The Doorbell Rang

Absolutely amazing book, it's one of my favorites, but the seller should NOT list a book in VERY GOOD condition when the book cover is full of creases. Misleading and false advertising.

I have been reading Pat Hutchins books to children for many years. They are all wonderful. The Doorbell Rang is great for learning problem solving, math concepts,and the joy and sometimes the dilemma of sharing!

How silly... they list the age ranges for this delightful book as 4 to 8 years of age; like 2 year olds aren't interested in cookies and friends! In fact this small book is a good choice for any young child's library, especially as this is a story that can grow with a child. When they are really young it can be a tale about friendship and sharing. When they grow older, the sly parent can introduce a math lesson along with a reading lesson. (At first there are 12 cookies for 2 children, which makes 6 each. When 2 additional children visit that makes 3 cookies each and so on.) This book was on my entering kindergartners summer reading list and we definitely agree that it is a great read. Certainly my just-turned 3 year-old and 5 year-old give this wonderful book two thumbs up.

Sam and Victoria's mother makes a dozen cookies to share. Then the doorbell rings and two friends arrive. Now the cookies must be divided between four people. Just as this is settled, the doorbell rings again. How many people can a dozen cookies be shared with? Not a problem. Grandma shows up just in time with more! This book is a must for children learning multiplication and division. I am an Education Major at the University of Arizona. I took this book into a third grade class just finishing up their multiplication/division unit. We integrated their white boards and they illustrated the division of cookies, and the resulting equation as we proceeded through the story. They really had fun! I highly recommend this book. The story is well written and the illustrations are terrific!

This a great book for almost every child. I am an Education Major at Pima Community College in Tucson, Az. I work also work at a Pre-school and the childeren love this book (Childeren ages 12 months to 3 1/2 years). We read it atleast once a day. This is a great book because they don't know it but they are learning how to add and subtract, using cookies. It's great because if you read it aloud to them and then show them how many kids show up, then they start to realize how many cookies are actually there, and then it gets to how many cookies each child will get. The first time I read this book to my kids, they loved it and after the second time they stated to pick up on the subratcion part of the book and now every time we read the book they can come up with the anserws on thier own. It's really amazing to me how they will start to pick it up.

This book was one of my daughters favorites when she was little. She giggled every time I said, with great zeal, "And the doorbell rang"! My house has always been quite active which made this story perfect for us. For any parent with a busy life, this book with tickle you to the core. I enjoyed reading it as much as my daughter enjoyed listening to it. Truly a fun read!