Nora is a big girl now, but she still clings to her pacifier when she gets sleepy. One day it falls out of her pocket while she’s playing outside. Ella Elephant doesn’t know what it is, but she thinks it’ll make a beautiful ring for her trunk. When she too loses it, Lotti Lamb finds it and thinks it’ll make a nice hair clip. One by one different animals find the binky and put it to different uses, only to lose it again. And just when Nora finally finds it, she realizes that maybe she doesn’t need it anymore. Here is a cute, funny look at what it means to put aside baby things, and will serve as a help to all those parents hoping to say bye-bye to that binky!
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PreS–Nora, a young kitty, doesn't need her Binky anymore, but she still relies on it for comfort now and then. When she loses it, Ella Elephant finds it and uses it as a ring for her trunk. This pattern continues with Nora's other toy friends using the pacifier as a hair clip, a swing, and even a catapult. When she realizes that it is missing, she institutes a search. Together they discover the beat-up object, with each pal claiming it. Nora admits it is her Binky, but she finds that she literally can let it go, tied to the end of a helium balloon. Yonezu and Weninger have done a rare thing by creating a book about pacifiers that is fun. The full-page cartoonlike paintings in bright colors, with the Binky featured close up, are appealing, and the story is predictably reassuring. Children will appreciate this title's simple playfulness, and parents will value its supportive tone.–Rachel G. Payne, Brooklyn Public Library, NY
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Brigitte Weninger lives in Austria.
Yusuke Yonezu lives in Japan.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Very cute book,
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This review is from: Bye-Bye Binky (Hardcover)
I purchased this book to read to my 3 year old daughter before we took the pacifier away (or as we told her the boom boom fairy). We read it the night the fairy came. My daughter loved the book. It is so funny (she even laughed out loud a bunch of times). This book makes the pacifier seem like it's not a very big deal as the other animals find different and silly uses for it. However, I like how it didn't skip over the fact that Nori did miss it, because I believe it is important to acknowledge a child's feeling. But at the end, it makes the point that Nori is big and he doesn't need it anymore as his friends watch with support. Since taking away my daughter pacifier she has wanted to read this story every night. And I believe in enforces the fact that yes she misses her pacifier, but she is a big girl now.
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I was skeptical that this would work, but after the second night of reading it, when asked if she was ready to say "bye bye" to her binky, my daughter gave me her binky and said "bye bye"! She has asked for it a couple of times, and we just explain that she said "bye bye" just like Nori did in the book. So this really helped us take that first big step of moving in the right direction!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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My daughter gave up her binky within a week of reading this book. It was a great buy.
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Nori is a big boy now. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Nori is a big boy now. Read the first page New!
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