Customer Reviews

Bill and Pete (Paperstar)

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

De Paulo's humor is so dry, yet so innocent, that kids and adults will laugh together. This is one our kids outgrew long before we tired of it.

Bill and Pete is an imaginative, somewhat quirky tale of two true friends. This book describes friendship in how it should be, that no matter how different two people are, sometimes the opposites make the best friends. The idea that a crocodile (Bill) and his toothbrush (Pete), became best friends is a little bit odd, but it exercises the imaginations of the children reading it. The illustrations, though simple, get the point across perfectly. My favorite character was Bill, allthough I also liked Mama. I would recommend this book to anyone.

It's been a pleasure to share these stories with our children and now our grandchildren!

I remember reading this book over and over and over again as a child. I never was able to get the others in the series, but I loved this one and I still remember it today (at 27 years old, no less). I actually flipped through it a few days ago as funny as that sounds, but that's how much I loved the book. It's imaginative and silly, and any child who's curious about the rest of the world wouldn't help but want to check out some books on Egypt from their library after getting through with this!

This pair of critters and their book is bound for CLASSIC status, if not there already. Go ahead, resist this book if you can. Succinct, emotionally honest peek at friendship, courage and creativity ---delivered directly and humorously. At times children want a book read and re-read and. . . if you're a parent, you know. Well, you won't mind reading this 50 times in a row.

Love these stories! Bill & Pete are a great team. Highly recommended; go for entire series! dePaola is a great author/illustrator.

My mother read this book to me as a child and I loved it. It was always so exciting and funny to me, especially the picture of Bill popping out of the bad guy's bathtub. Even now it makes me laugh!

I also used to take this book with me when I babysat and would read it to kids before bed. I never met a kid who didn't like Bill and Pete. It's the perfect mix of adventure and wit, and a great tale of friendship.

Will it raise your child's IQ by a huge margin? Probably not. Is that what bedtime stories are for? Not really.

Will they remember this book twenty years (and beyond) later with fond memories, and then read it to their own children? Absolutely.

This is my five year-old daughter's favorite book. It's the right mix of silliness (a bird for a toothbrush?!) and adventure. We love it.

William Everett Crocodile is having trouble learning to spell his name at school, until his best friend (and toothbrush!) Pete rechristens him "Bill". Exotic locations and a warm humerous story make this book and it's sequel, "Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile" two of our favorite preschool picture books. Unfortunately, the third book, "Bill and Pete to the Rescue" is a bit rambling and not in the same class.

(Spoilers ahead)

I am surprised this is a 5 star book on here?? I have been an avid reader my whole life but just found this at the library the other day. The book seems very rambling to me. William the alligator starts off with his mom buying him a bird (Pete) for a tooth brush. Then he goes to school for the first time, memorizes the alphabet perfectly on the first day, memorizes how to write the letters perfectly the second day, and then on the 3rd day they memorize how to write their name. "William" can't spell his name so Pete the Bird tells him to use Bill instead. (I found that annoying)! Then Bill & Pete sees a man steal other little alligators who will be "made into alligator purses". Then Bill is stolen. Then he escapes, crawls into the kidnappers tub & scares him - and the man runs away naked. Then Bill & Pete goes home and everything is just fine.

I didn't enjoy this book at all and it seemed very, very dumbed down compared to all the other great children's literature out there (such as "I took the Moon for a Walk", Little Golden Books, "Cordoroy", and even Arthur). I was just left with a "so-what??" feeling after reading it, and felt the storyline was ADD'ish.