The Ding Dong Clock

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.

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!

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.

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.