Customer Reviews

Good Night! (Caillou)

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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!

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.

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.

My daughter loves Caillou - she's 3 and she seems to relate to him on her level. Yes, he is whiny and I don't like him much, but hey, if my kid can relate to Caillou's experiences, it's good enough for me!

I think these books are good if your kid has an issue with something. I wouldn't want to introduce being afraid of the dark if my daughter hasn't already experienced this and if we didn't have an issue with bedtime. But, knowing your kid has an issue with something, these books are good for addressing these because they can relate to Caillou. Whining and all!

With this in mind, we really liked Good Night, putting away the toys, and Hurry Up!

My 3-year old daughter just loved this book. She asked me to read it to her every night, and after a week or two she learned by heart every word of it!

I received a set of 3 Caillou books as a shower gift and my son just LOVES them. I was surprised with how much he likes the books (starting at about 14 months) because each page does have quite a bit of text. I also find the books and the show introducing negative emotions that might not enter a child's mind if it wasn't suggested. It seems as if Caillou and his parents are at odds with each other in the books I've read: Good Night, Careful, and Day Care. In the show, he is often whiny and demanding-not the kind of behavior I want my son modeling. Maybe I'm over-analyzing, after all, it's just a children's book and like I said before, my son can't get enough of Caillou.

then just wait! They're probably too young! And skipping the part about being afraid of the dark is dumb. The character is three, wait until your child is three as well. ALL CHILDREN develop some kind/degree of fear of the dark. Its normal and just means theyhave lively imaginations. The book introduces it becauses it's saying, "Hey kid, you're perfectly fine. Everyone has been afraid of the dark. It's Okay! Now go to bed."

Most parents purchase such books as "afraid of the dark books" for their child because their child IS afraid of the dark. These types of books are typically books that parents use as tools to assist their children with growing up issues. To suggest that the book is "too negative" because your 2 1/2 year old developed a fear of the dark after the parent exposed their child to the subject is more a result of poor judgement on the part of the parent. Parents need to consider age appropriateness and also use good judgement in selecting books. If you have a child that is not afraid of dogs, then don't purchase a book that is intended to be used as a tool to help those children that may have a fear of dogs. It's all about basic logic. Just because a book is a "children's book," doesn't mean that it is necessarily the best book for your particular child. Use common sense.