Good Night! (Caillou) [Paperback]

Claude Lapierre (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Caillou

For the first time, Caillou sleeps through the night with the door closed.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

In the North Star series, three-year-old Caillou continues to learn about life. He is also beginning to take his first steps into the wider world in an effort to understand his environment. The North Star books, conceived with a child psychologist, encourage personal growth and confidence by teaching children about themselves, familiar situations, and the challenges they might encounter in their daily lives. Caillou's adventures help children become confident that they can handle new experiences. The clear illustrations and simple texts provide ideal tools for language acquisition while fostering interaction between parent and child.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Chouette Editions (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2894501765
• ISBN-13: 978-2894501764
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 7.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #985,972 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Caillou as a good example, March 26, 2001

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Birdie "Birdie" (Mountain House, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Night! (Caillou) (Paperback)

This is a beautifully illustrated book based on the PBS series, "Caillou".

This book illustrates how Caillou is a "big boy" now, able to stay up later than his baby sister, play board games with his parents, and finally go to bed, with his door shut. Thanks to this book, we were finally able to convince our daughter to sleep all night in her own bed. She is proud to say that she is now a "big girl", just like Caillou!

26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a great Caillou book, March 27, 2002

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This review is from: Good Night! (Caillou) (Paperback)

First of all, this was my 4th Caillou book purchase and my 2 1/2 year old loves the cartoon series so I am a Caillou fan. Despite this,I must say that this book (and another which I just got "Caillou-Careful"-see that review too)has some examples of unwanted behavior in it that I'd would rather not teach to my son. May be my son is more impressionable than others, but he picked up that Caillou was scared of the dark, didn't want to go to bed and wanted his door open. All this stuff needs addresing if it's an issue in your house, but my son has no fear (yet?) of any of those things. I now edit myself when I read this book to my son because I don't want to teach him that there's a reason to fear bedtime. When he loses interest in it I plan on throwing it out. I almost got the Caillou Potty book but I read a reveiw that said almost the same thing that I just said about this book influencing negative behavior. I would suggest avoiding this book for that reason too.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written book, October 28, 2003

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J. Jones "petrijones" (Indy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Night! (Caillou) (Paperback)

I agree with the last review...this book introduces too many negative behaviors for children. Our 2 1/2 year-old daughter has not had a fear of the dark, so we found ourselves editing the story to fit our needs. But aside from that, I've found this book, as with several in the series to be burdensome to read. They introduce too many ideas/lines of text per page, cramming in lots of events that aren't or can't be represented by one picture alone. Also, it just seems these storylines were cranked out without any thought as to cohesiveness and pleasant wording. The Caillou Play Time book actually expresses that Caillou has feelings of hatred toward his parents. Needless to say, it was a bit over-the-top for our tastes.