance to use their imaginations and fill in the words. Show Less
LibraryThing member anncampbell
A wonderful story told through pictures. It starts with a lady who wakes up in the morning and decides that she wants to eat pancakes. Through humor it shows how she after reading the recipe she realizes that she does not have all of the ingredients to make pancakes. Instead of going to the store
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to buy all of her ingredients she gathers the eggs from her chickens and milks her cow. The only item she buys is her maple syrup from a neighbor. The ending is humorous after coming home from buying her maple syrup she find that her dog and cat have eaten the pancake ingredients. Show Less
LibraryThing member trevordyett
Summary: Pancakes for Breakfast is a picture book about a woman, her cat, and her dog. She wakes up thinking about making pancakes. She gets everything ready, but she had to leave to get syrup. When she returns home she finds her cat and dog have ate all the ingredients. She smell something at the
Review: Simple and very fun characters. The first picture of this book is a great snow covered house with the sun rising, very beautiful. Good easy reader with genuine characters.
School Use: I would have this book as part of a book collection that students could check out from me. I would even use this as a tracing project with a series of other books.
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neighbors, so she gets pancakes at her neighbors home.Review: Simple and very fun characters. The first picture of this book is a great snow covered house with the sun rising, very beautiful. Good easy reader with genuine characters.
School Use: I would have this book as part of a book collection that students could check out from me. I would even use this as a tracing project with a series of other books.
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LibraryThing member EmilyAnnSp
Pancakes for Breakfast is a wordless picture book that makes students think of their own story. The main character in the story keeps trying to get the ingredients to make pancakes from scratch. She keeps getting into situations that make it difficult for her to make pancakes so she goes to her
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neighbors and eats their pancakes. Show Less
LibraryThing member shomskie
Pancakes For Breakfast was a funny wordless book. Each illustration taught me what was needed to make pancakes. Every time she thought she was ready to begin making her breakfast she needed to go obtain the ingredients. Finally, after all her hard work the cats knocked everything off the table! I
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laughed out loud because I could relate. Something similar happened to me once before. It was nice to see that she had somewhere to go for breakfast! Show Less
LibraryThing member jenflock
This wordless picture book follows the trials of a little old lady who attempts to make pancakes for her breakfast. The optimistic determination of the woman and the gentle humor of the illustrations make this an appealing book for the very young.
LibraryThing member tnelson725
This is a fun wordless picture book that portrays the steps to making pancakes from scratch. The main character gets up out of her warm home and gets eggs and milk. She churns butter. She gets the syrup. When she gets back home, she realizes that the dog and cat ate the batter.
I loved the twist at
For the classroom, I would have students discuss why breakfast is so important and what their breakfast routines are. I would have them illustrate how they or their parent(s) makes their breakfast.
I loved the twist at
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the end. I think that kids will enjoy it and learning where milk, eggs, and butter come from. The pictures were a lot of fun.For the classroom, I would have students discuss why breakfast is so important and what their breakfast routines are. I would have them illustrate how they or their parent(s) makes their breakfast.
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LibraryThing member cacv78
DePaola, Tomie. (1978). Pancakes for Breakfast. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
An old lady wants to make pancakes for breakfast but she doesn't have enough of the ingredients. She goes out of her house each time to get the right ingredient. After going in and out of her house all day, she
Compared to the other book in this genre, My New Baby, it can be used with any level of reader. This book is used to entertain kids while the other book is used mainly to explain something to a child.
An old lady wants to make pancakes for breakfast but she doesn't have enough of the ingredients. She goes out of her house each time to get the right ingredient. After going in and out of her house all day, she
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comes home from get the syrup to realize that the cat and dog have eaten the batter. This is a great book for a beginning reader because they can help make up the story as they "read" it with an adult.Compared to the other book in this genre, My New Baby, it can be used with any level of reader. This book is used to entertain kids while the other book is used mainly to explain something to a child.
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LibraryThing member megjwal
Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie dePaola
This wordless book is about a little old lady who decides to make breakfast. It is quite a feat for her to do. She has all sorts of trouble and then in the end conquers the pancakes.
