No Biting!

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Summary: NOT ALL ABOUT BITING
Review: I bought this book because I thought it was all about biting. The book title is misleading. It includes biting, hiting, kicking, spitting.... There's only one page about biting. I'm not even going to show this to my daughter because she doesn't have a brother (referenced on--don't spit on your brother) nor do we have a dog (referenced on--don't kick the dog). Don't want to confuse her.

Rating:
Summary: NOT ALL ABOUT BITING
Review: I bought this book because I thought it was all about biting. The book title is misleading. It includes biting, hiting, kicking, spitting.... There's only one page about biting. I'm not even going to show this to my daughter because she doesn't have a brother (referenced on--don't spit on your brother) nor do we have a dog (referenced on--don't kick the dog). Don't want to confuse her.

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Summary: Excellent!!
Review: I bought this book for my son when he began biting when he was one. He is now two and he still loves it. He can recite the book to me and even "reads" it to himself. The flap pages are fun and different from the other books he has and it seems to be age appropriate in that it is not so complicated to lose his attention. We read the book together to learn improper behaviors and when he was bit by his cousin afew weeeks ago, he said "NO biting", just like the book taught him. I would recomend this book to parents trying to replace incorrect behaviors with the appropriate behavior. (Bite apples, not your friends). I love this book and think it is a great addition to my son's library.

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Summary: An excellent book for toddlers!
Review: I got this to teach my son not to bite, and it works fine for him and that behavior. However, my daughter who is 3 1/2 and who has had no problems with biting or causing trouble read it to herself. The book covers biting, hitting, and pushing, which she has long heard were wrong because they can hurt people. The book also covers spitting. This is really weird. I don't think toddlers have problems with spitting unless someone teaches them to do it. They do a page on "Don't spit on your brother" -- I don't think my daughter would have ever thought about this on her own, but next thing I know that evening she spits on her brother. We had to have a discussion about even though spitting doesn't hurt people, it is still wrong.

I wouldn't recommend it, since it basically teaches children how to spit, and that they can spit at people -- even though they mention it is wrong, it puts the idea into the child's head. I think the author just needed one more page of bad behavior to finish the book and came up with spitting, which really doesn't fit as a bad toddler behavior.

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Summary: Wonderful book for young toddlers
Review: Most of the children's books that I've come across that address appropriate behavior are geared towards pre-schoolers or older toddlers. When looking for a book for my 16 month old, I was very excited to come across this one.

The book is a perfect introduction to what's acceptable behavior for children of his age range. Great things about this book include:

-It covers all the behaviors we needed to address and then some. It includes biting, hitting, pushing, kicking, and spitting.

-For each inappropriate behavior, there is an alternative appropriate behavior shown in a lift-the-flap format. For example, one page says, "No hitting Mommy. Then asks "What can you hit?", and under the flap reads "A drum!", with a girl enthusiasticly doing just that.

-It has simple colorful illustrations that capture my son's attention, and it does not include too much text to distract him.

-It ends with a little persuasion by asking, "Can you remember?", and under the flap showing a little girl with her hands in the air saying, "Yes I can!"

The first time I read this book to my son he was very interested, and I could see the gears turning in his little head. (It seems the content hit home with my little pusher/kicker/biter!) After reading it only a few times, his behavior seems to have improved.

I would highly recommend this book to all parents of young toddlers.

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Summary: Great learning tool
Review: My 19-month old son can't get enough of this book. He loves it. He was a slow talker, but this book helped him to say new words. He took pride in the fact that he knew all the answers before we lifted the flaps! The book is simple and holds toddlers' attention well too. I'd highly recommend it.

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Summary: My toddler loved it so much we had to buy a replacement book
Review: My daughter is now a little over a year and a half and she's been so attached to this book for MONTHS. In fact, she loves this book so much that she's torn the lift up flap pages because she gets so eager to see what's next. There is so much scotch tape holding up her current book that my husband and I thought we should just get a replacement book as well as order other Karen Katz books. I hope your little one enjoys the book as much as my little one has.

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Summary: My son asks to read it!
Review: This is a very simple to understand book that my two year old really seems to "get". I have noticed a decrease in hitting and biting. My only (small) complaint is some of the bad habits address specific people such as Don't spit on your brother but it is easy enough to review all the people we don't spit on, etc. A very enjoyable book that he asks to read at bedtime!

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Summary: An excellent book for toddlers!
Review: We bought this book for my daughter when she started biting other kids at her daycare (around 17 months old). It was such a hit with her, I also bought a few more copies for the daycare. Besides biting, it also addresses all the other negative behaviors we don't want our children engaging in. My daughter loves to lift the flaps and yell out the answers. When she does slip with one of the behaviors, I gently say, "No hitting. What can you hit?" She knows the answer right away and knows to apologize. At 2 years old, the book is still a hit and one we continue to ready daily. Fidning fun interactive books that teach a good message can be hard. This one makes it very easy for the parent!