Next Please

Rating:
Summary: Very Disatisfied
Review: As a psychologist providing group therapy for 4-6 year old children I am often looking for books to teach social skills. I was very disatisfied with "Next Please" because it lacked a discussion of how the toys had to wait for the doctor or the importance of patience. The pictures were nice, but each page had the same style of sentence repeating until the end. Even the end did not comment on how great it was that this toy had waited. Unless you want to make the story up as you look at the pictures, this book is definitely not worth the money.

Rating:
Summary: Very Disatisfied
Review: As a psychologist providing group therapy for 4-6 year old children I am often looking for books to teach social skills. I was very disatisfied with "Next Please" because it lacked a discussion of how the toys had to wait for the doctor or the importance of patience. The pictures were nice, but each page had the same style of sentence repeating until the end. Even the end did not comment on how great it was that this toy had waited. Unless you want to make the story up as you look at the pictures, this book is definitely not worth the money.

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Summary: One Of My Recent Favorites
Review: Next Please is one of my favorite recent children's books. A group of broken toys anxiously await going into the doctor's office to be fixed. The toys sit outside the doctor's office lined up one by one in chairs. As the door opens the toys go in one at a time. Each toy comes out a few minutes later happy and as good as new. This is a wonderful story if you have a little one at home waiting for his or her first visit to the doctor. The illustrations are a marvel to behold.

Preston McClear, author The Boy Under the Bed