The Ding Dong Clock

by Carol H. Behrman and Hideko Takahashi

All through the night and into the morning of a busy day, the Ding Dong Clock keeps careful time, never failing to ring in each hour.A lyrical text and playful illustrations make learning how to tell... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805058044
• ISBN13: 9780805058048
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten

Customer Reviews

Great BOOK

My child just loves the book. The clock hands aren't hard to move at all. It's a first pick every night.We just love it.

What a charmer!

This lovely picture book is a successful hour by hour mix of the everyday and the mystery of a quiet house at night while the family sleeps. At each reading I watch my toddler grandchildren sway and respond to the rhythm of the rhyming text. "Read it again" they say. What an endorsement!

DING DONG CLOCK -- Delightful, gentle, and joyful!

Each enchanting hour is heralded by the comforting toll of a stately hall clock that guards the household. Children will delight in the gently-told and pictured events that go on each hour in a nighttime household. Daytime hours show family and neighborhoods safe and secure -- an oasis for children in these difficult times. Beautiful poetic images skillfully woven into rhythmic and truly lyrical poetry. A joy to read -- and a joy to watch as toddlers sway to the beat of this lovely story. I personally love this -- even better than GOOD NIGHT MOON.

A charming book that children will ask for repeatedly

This is a charming book, full of sweetness and innocence, that children will ask for over and over again. It's a good "interactive" book -- there are moveable hands on the front cover so kids can learn how to tell time by setting the clock themselves. Also, the delightful text has repetitive phrases so that even non-readers can "chime in" when the clock strikes. In addition, the illustrations suggest the mystery and magic of both a house at night and the "secret life" of inanimate things -- both of which kids love to fantasize about.