Customer Reviews

D.W.'s Guide to Preschool (Arthur Adventures)

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We bought this for my 2.5 year old daughter as she went into part time preschool.

Pros:
- She loved it.
- Covers many topics of preschools and fears that kids may have
- Character is likeable by kids.
- It did help in the preschool adjustment.

Cons:
- There are 4 pages where there are kids crying within the illustrated pages. My daughter asked "why is he/she crying?" a LOT when we got this book. One is when they are being dropped off, which is OK in my opinion, because it can address this fear. BUT, the other ones are needless (example: author chose to illustrate the lyric "babies on the bus go wah, wah, wah" for music time, seems like a bad choice; show a boy crying who got a boo-boo, shows a girl crying when she spills her juice)
- I think some of the "jokes" in the book are more for the parents than the kids, I usually omit them when I am reading. My daugther has not seemed to understand them.

Overall, it is a good book because my daughter liked it. BUT, out of many books we have, I think it must have been written by a non-parent of a toddler because it just has a lot of content that is not necessarily BAD, but just not well thought out in terms of how a toddler would understand it. Kind of hard to explain, but you'll know EXACTLY what I mean when you get it!

By the way, a great one for this age group is also Maisy goes to preschool.

funny, light hearted, useful. I bought about 5 different ones to help prepare my 2 year old for preschool, and this was one of the best. This is one of the few times DW is a great role model; she takes preschool all in stride and has a good time.

My three year old son is getting ready for preschool and I was so excited to find this book. He loves the illustrations and asks a lot of questions about what is going on in the pictures. We bought this book on Saturday and within 2 days we have to have read it at leat 50 times-seriously! I want to see if he responds like this to more of Marc Brown's books!

This book is great! My daughter is nearly 3 years old and we purchased this book about 9 months ago when she attended Mother's Day Out.

This book talks about preschool is a very fun way. DW narrarates her day from when her mom drops her off until her mom picks her up. She even talks about some of the "upsetting" things that can happen. However, DW LOVES Preschool, so it doesn't upset her. DW talks about everything from going potty, to circle time, to sharing, to kids that fib a bit about what they can do.

My daughter can not get enough of this book. She has memorized it and acts out parts of the book during playtime. We actually wore it out and need to find a new one!

We just received this in the mail yesterday. My 3 year old daughter starts preschool on Monday. This book is great. We've already read it at least 5 times. The illustrations are great and the story is very easy to follow. If your child is going to school for the first time, this is the book to get.

My son will be starting preschool in a few months, so we're getting him used to the idea. I chose this book because of the friendly animal cartoons and previous reviews. I'm very happy we chose this book, but it does have a couple of things to look out for (maybe do a pre-read).

In the beginning, on the page where the kids are saying goodbye to the parents, some of them are crying. My son zeros in on that immediately and I always have to tell him those are the little kids who don't know yet. Look how happy all the other kids are. What makes it easier is that the kids who are crying turn out to be the "bad guys" of the story--the kids who don't share, who take toys, etc. That seems to help him dismiss their behavior in the crying scene.

Later in the story, the kids are singing during circle time. Unfortunately, the verse is "the babies go wah wah wah" and all the kids look like they're crying. They're really just mimicing crying to go along with the verse, but that was lost on my the first time we read the story. Since then, when I get to that page, I make a point to sing more of the song...a couple of the verses to the "wheels on the bus" song with really exaggerated "whah wah" so it's funny and he relaxes and seems to get the idea it's just acting.

Other than that, it's great and my son loves it. He asks for it as his bedtime story.

My daughter didn't want to read this because she doesn't want to go to preschool.. when I read it "to myself" but out loud she was laughing and leaning over my shoulder to see the pictures. DW is true to form - her comments had us BOTH laughing! I like it so much better than other books I ordered at the same time; some of which were dry & pendantic rather than lighthearted and humorous. This funny look at preschool helped my daughter more than all of the "what is a teacher" type books.

This was a gift so I haven't seen the book but I've heard back that it is great. It tells little pre-schoolers what goes on in class. My grandson, now, is so excited about going to preschool in the fall. This book has helped his apprehension.

This is the best book about preschool that I have read. It covers pretty much everything that happens at preschool, starting at the drop-off and ending at pick-up. It helped the transition go very smoothly for my son. It is one of his favorite books!

This book is a fabulous book for kids going to school for the first time. DW has great confidence and it is a reassuring message for our little ones. Great book - a must have!