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Good Night, Sweet Butterflies: A Color Dreamland Review
makes bedtime a fun, soothing experience for little sleepyheads. They will love the rhyming story -- and the glittery butterflies teach colors while easing children into dreamland. It's the perfect way to say good night, every night! User Submitted Good Night, Sweet Butterflies: A Color Dreamland ReviewsOctober 25, 2008 Beautiful bedtime lullaby; still a favorite after five years! Someone gave me this book at my baby shower. Five years and two kids later, it's still a favorite! The text offers a sweet, rhyming lullaby, perfect for bedtime rituals. The die-cut pages and 3-D glittery butterflies provide counting fun and visual appeal. It teaches numbers, colors and subtraction. And it's sturdy! At first glance it seems feminine, but my very rough-and-tumble son enjoys it as well. This is a great book -- the only gift I received that day that isn't collecting dust. September 4, 2008 Good Night, Sweet Butterflies ISBN 0689856849 - Whether or not you enjoy this book will probably depend on what it is you expect from it. It is easy to become confused by the cover statement "From the creator of Ten Little Ladybugs". The creator/author of that book is Melanie Gerth, and she is also the creator of Good Night, Sweet Butterflies - but she is not the author here. The text in this case is by Dawn Bentley, illustrations by Heather Cahoon. That information, intentionally or not, is hidden away on the back cover in small letters. Ladybugs fans might find themselves disappointed. Nine glittery plastic butterflies head off to find a place to sleep. One by one, they choose a place, until there are none left. It is time to sleep until another day arrives. While technically a Board Book, the pages here are much thinner than the usual board book binding. That and the small, not too hard to remove butterflies (a potential choking hazard) make the book unsuitable for children under 3. There are cut-outs on the cover for all nine butterflies and each succeeding page has one less cut-out, which is a nice way to learn to count down from 9. The places the butterflies choose to sleep are color-based (the blue butterfly chooses a blue stream, the red on red roses, etc), so colors are introduced as well. The negative comes in two parts, both in the writing. The text is in rhyme, but the rhyming pattern is clunky, with long lines and no evident cadence to it. In addition, some lines are tongue twisters ("with a pink piglet and three playful pink possums"), which only makes reading the rhyme more difficult. If your child is likely to spend a lot of time on the counting, you'll take so long between pages that the rhyme issues won't matter anyway, but it's an annoyance that what is essentially a poem doesn't flow the way you expect it to. Really a nice book and a super cute idea, Butterflies is just missing something in the text. - AnnaLovesBooks March 1, 2008 A beautiful bedtime book Reading this book is our bedtime ritual since when my daughter was 7 months old. We would make up stories and talk to the animals/bugs/flowers in the book and sing to them. My daughter loves it. It's a beautiful book to read before bed and it probably will bring sweet dreams to the little sleepy head, who knows... it's an excellent book to each babies colors as well. January 9, 2008 My Daughters FAVORITE Book. My daughter loves this book so much. When she finds it she gets really excited. Sometimes she just carries it around the house with her. If I put it with the rest of her books it will be out when I go back into her room later. I'm going to have to order another one because its not the strongest book and she is pretty hard on it. Its a great book though, really cute. December 19, 2007 I am yet to find a better book This book has the most spectacular illustrations I have ever seen in a book. It is a favorite for both my daughters and the butterfly's make it even more fun. I am yet to find a book greater or as good as this one. Heck it is my favorite too :)The story has such a sweet soothing tone to it as well. I would recommend this book to anyone with children. It is so great I even took time to write a review on it. that is rare! October 29, 2007 Different book. Not the expected original. Parts missing. I expected the "good night sweet butterflies" book that I had in a larger format. Because the book is small, some pages have been cut off, and the text is completely different and much worse than the text of the large book. I am very disappointed with this purchase. July 22, 2007 Great for learning colors My daughter is 2 and loves this book. It has helped her learn her colors and she loves to touch the butterflys. The pictures are fun and she finds new things to look at every time we read it. May 17, 2007 Beautiful The pictures in this book are so lovely. Short easy to read text for those kids who would rather look at the pictures than listen to the words. We spend most of the time pointing out all the things of like colors on each page (i.e. pink pig, pink possum, pink butterfly, etc.). Both my girls enjoy this book. It has been a favorite of my younger child for over 6 months (she's 21 mo. now). Whenever we sense an impending meltdow/temper tantrum, we pull this book out to distract her. February 18, 2007 sweet, colorful and educational This story is one of my daughter's favorites; she learned her colors listening to this book. The raised butterflies are a great tactile addition to this already interesting book. Bright, colorful illustrations are appealing to little eyes as well as big. February 11, 2007 absolutely delightful book This book is so delightful. The colors, the story, the quality---mommy and 36 mo old approve!! Two thumbs up For more Good Night, Sweet Butterflies: A Color Dreamland reviews click here.
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