Customer Reviews

Billy's Bucket

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I am a substitute teacher and I take this book with me every time I sub. This book belongs to my five year old son and he loves to have this book read to him, but I steal it and take it when I work. I have read it to students of all ages and it is always a hit. I use it for a reward or just sometimes to relax and listen to a good story. I found it interesting that Fifth graders like this story as much as Kindergartners. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read to kids.

I love stories that show a child how to be imaginitive and this one does. Billy sees the most amazing things in his bucket. My son (3) loved this one right off the bat. My only negative, the ending seems a bit disjointed. Everything is flowing along well, and then BAM ending. There's no intro or explanation to the ending, I always find myself explaining what happened to my son. It's just not quite clear. Fun art.

I am a public librarian and do, at a minimum, three storytimes a week for preschoolers. This week that amounted to about 80 children and they LOVED Billy's Bucket!! It was so much fun to read and the kids loved that the dad was the one who was in trouble because he didn't listed to Billy. What a hoot!

I thought Billy's Bucket was a very good book. I think the age for this book is about the second grade level, but can definitely be read to younger students. It's Billy's birthday and the only thing he wants is a bucket, nothing else so his parents agree for Billy to have a bucket. Therefore, they search the store for a bucket that is just right for Billy. He find the best bucket ever and takes it home, excited to fill it with water, he looks in and sees some amazing things going on in his bucket but the only problem is nobody believes him. He tells his parents numerous times not to use the bucket, but they do anyways and something unbelievable happens. I think this is a very good book for younger kids that have an imagination. There is nothing educational about this book, except that maybe sometimes parents should really listen to their kids. This is a good book that you could do numerous activities with. The pictures in the book are very detailed and very colorful

Ok, this is my first time writing a review. I just had to. I have three boys and they all LOVE this book. They are 2, 5 and 7. From day one, my older son loved that this book turned the tables and showed what happened when parents did not listen to their children, instead of the other way around. We have created our own bucket at home and when I read this book to their classes, I ask the students what they wish was in the bucket. They love doing this! I cannot say enough good things about this book.

I bought this book, because my 4 year old son and I borrowed it from the library. Ever since then all he wanted to read was "Billy's Bucket". We were constantly checking this book out until I found it here at Amazon. This is one of my son's favorite books. The basis and understanding with imagination is absolutely wonderful. I would recommend this book to anyone.

This is an easy story to read, and it's great for two-year-olds. Very creative, "outside the box" book.