Chu’s Day audiobook

Well, I did said I would read everything by Neil Gaiman, and so, here we are...Chu is a little panda with a big problem. Specifically, if he feels a tickle in his nose - watch out & hit the deck because when he sneezes, he really lets loose. I do feel a bit of pity to the little panda-kid. I bet his panda-parents named him Chu due his propensity to sneeze (Ah-Chu). That poor kid is gonna get the snot beat out of him when he gets older.Audiobook Comments:--They actually made an audiobook for this (read by the author)--It's like ten pages. What were they thinking?--I loved this audiobook. The sneeze was absolutely fabulous.YouTube | Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Snapchat @miranda_reads

Will read anything by Neil Gaiman - cute book for small children. Glad to see that he is having success with books for children; but the selfish side of me wants him back on The Sandman! As long as he is happy - that is what matters most! A great book to read with a small child before you take them to see a panda for the first time!

I have a confession to make: when I sneeze, it is LOUD and SUDDEN. I do not sneeze like a lady. But guess what? I don't want to sneeze like a lady. I want my sneezes to count. I want them to be HEARD. Sometimes this exasperates my boyfriend who feels like anyone born on this planet with human DNA and 46 chromosomes should be able to sneeze at a decibel less than 180 (which according to this chart will cause death of hearing tissue). Oh well. Deal with it. I gotta be me.Chu must be my totem animal:I can relate my man. I'm right there with you. For all the loud sneezers out there: Be proud and sneeze loud. Gesundheit.

I finally understood Chu’s name (took me long enough). Achoo is a sneeze and this pandas sneezes are like a hurricane or tornado, it can blow eveything away. Chu goes to the library and I just love the characters in the library. A giraffe is the head librarian - as it should be and there is a duck-billed platypus on a ladder getting a book. I love that. Chu is afraid of sneezing at the book dust - doesn’t. He then goes to a diner where a whale is the short-order cook and an octopus is at the counter. He’s afraid the pepper will make him sneeze and doesn’t. Chu is then at the circus and no one is listening to him, they are watching the show.The book is one long tease of will he sneeze and what will happen. We get to see on the last page. The best part of the book is seeing the cool animals all over the book. Great artwork.The nephew thought this book was so funny. He loved seeing the weird animals doing funny things he didn’t expect. We had a blast together. He kept asking what would happen if Chu sneezed. He loved the ending. He said, now that’s a sneeze. He gave this 4 stars

I have to admit at first I felt this story was too simplistic but I quickly changed my opinion. There's a lot going on in this story, and while a lot of it is Rex's illustrations, it's also Gaiman's writing. And aside- I love the history of this book- that Gaiman wanted to write a book that wouldn't get banned in China for 'questioning authority'. He's so cool.When I read the book to my Grade 1s we first did a lot of predicting. What was Chu feeling? What about his body tells you that? Why do you think he feels that way? Why is he wearing googles? We discussed what age we think he is and then I asked them what kind of day they thought he was going to have. Since they figured Chu was the same age as them we talked about the kind of day they could have that they would like to write about. On the first page we guessed what bad things could happen when Chu sneezed (one child screamed 'GERMS!!!' which was pretty hilarious).For each sneeze I had them predict (by sound 'no' or 'choooo') what Chu would do. During the book we stopped a lot to look at the pictures. Knowing that Chu's sneeze was going to rip through the pages I made sure to draw their eyes to details in the diner and library that would later show up. The 'chaos' pages were the most fun for the students. They loved that some characters in the pages didn't know yet what was coming their way. And the deer in the boat on top of the tent? According to three students that was the highlight of their whole day by home time. We just finished a unit on force and motion so this book was great for force. We had done a lesson on air and wind so they were able to draw connections to Chu's sneeze. We also talked about why the sneeze knocked Chu backwards. Very timely. For an art project I gave a step by step lesson on how to draw Chu sneezing. We are doing a unit on shapes so since Chu is mostly circles it worked well. Next, we are going to draw the classroom adding as much detail as we can, and then draw the classroom during Chu's sneeze, making sure to include all the same things as our original picture, only messed up. This book was great for all my students. They were engaged during the story and are engaged in the following activities. I also had two parents come in the next morning asking me why their children were pretending to sneeze all night. Mission accomplished.