I think this story is very humorous, but also shows a great amount of
This story would be great for young elementary students to describe what is happening in the pictures. It is also something most children can relate to. I would use this story to help improve student’s oral vocabulary.
This wordless book is about a little old lady who decides to make breakfast. It is quite a feat for her to do. She has all sorts of trouble and then in the end conquers the pancakes.
I think this story is very humorous, but also shows a great amount of
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determination. This story would be great for young elementary students to describe what is happening in the pictures. It is also something most children can relate to. I would use this story to help improve student’s oral vocabulary.
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LibraryThing member djmeyers
Tomie DePoala is very creative in his telling of this story without words. The expressions of both the lady and her animals tells you alot of what they are thinking. Although the lady wants pancakes for breakfast, she does not have all the ingredients, but is tenacious enough to go get them. I
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loved the scene where she has to make butter, as the last frame shows a quite saddened and tired lady from all that work! I really enjoy Tomie DePoala's simple cartoon illustrations. They are simple yet tell alot about his characters. In this case, they are all very happy despite the constant frustration of having a missing ingredient. It was fun that the recipe for the pancakes was included, so you could make them for yourself at home or with your students at school. The motto of the whole book is displayed perfectly on the lady's wall, "If first you don't suceed, try, try again". The lady definately practiced what she preached, because this gal worked hard for her pancakes, only to have the cat and dog ruin everything. It was a good thing she had great neighbors to save the day, and also ones who were serving up pancakes for breakfast! Show Less
LibraryThing member acochra
This would be a really good book for an early reader who is developing their basic reading strategies to read to you. With every picture the student could tell you what is happening in the story line. This way the student is understanding that they need to look at the illustrations in the story to
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create meaning in the text sometimes (especially with a picture book). The illustrations in this book are really engaging because they are very clear and you can tell exactly what the main character is doing on each page. Show Less
LibraryThing member KristinSpecht
This book can be used for ELL students. It can teach students about different complex process in order to get simple items such as pancakes. Students can learn recipes as well as terms for different food. You could bring the students' pancakes and then read them the story about how much effort is
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put in to actually make pancakes and all of their ingredients from scratch. You could also pass out small cards with the ingredients and object from which the ingredients came and have the students place them in chronological order. Show Less
LibraryThing member dangerlibearian
Almost exactly like Pancakes, pancakes! by Eric Carle just wordless. Woman must gather all the ingredients for pancakes but her naughty pets ruin her pancake dreams in the end she steals her neighbors pancakes. Love the flying pancake!
LibraryThing member nicholspdx
A fun story that can be shared with readers of every level. I love the possibilities for the lessons in this book. From talking about where one's food comes from, reading a recipe, predicting what comes next, and even trying out the recipe. (I'm personally curious as I've never mixed melted butter
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into my pancake batter before!) A fun read. Show Less
LibraryThing member bcowie
This wordless picture book is about a woman who decides that she wants to make pancakes for breakfast. Yet she discovers that she is missing several ingredients. She goes out to gather eggs from her chickens and milk from her cow. She churns the butter and then discovers that she has no maple
I adored this little book. The illustrations are very cutely drawn, and despite there being no words, you know exactly what the woman is doing and thinking at all times.
I have children make up their own words to this story. While the basic story would likely remain the same from child to child, details would be different for each.
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syrup. While she is out, her dog and cat tip over the ingredients and eat the milk and break the eggs. In the end the woman has pancakes with her neighbors instead.I adored this little book. The illustrations are very cutely drawn, and despite there being no words, you know exactly what the woman is doing and thinking at all times.
I have children make up their own words to this story. While the basic story would likely remain the same from child to child, details would be different for each.
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LibraryThing member stgayde
Though this book contains no words other than the occasional label on a bag of flour or sugar within the illustration, you would swear that a narrative text was leading you the entire way though. The illustrations are so strong in this story of a woman who has quite the craving for pancakes one
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snowy morning, that as the "reader" you will undoubtedly be able to tell a wonderfully descriptive tale. Show Less
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Original language
English
Original publication date
1978
Physical description
32 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
0156707683 / 9780156707688
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