Hello Hello

We absolutely love this book! The pictures are awesome! At our house, we can't get enough Dan Zanes! This book is a fun sing a long the whole family participates in...even Dad!

Once again, Dan Zanes is a big hit with the whole family! My nephew who is 2 LOVES Dan and do we. The illustrations are great too. We also recommend the "Catch That Train" CD very highly. So nice to have music that all ages can enjoy

I actually ordered this by accident! I thought I was getting the Hello Hello CD and got this instead. At first I was disappointed, but then after I read the story to my daughter (2 yrs old) for the first time I discovered the CD in the back! So, of course, I played the CD and re-read the story as the song played. She and I enjoyed it a great deal! And the song goes slowly enough for you to have time to lift the flap on each page (sort of like those extended perfume ad pages in magazines) and sing Hello Hello Hello. The extra extra bonus is that there are a couple of ther songs on the CD with the words and music right in the back of the book! If your child enjoys music and reading (like mine), then this is a great combination! And I feel it has staying power and will be a favorite for years to come. Because the writing is simple enough for beginning readers to practice and the rhythm inviting enough for them to *want* to read it. Especially with the song playing in the background. All in all, a great buy!

As a new parent, I was convinced that I was going to have to either listen to really bad baby music or start our daughter on a menu of carefully selected music from my own cd collection. Then we received a tip about Dan Zanes. We ordered 'Hello, Hello,' and now we can't get enough of him. Our daughter loves waking up to 'Hello, Hello' (we play it every morning and dance around her bedroom), and we read the book and look at Donald Saff's amazing illistrations at reading time. It's progressive, multicultural, educational, and just plain fun! It's hard to charachterize his folk/americana/international/historic/fun style. Now 'Hello, Hello' is our standard new baby gift. We've given 5 as presents and our freinds thank us every time for turning them on to Dan Zanes. We now own all of his family cds and have orders in for his new book and dvd. Next to diapers, this may be the best baby item to buy!

I am an Education major and this is one of the books our instructor shared with us. I thought it was a fantastic book, great illustrations and a cute song.