Fred and Ted Go Camping

Earlier, I commented on the review that described this book as "not likely to entertain even the smallest child." I've since purchased this book for our two-year-old boy. He loves it, as he does the first Fred and Ted one. When reading, he learns about camping equipment, colors, actions, relationships, and more. Although he was just beginning to understand the concept of "pretend play," he could easily understand that our boat was like Fred's and Ted's boat and we could pretend to paddle. As another reviewer implied, the point isn't really whether or not we adults like it. It's whether or not our kids benefit from it. Obviously, kids have different tastes. Our guy has no interest in some books/toys about which other parents rave, no matter how hard I try to make them engaging. That's just him. He does like this book, however, as do I.

And I do kinda agree with the previous commenter who said it's not anywhere near as good as the original. But.... My nieces love it. They request it often, and it's not *that* bad. That's good enough for me!

My 2-year old loves Big Dog, Little Dog so I was very excited to find this book. It is just as cute as the original. I hope Peter Eastman will do more with Fred & Ted!