Midnight Fright [With Clock]

My daughter was given this book last year as a gift (she was only 1-1/2 at the time) and has been in love with it ever since ... even in the middle of the summer! Even now at 2-1/2, she still loves the rhyming words, fun story and cute pictures ... she knows to look for the clock on every page! And I know that she'll continue to enjoy this book in the years to come as she is learning to tell time. It's unusual to find a children's book that can legitimately span that many years! We love this book so much that I bought one for all of our toddler friends and relatives this year for Halloween ... I just had to share this great book!

My little guy simply loves his copy of Midnight Fright! As a former reading specialist, current elementary principal, and mommy of a four-year-old... I can truly say that the authors Hembrook & Heling have a magical way of knowing what turns little kids on and how to light that spark. In Midnight Fright, my little guy loves reading the pattern that starts each page. He also has such fun with the clock, and has started paying attention to clocks all over the house. Now I can't get away with saying, "It's BEDtime!" He's starting to read the clock himself, and know... We've gotten extra copies to share the joy with cousins and friends!

Our whole family had fun with this book, and the movable clock hands helps you teach them how to tell time. Our 8 year old read it to our 4 year old ,who loved it, while our 1 year old bounced to the rhythm and rhyme of the lyrics. The next day our 4 year old took it to class for "show and tell", and the teacher said the kids had a great time with it , and really liked the halloween illustrations.

This is an excellent book for teaching time. All the books written by these two authors have been wonderful stories. My grandson loves them all. He recently got glasses and particularly likes the book "I Wish I had Glasses Like Rosa".

As an educator, I am always looking for new products that I feel will engage my students and provide fun ways to incorporate important learning goals. This book fits the bill on both accounts! I really like the vocabulary within the book and the nice way that rhyming is used within the descriptive accounts for each "countdown" hour. I can use it for number/size concepts along with the concept of "match" or "same"(in the book the larger clock has moving hands that can be used to match the appropriate time on each page). Also the illustrations are suitable for Halloween but are not too scary for younger children.