Ten in the Den [Hardcover]

John Butler (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up

Deep in the den, ten sleepy animals snuggle down for the night... But how can they sleep when fidgety Little Mouse can't get comfortable? This bedtime book features baby animals, a simple counting element, and is based upon a children's favourite nursery rhyme.

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About the Author

John Butler has illustrated numerous children's books, all of which have featured the environment or animals in their natural habitats. He has also written and illustrated While You Were Sleeping, Hush Little Ones and Pi-Shu the Little Panda, and collaborated with author Sally Grindley on Polar Star, Little Tang and Little Elephant Thunderfoot John lives in Kent with his wife. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 28 pages
• Publisher: Peachtree Publishers (September 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561453447
• ISBN-13: 978-1561453443
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 9.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #739,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You just can't help but want to touch these baby animals!, September 19, 2005

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KSL "emma-and-me" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ten in the Den (Hardcover)

This book is absolutely terrific! Ten adorable & different baby animals are all sleeping in a den when a small little mouse says " Roll over". Each little animal rolls over and out of the soft den to the bottom of a hill under a shady tree until the little mouse is all alone and rolls her or himself down the hill to be with her/his sleeping friends.What is also nice is that as each animal rolls down the hill they do so in ryhme. We are also starting to learn Chinese so we are also counting in Chinese as each animal rolls to the bottom.

I don't know how John Butler does it but the baby animals he draws look so soft and fluffy that you can't help but each out and touch the animals hoping to feel each and every adorable animal! and you just can't beat a book that can be either read or sung AND reinforces counting from 10 to 1! Definately worthy of being a 10* book!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL, CREATIVE IDEA FOR THE LITTLE ONES!, September 13, 2005

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Betty L. Dravis "BETTY DRAVIS, author/reviewer" (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ten in the Den (Hardcover)

I wish this author, John Butler, had been around when I was a toddler. What fun it would have been to learn my numbers with these fun-loving animals. Beautiful art, too.
Your youngster will love it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten Stars, August 2, 2008

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book mom Beck (Midwest) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ten in the Den (Hardcover)

I will admit when I read this book for the first time I thought how dumb, I then had to read it over and over again for a few days, then the next thing I knew My one year old would sing the roll over, roll over, then she would do the bump thing. It is my favorite now. My youngest is so cute when we read it and we end up saying it when we are just doing random things. I'm so glad I bought this book it has brought a truely unreplaceable memory.