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Summary: Amazing entertainment value
Review: I was skeptical about whether this book would go over well with my kids (18 months and 3) and I surely didn't need to worry! they LOVE it. They play with it many times a day and never seem to tire of it - esp. putting the Teletubbies to bed. I [would suggest] laminating the Teletubbies - that is a must since they are flimsy cardboard and will dissolve if put in the mouth (which of course is the first thing my daughter did). My 3 year old likes to play with them even without the book and puts them in his trucks and walks them around etc. I am amazed how much they enjoy this book and how it never seems to bore them.
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Summary: Get creative and make this book even more fun
Review: This book is great. You MUST laminate the teletubbies though. To make it more fun, use your own cardboard to make some tubby toast (I made colored toast to match each tubby), and make an extra teletubby cutout and paste a photo of your child on it. Really adds to the fun.
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Summary: cut outs are a pain
Review: When I ordered this book, I just wanted a simple storybook to read to my Teletubbie-obsessed 17 month old. I didn't realize there would be cut outs of the Teletubbies which one must insert into slots in each page in order to properly read the story. The worst part about this is that on most of the pages the slots are poorly designed- they are too small to fit the cut outs and one must struggle and force them in (tearing them in the process). Of course, my son is too young to play with the cut outs himself, but I can't imagine even an older child doing it. That said, my son absolutely loves this book- as it is big and bright and colorful and he loves when the Teletubbies go down the slide and get into their beds. I just wish it were better designed and that the cutouts were an added option, because except on one page where there is a picture of Tinky Winky, it is Teletubbieless unless you use the cut outs. **UPDATE**: Well, after only a couple of weeks, the cut outs were completely ruined: dogeared, torn and taped back together. I considered buying another book even though I hate it so much. My husband said we should get the cut outs laminated this time, which was another readers suggestion (the publishers really should do this, not the consumer, but I guess they sell more books this way if you have to buy a new one every two weeks)...
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Summary: The Happy Day (aka Many, Many Happy Day's)
Review: While I, as the mom, might find this book (and all Teletubbie products) excruciatingly boring and banal, my kids LOVE this book. Taking the Teletubbie creatures through their Happy Day provides (seemingly) endless amusement for both my 1 1/2-year-old daughter and 3 1/2-year-old son. The page with the slide is the most popular; I have to believe there is some hand/eye/spacial skill to be learned here. Putting the Teletubbies to bed is also a favorite activity and an opportunity to do some color matching. While I cringe every time (10 times a day) my kids bring me this book, and I often feel compelled to inflict pain on Tim Jacobus, we just ordered a replacement copy as our original is dilapidated and LaLa is missing (don't ask!).
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