As she was not expecting a visitor for dinner Walter didn't stay long. One night after his parents have said goodnight Walter bounces so high on his bed he makes the floor crack and he falls right into Miss. They are both young boys that like to jump around, however Walter’s parents tell him not to. Walter lives in a tall building where the boy above him likes to bounce loudly on his bed. The final page of the book provokes a higher level of thought, as the child must infer that the character was dreaming the entire time. The child would recognize the pattern and use reasoning to understand that the boy was going to fall to through the floor each time.
This book would be useful in transitioning a child into the concrete operational stage. This book stimulates working memory, as people and objects from the each of the floors of the building are added each time the child falls through to the next level. By pointing out that words with the same ending rhyme, one can promote phonological awareness.
I can imagine that children in the later part of the preoperational stage would appreciate the rhyme scheme, as well as some of the colorful language the author uses. Phonemic awareness can be developed by pointing out that words that begin with the same sound often begin with the same letter. I thought this book would be useful in introducing children to literary concepts such as alliteration. Others may prefer this version.įor ages 5 to 7.5, fantasy, jumping, directions, sequencing, rules, consequences, humor, onomatopoeia, verbs, prediction, and fans of Tedd Arnold. I really enjoyed the original version and 'like' the new one, but strongly prefer the original edition. I do feel that having very exaggerated images strongly draws the focus to the humor, taking away the fantasy element of having ones bed crash through an apartment building, and distracts from the multicultural element of the neighbors as well.
Personally, I really prefer his original illustrations, which to me highlight the fantasy of this story and don't merely emphasize the humor.
On many pages very small examples of the original illustrations are seen in a falling original edition of this book. No Jumping on the Bed 25th Anniversary Edition by Tedd Arnold is a new rendition of this story, with the illustrations redone in the style of the Fly Guy books.Īrnold's illustrations for this 25th anniversary edition are revised to more closely match his current illustration style as in Fly Gy books.
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