One Ted Falls Out of Bed: A Counting Story

By Julia Donaldson and Donaldson Julia

Book Overview

When Ted falls out of bed, three tearaway mice whisk him off on a breathtaking adventure. They zoom around in fast cars, go on a balloon ride and climb a building-block mountain. It's all very exciting, but will Ted ever get back to his bed?

One Ted Falls Out of Bed's counting theme is woven perfectly into a magical, rhythmic text by former Children's Laureate, Julia Donaldson, and features gorgeous illustrations from Anna Currey.

• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447209958
• ISBN13: 9781447209959
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Pan MacMillan
• Length: 12 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 2 to 3 years
• Grade Range: Preschool

Customer Reviews

Exciting count up, relaxing count down.

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.

great!

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

dolls and trolls rhyme in british english :)

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.