Changes, Changes (Aladdin Picture Books) by Pat Hutchins

Changes, Changes (Aladdin Picture Books) Reviews

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  Ronyell

  
  
  This is the second book that I have read from Pat Hutchins, the first book being
  Rosie's Walk and this book is called “Changes, Changes.” “Changes, Changes” is a wordless picture book that details the adventures of two toy figurines as they build their way into crazy situations. “Changes, Changes” is an extremely creative book for children who love reading books about toys.
  
  This is the first wordless picture book that I have read from Pat Hutchins and I have to tell you that the illustrations themselves have a positive effect on the story! Pat Hutchins has done a great job at illustrating this book as the illustrations are extremely colorful and detailed. I love the way that Pat Hutchins illustrates the toy figurines as small wooden people as they have long noses and large black eyes and look flat on the pages. Also, Pat Hutchins mainly uses black, yellow, red, blue, green, orange, and gray colors in the illustrations which give the illustrations a simplistic yet creative look. Even though there are no words in this book, the illustrations did a great job at explaining the story of how two toy figurines use their imaginations to create their needs through block building and each image details how the two toy figurines build various buildings and transportation to get them out of sticky situations or suit their needs, which is what I really enjoyed about this book.
  
  
  
  “Changes, Changes” is truly one of the most original wordless picture books I have ever read since the two toy figurines build their way out of trouble on every page and children will definitely love the creativity that the toy figurines used to get out of tricky situations. I would recommend this book to children ages three and up since there is nothing inappropriate in this book and the book would be extremely simple for smaller children to read (or in this case, examine the illustrations).
  
  Review is also on:
  Rabbit Ears Book Blog
  
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  Emma

  I have really mixed feelings about this because the first couple of times my 25 month old read it he got extremely upset about the house being on fire. After a few readings he relaxed into it and we verbally anticipated that they would put the fire out, but I think it stressed him out too much - most unusual at our house! Then he kept wanting to go back and read it, but I think he didn't really enjoy it - more to reassure himself maybe? I like that it shows the characters being resourceful and inventive and working together, though. I think maybe it would have been more logical to build more fixed structures like buildings rather than vehicles out of the blocks - but hey I can't tell wooden toys what to do, can I. Pat Hutchins is a funny one, I'll always give her a go (a bit like Pamela Allen) but I don't like all of them.
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  Dolly

  This is a fun and creative wordless picture book about wooden dolls who shift and move different shapes of blocks to create different items, like a house, a boat, a truck and a train.
  
  We enjoyed watching the pages animated as the wordless story is accompanied by music by Frantisek Belfin on a Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVD. It included seven other sing-along songs with animations of the illustrated books. It was a great way to see the book in a new way.
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  Michael

  A wordless book with two wooden characters and a set of blocks. This was an interesting "read" with Aryana and Aleyda as they "controlled" the story as they interpreted it, and the story changed each time they "read" it. Good book to bring out the imagination of a child (and adult) every time you pick it up to "read".
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  Morgen

  Changes, Changes is a wordless POETRY PICTURE BOOK. This book is filled with wooden blocks, structures made from wooden blocks, and wooden people. The blocks are very colorful. The IllUSTRATOR looks like they used sketching with pencil and colors as their TECHNIQUE. A wooden couple works together to build a house. The house catches on fire. They save what they can and build different vehicles to get them to a new place. In the end, they build a new house. I believe the AUTHOR'S PURPOSE in this text is to show that not all changes are bad. Also, that if something bad happens it can be fixed in a new and better way. EMERGING READERS can just look at the pictures telling the story and come up with their own words. Children can work on prediction skills by predicting what is going to happen on the following page. I do not think that this book is for everybody, although it is a good wordless book, wordless books are not to everyone's liking. You have to appreciate the art of telling a story which I do.
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  Vivian

  This wordless story (which has been adapted to film by Weston Woods studios, distributed recently through Scholastic Book Clubs) is perfect for engaging your little ones in "dialogic reading". The adult provides conversation or story prompts such as "What is happening?" and the child responds.
  
  I have attended a workshop recently on "dialogic reading" in which I was horrified to see the educational community destroy this natural and entertaining process by making it completely instructional in nature.
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  Sheila

  This book is a clever little wordless picture book that would be a great resource for pre-readers or early readers. There is a simplicity to the story of toys using blocks to build things until something goes wrong and they must find out how to escape danger and solve their problem.
  
  It would be wonderful for children who are not yet, or have just begun, reading. After all, the skill of following the illustrations in a picture book can be a form of literacy unto itself and this book would allow a child to enjoy the magic of reading a story even if they can't decode a single word yet.
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  Mary

  A wordless picture book classic about two wooden dolls and their house made of building blocks that transforms into different objects. This will pair well with Crockett Johnson's Harold and the Purple Crayon.
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  Lu

  Spanish version is called “Cambios, cambios”. Super easy to read as the only words are in the title. Ha!
  
  This is just a picture book. The illustrations are quite fabulous and I like the story although it’s just told in pictures.
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  Nathan

  Promotes using your imagination.
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  K Morlando

  No words in this book but various pictures of blocks and block people on an adventure.
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  N

  Wordless picture book. Cute and fun.
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  Nancy Palmer

  Great story with no pictures. Part of building theme.
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  Alana

  There's no words, but the creativity in each page really sparks the young one's imagination.
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  Dustin Dye

  One of the best written children's books I've read!
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  Chris Seltzer

  For some reason goodreads seems to have incorrectly merged this sociology textbook with a children's book?
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  Ashley Campbell

  Detail!
  This book by Pat Hutchins is amazing in illustration! Because it is wordless, it is key to have illustrations that have a positive effect on the book and she has done it:).
  Hutchins' book is a story about toys that build different structures to overcome obstacles. The detail is simplistic yet awesome! It seems that Hutchins made a decision to only use primary colors, which works with younger children.
  I would give this book 5 stars because it is completely original and the best wordless storybook I have ever... seen!
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  Ashley

  Wordless book -
  
  This wordless book is a great opportunity for children to use their imagination. The book has vibrant illustrations and will be appealing to younger children; the use of building blocks throughout the book makes it relevant to their lives.
  This book can be used when practicing using illustrations to understand a story - students will need to tell the story based on the pictures.
  
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  Randie D. Camp, M.S.

  A wooden couple comes to life and must make changes after their house catches on fire. What creations will they make?
  
  I enjoy stories in which toys come to life and this wordless tale is no different. Younger children will certainly love this story. I would follow-up by having them recreate the scenes with building blocks.
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  Abbey Pace

  Despite the bright colors and changing illustrations, I found this book very boring. In my opinion, it needed words in order for it to capture my full attention. As for a 3, 4, or 5 year old, I think they would enjoy making up stories that go along with the pictures, while also learning a valuable lesson that life is full of adversity, and also overcoming the challenges that will come.
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  Ashley

  Interest Level Grades K - 2
  Genre: Fiction
  Themes: Cleverness, Creativity and Imagination, Early Learning
  Uses: 1)Have students make up stories for the pictures
  2)Have students identify what they see in the pictures (colors, shapes, etc.)
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  Robert Davis

  I remember this book vividly from my childhood, mainly from the bright and colorful images, much like
  Drummer Hoff.