Oh Dear!
A specific egg-finding errand turns repeated flap reveals into a sequence of predictions about animals, places, and sounds.
Oh Dear! by Rod Campbell is estimated to take about 4 minutes to read aloud (130 words, 1 sentence a spread). Best for ages 0-3.
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- Estimated read-aloud time
- about 4 minutesEstimated read-aloud time
- Words
- 130Approximate
- Sentences per spread
- 1Text density
- Re-read tolerance
- 5/5strong repeat appeal
- Vocabulary level
- 2/5everyday words
- Best for
- Ages 0-3Age range
Our review
Grandma sends Buster to collect eggs for breakfast, but each lifted flap reveals the wrong farm animal until he finally reaches the hens. The repeated failed search gives children enough information to predict both the refrain and which sound might come next.
Pause at each door or hiding place and ask whether eggs could be there; that turns the flaps into a simple reasoning game rather than random opening. The answer is delayed through repetition, which impatient listeners may rush. Good Night, Gorilla also hides much of its action in pictures, but Oh Dear! offers a spoken refrain and explicit farmyard quest.
Before you buy it
The same mistake-and-refrain pattern repeats several times, and the flaps may need help from rough or very young hands.
Themes
- farm
- guessing
- flaps
- searching
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