Ten in the Den

By John Butler

Book Overview

Adorable animals make room in their den for sleepy friends in this story that helps readers countdown to bedtime.

Deep in the den, ten sleepy, cuddly animals snuggle up together for the night. As the animal friends roll over to make more room, one animal after another gently tumbles out of the cozy den...until Little Mouse is left all alone. But Little Mouse misses his friends, so he comes up with the perfect solution to his problem.

John Butler's charming version of a familiar children's rhyme features a simple but playful text and soft, pastel-colored illustrations of bright-eyed baby animals. The result is an irresistible read-aloud story that will invite delighted responses from young children.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561459658
• ISBN13: 9781561459650
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 9.2" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten

Customer Reviews

Ten Stars

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.

An excellent book for a little reader

My not-quite-four-year-old loves to be read to before she goes to bed, and this book is one of her favorites. Using large and colorful pictures, the book tells the story of ten baby animals in the den. Each time the baby mouse says, "Roll over! Roll over!" one of the baby animals tumbles out of the den, and down the hill. Finally, the little mouse, missing its friends joins them under a tree, and they all go to sleep together. My little one loves this book - loves the cartoon baby animals, loves saying the "Roll over" lines together with me, and yells, "Bump!" as each one reaches the bottom. Yep, this is an excellent book for a little reader. We give it two thumbs up!

Quite Possibly the Cutest Children's Book Ever!

We found this book at the library and have since purchased it. My preschooler loves this book because it can be sung (I think the original song is 10 in a bed and the little one says roll over). In this book it's the 10 animals with the little mouse telling each one to roll over and they roll out of the den. It's also a great bedtime book because it ends with all the animals falling asleep. The illustrations are absolutely adorable. Each animal is done so well they really look so fluffy and huggable. I am definitely going to purchase this book for gifts especially for children in the 2 to 4 year old range. We read a lot of books at our house but is one of my very favorites!

You just can't help but want to touch these baby animals!

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!

WONDERFUL, CREATIVE IDEA FOR THE LITTLE ONES!

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!