I almost feel bad marking this as read because it's like 20 pages long, but I'm on a quest to read all of Neil Gaiman's books so....It's very cute.

It's a picture book. But it's a good picture book.

Review posted on Mundie Kids on 1/22/2013*I bought this, okay I'll be very honest, mostly for me. I adore Neil Gaiman and when I heard he was writing a childrens book, I knew I had to buy it for our family. Much to my surprise, I wasn't the first one to read it. Nope. It was my teen who grabbed it and read it with my second grader. And then not to be outdone, the fourth grader nabbed after they finished it and read it herself.I watched their frenzy while passing the book around and remembered why picture books are important even when children have outgrown them -- they are quick reads and the illustrations make us think and laugh and share our perspectives on what we think is going on in them.This book is a perfect reminder of all those moments. And yes, it tells the story of what happens when Chu sneezes and tells it in typical Neil fashion. I encourage you to pick it up whether or not you have young children around. It'll remind you of that moment of childhood wonder when you first opened a well told, well illustrated book.

I liked the simple story, didn't love it. Clever, as we might expect from Gaiman, and sort of formulaic. I didn't love Rex's artwork in particular. But here's the thing: If it read this as an adult, this is the impression I get. We're reading all the GR nominees for best Picture Books, and this would have been in the lower group for me, but Harry (8) and Lyra (6) LOVED this one… Tara and I liked My Brothers Book and Journey and the Dark, and these were okay for them. But Chu's Day made them laugh, Lyra said it was "silly," which is a kid's greater compliment than my "elegant" for the wordless Flora and the Flamingo. They also though Unicorn was hilarious and I thought it was just okay… So I would have given this 3 stars, my kids 5, and I split the difference on this one, at least, with four.

If you haven't watched the viral video of the little panda who sneezed and scared his mother then open up a new window right now and search for it in youtube. It's ok I'll wait...Now that you've watched that video and said awwww, emailed it to a few friends, its time for you to go to the Library and pick up Chu's Day by Neil Gaiman. This book is insanely cute! Little Chu can't seem to go anywhere without sneezing. And when he sneezes, boy does he sneeze! Little kids will be waiting for the big one and Chu will keep them waiting which will lead to lots of giggles.VERY different from Neil Gaiman's usual genre of scary, creepy, and silly, but a pleasure to read.

“When Chu sneezed, bad things happened.” That is how this delightful book starts out. Chu is a panda bear and he goes on a couple of outings with his parents. He goes to the library with his mother. And she is worried that the book dust will make him sneeze. He goes to the diner with his father and he is worried that the pepper will make him sneeze. Then they go to the circus. And his parents were so caught up in the spectacular event that they forgot to see if Chu was going to sneeze. And Chu did sneeze, and what a commotion it caused!The story is great, but I think my favorite part about this book is the illustrations. Chu is great. I love all the different expressions on his face. And I love all the composition of how your eye is drawn to certain parts of the illustration. For example, when you see Chu sitting and watching at the circus, there is a circus ring that outlines Chu and draws your eyes to him. There are just loads of small details that make a reader smile.This is one of those books that you will read once to see what it is like. Then you will go from the last page to the first so that you can read it again and pay more attention to the illustrations. Brilliant.

A smashing little story of a panda with a sneezing problem. Be sure to do all the voices when reading aloud.The illustrations by Adam Rex are great too - full of detail that shows up again later. Even the cute cover can be seen from behind on the back cover.The suggested reading ages of 4-8 on the back cover seems a little high at the high end, but I would say children of all ages from 4 to 144 will enjoy reading this at least once. Children who can see the pictures should enjoy them too. I will update this review once I get feedback from the intended child.

Absolutely adorable! Neil Gaiman is becoming a favorite name around here starting with our movie shelves and then our young readers and now even our youngest readers too. This story is cute and laugh aloud fun but my favorite part is the illustrations. Absolutely adorable! Colorful and full of texture Neil's text met with Adam Rex's images paints a fabulous little picture book. Very cute. *Thanks to HC for providing an ARC for review.*Typed on Kindle Fire