Customer Reviews

One Ted Falls out of Bed

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Another hit by Donaldson- and, by the way, in UK English, doll DOES rhyme with troll. Ms Donaldson is from England.

This is another great book by donaldson. My son loves this book and has since started calling all his bears Ted we have ted one and two and so on. The book is on a little lower level than Gruffalo and Room on the Broom. (which my son also loves) but still a great story. Also it first i didnt get the doll and troll, but one of my friends is English, so I asked if they say tr-oll and not t-roll so it does make since.

So many picture books go up to ten, but not many take the time to craft a peak in the center of the book, then slowly coast back down to a quiet and relaxing ending.

This one does. And I'm so glad, because while there are other good bedtime counting books (Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang comes to mind) this lets the excitement happen in the midst of the story, leaving time for a slow relax into the mindest of sleep once the story is finished.

I'm also quite fond of the author's conviction that kids don't need to be beaten over the head with numerals or overly contrived sets of items in order to get the concept.

This book is good but not great, my son likes to read it occasionally. i agree though, not as good as the gruffalo and her other books.

I bought this book thinking it would be to the same level as Gruffalo (which I truly enjoyed along with my daughter!) However, the rhyming just was not as good ('doll' rhyming with 'troll'?) and even the pictures were not as good! One picture bugged me... supposed to be 6 dolls drinking tea, and there were only 5! Call me anal but that matters when you're trying to teach a toddler to count! Well, bottom line I was looking forward to reading this with my daughter for the first time, but ended up being sorely disappointed.