Pete Cat Four Groovy Buttons Reviews Summary

Book Quality and Design

Pros:

• "It's a hardcover book with an outlet sleeve."
• "The size of the book is ideal for my 6 year old son."
• "It’s hard cover and the pages are thick so it’s less likely to be torn by the kids."
• "Fortunately, the pages are durable and have a glossy/laminated feel to them."
• "Bright colors, soft, clean, semi-glossy pages."
• "The visuals when reading are outstanding."
• "The illustrations are so vibrant."

Cons:

• "Wish it came on board books because babies and paper is a tough battle."
• "4 pages came ripped out my kids were extremely disappointed."
• "The problem is that the last page has been torn in half and you cannot even read the last paragraph of the book because it is gone!"
• "I wish the cover didn't have such hard, pointy corners and I wish it was a bit longer."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "Good price. Shipped quickly."
• "These books run normally around $18 for the hardcover so the price on Amazon is a steal!!"
• "If you buy the book through scholastic, it is really cheap."
• "The book is much cheaper on amazon than in Target or Barnes and Noble."
• "This is a great book at a great price."
• "This was a very great buy! It shipped very fast and the purchasing process was very easy."
• "Once you buy one Pete the Cat you will be hooked."

Cons:

• "Amazon refuses to refund the purchase."
• "This very short book was overly expensive."
• "The print was so small on my kindle it just wasn't worth it."
• "First time getting a children's book for Kindle, will see how I lime it__so far I can't get it to work!"

Educational Content

Pros:

• "Teaching the start of counting and colours!"
• "This is a great book for a Pre-K class. There's math, colors and self-regulation techniques."
• "Pete the Cat's lessons in subtraction are accompanied by a lesson in loss - 'Buttons come and buttons go. Do we cry? Goodness, no' (And there's always a consolation - in this case, a belly button!)"
• "Each book teaches concepts (colors, numbers, etc) and uses repetitive language, which my granddaughter now can anticipate and 'read'."
• "A great way to teach number recognition and one to one correspondence."
• "It teaches simple subtraction and what a subtraction equation looks like."
• "It teaches counting down in number sequence, and patterns in phrases being repeated."

Cons:

• "That cost $8.00, it isn't even a story. Basically a couple math problems and not much else."

Story and Illustrations

Pros:

• "These books have amazing colors."
• "The colorful illustrations are great fun."
• "We love the bright illustrations and the overall message of the story."
• "The illustrations are vivid, colorful, and fun."
• "The art work in the book is so bright and beautiful."
• "The illustrations are gorgeous, and the story is really fun and gives a great lesson on seeing everything in the positive."
• "The Story is fun and the illustrations are great!"

Cons:

• "Some Pete the Cat books have been a disappointment."