What people are saying about Marzipan Studios’ Read-Aloud E-Books:
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Maureen H.-

I have a Title 1, second grade classroom of 21 very active 7 and 8 year olds. Each day, I read aloud to my students. As a teacher, I love it when I can find a book that the kids not only love and will sit still long enough to hear, but one in which I have given them a life lesson. Reese and the Bobomojo is just the book.

Today, teachers must not only impart wisdom in the 3 R’s; they must also teach character. Children today many times enter a classroom not knowing how to show respect to others, not knowing what it means to be truly responsible for one another’s feelings, not knowing how to be a hero for someone else.

That’s where Reese and the Bobomojo comes into play! This delightful book holds the attention of young learners as it plants the seed of “character” into their minds. (As a teacher and a mom, I compare it to hiding those good-for-you vegetables under yummy cheese in order for your kids to eat it.) The story itself is the “delicious” part and the moral it teaches is the “good-for-you” part.

I shared the story with my class in one sitting. When the movie says, “You had me at ‘hello,’” this book had them with the first sentence. They stopped me and wanted to hear it read again. After hearing the story, my kids participated in a classroom discussion and were then allowed to write about their feelings of what it means to be a hero to others.

As we continue to receive students who - for various reasons - lack a sense of how to nurture and care for one another, it is so refreshing to have a book that helps us teach this very important life skill.

When one of my students lost his pencil during a busy classroom work time several days after he had met “Reese”, he thanked the girl sitting in the desk next to him, who shared her extra pencil, by calling her his hero. That’s when I knew I was glad I shared this beautiful story with my class.

Reading, writing, arithmetic….years ago, if a teacher was able to help a child become successful in these three areas, he felt as if he had done a good job. That was then - this is now.

John B.-

Coozoo the Goblin provided an enchanting evening of entertainment for my family. My wife and I have two sons age 6 and 8 and a daughter 13. All of us, including us parents, enjoyed it thoroughly. Coozoo is magical, warm, and dangerous all at the same time. Exactly the kind of snuggle and read holiday evening we were looking for.

K. Morgan-

We started out reading Coozoo a chapter at a time, but by the time we got to the Goblin Warren, my children would not go to bed without hearing the rest! They loved hearing it and I loved reading it to them!

Jill-

The Wicked Poems by the Goblin chief were hilarious! My children are now trying to write their own goblin poems.

The Hamiltons-

Goblins and fairies, candy and Christmas, what’s not to love!

Mark and Lynda-

Thank you. It was a work of love!    Listening to Coozoo on the way home was like having a warm hug to snuggle in to.   It was awesome!

The Riddle Family-

The Family Educator Mentor’s Guide is one of the best I’ve ever seen. It provided a roadmap for us parents to be able to “casually” discuss Coozoo over breakfast, dinner, and carpool. And the message is terrific. A beautiful allegory delivered in an interesting and meaningful way that completely engaged my children. And somehow Coozoo manages to do this without the awful preaching of other lesson based tales. A really great read. By the time you get to the end you’ll feel like you’ve had a warm Holiday hug.