Thumb (Bright & Early Board Books)

Love this book. I gave it four stars just because I should have checks the dimensions better and the pages tear very easily, which is unfortunate. I will need another one either bigger or in board book style.

We literally read the cover off this book when my three children were small in the 1980's. Now my oldest daughter is having twin girls and I'm going to let her and her husband know the joys of reading a book over, and over, and over, until it is permanently etched in your brain and the cover falls off! Oh, and there is a definite tempo at which to read the book that the new parents will be taught as well! When I hear that beat from something else I still find myself saying: "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb! One hand, one hand beating on a drum, dum ditty dum ditty dum! dum! Dum!" Seriously, this is a terrific children's book that received a lot of love and reading over the years!

I bought this book for my Grandaughter. I first used it with my own daughter. I loved to read it in a rhythm as though a drum was beating. My daughter memorized it and somehow learned to read on her own after that.

My daughter's favorite book of all time! The rhyme and rhythm is practically hypnotic. Highly recommended. We have quite a few of this series and have borrowed others from the library. In my opinion, this is the best of the series.

Grandfather's favorite book for introducing youngsters to the fun of rhythm and words. Wonderful for reading/bonding as they drum drum drum along to the reading. This is NOT a hum drum, hum drum, hum drum hum book, even with those words in play.

I ordered a whole bunch of these, as we inherited two 1 year-old grandbabies, and have 3 more due over the next several months. These are great classic Seuss books, and the sturdy cardboard will hold up against 5 kids, and can be wiped off!

This is a fantastic rhyming and rhythmical book for babies, especially the board version. My nephews and nieces have all loved it. Studies have shown that children who are read to from an early age, particularly involving rhyme tend to be better readers and this is the perfect book for that.

I found a copy of this book accidentally years ago at a yard sale, not knowing what a treasure it was. Our three children (and we parents!) loved it. Having given that book to a friend, I bought this copy through the store to have at home for visits of my grandchildren. What a great adventure of rhyme and rhythm. I love reading it aloud to children!