Customer Reviews

Arthur Goes to School (Great Big Board Book)

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An excellent book for school readiness. My kids
fought over it so much that I had to buy a
second copy! An absolute must-have for all
4-year-olds. Make sure to buy one for each
child!

My four year old son has 3 precious "comfort" reads and this is one of them. We've read it so many times together he knows it by heart. It's a great book because not only does it hold his interest (he never tires of the flaps) but it also reinforces the alphabet, counting and teaches him about opposites. And it's also a fun book for me to read aloud (over and over . . . )

It seems like most all of this kind of big lift the flap books are a little similar---a page about letters, one about numbers, an opposite page and so forth, but they are also all pretty well done and big child pleasers! My 2 sons really like this one. Their favorite part is the "book within a book" of The Three Little Pigs. It got my older son interested in that fairy tale, which we then read in different versions, and then in fairy tales in general! One thing to note---the characters of Arthur and Francine and all of the gang seem younger in this book than in the show, more like preschool versions of themselves.

I orginally bought this book for my son (now age 10). He absolutely loved this book. It has peek-a-boo pages where it shows many different things. It has one section where its focus is contrast. So, you will see a short flower, and you lift the flap and it's a tall flower. Or, it will show a full plate of cookies and you lift the flap and the cookies are gone.

It also has counting, alphabet and the story of the three pigs. This book was used throughout his infant/toddler and preschool years. Now, my 2 year old daughter has attached herself to the same book (great quality board book). She loves to lift the flaps and see what is underneath. The alphabet is the last 2 pages..and under each letter is picture of something, so this also teaches word recognition and memory recognition. This one book has so many aspects of learning in it. It's bright and colorful and your children will love it! Worth every penny!!!A++++++