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Tell Me the Day Backwards
In this delightful bedtime story, a young bear tells his mama all about his exciting day — in reverse — inspiring little listeners to do the same.
Just before going to bed, Timmy Bear and his mama play a game they call Tell Me the Day Backwards. Timmy tries to remember everything that happened to him that day in reverse, from watching the sunset on the hill to the picnic su...more
Just before going to bed, Timmy Bear and his mama play a game they call Tell Me the Day Backwards. Timmy tries to remember everything that happened to him that day in reverse, from watching the sunset on the hill to the picnic su...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
March 22nd 2011
by Candlewick Press
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Tell Me the Day Backwards by Albert Lamb, illustrated by David McPhail, is a bedtime story in which a young bear tells his mama all about his exciting day — in reverse.
Timmy Bear tells the day's events backward, with prompting and help from his mother. Timmy's day included brushing his teeth, watcing the sunset, a picnic, sunning on a rock, being rescued by Papa Bear, seeing a scary fish face underwater, diving into the deep pool, being chased by bees, eating the bees' honey, discovering a beehi...more
Timmy Bear tells the day's events backward, with prompting and help from his mother. Timmy's day included brushing his teeth, watcing the sunset, a picnic, sunning on a rock, being rescued by Papa Bear, seeing a scary fish face underwater, diving into the deep pool, being chased by bees, eating the bees' honey, discovering a beehi...more
I am a huge fan of any children's book that accomplishes several educational goals within one story. 'Tell Me the Day Backwards' by Albert Lamb gets so many things right within a short, adorable story featuring Timmy Bear and Mama Bear and their nighttime ritual of going over the events of the previous day. Instead of beginning with the morning and talking about everything that happened that day, they start with bedtime and think about all the things they did that day in reverse. This story woul...more
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4.5 - Tell Me the Day Backwards is different than anything we've read before. I'm sure there are others out there like it, maybe even done as well, but this is the first we've experienced and Julia and I both adored it.
It's a very simple story, a Mother Bear asks her Little Bear about the day and they go through the day backwards. It's easily seen how one thing led to another much of the time and it's super cute.
The illustrations are soft too, just like the story, which works so well here. This...more
It's a very simple story, a Mother Bear asks her Little Bear about the day and they go through the day backwards. It's easily seen how one thing led to another much of the time and it's super cute.
The illustrations are soft too, just like the story, which works so well here. This...more
A sweet bedtime story with lovely, softly colored illustrations. I remember when Ellen was little, we would read bedtime stories and then talk about her day, although we never did it backwards. This might inspire a tradition in some families. Timmy Bear is getting ready for bed and he tells his mother, "Let's play Tell Me the Day Backwards." His mother encourages him to start, and he begins by telling of brushing his teeth in the stream. Then Mama Bear responds, "That was after we watched the su...more
I heard about this book from another librarian and was not initially attracted to the concept -- a young bear, going to bed, asks to "play Tell Me the Day Backwards." But the story is more interesting than a simple sequencing story. The young bear recounts his adventures from the day, some of which are more bear-like than others. The story ends by revealing that this was the first day that the young bear after the winter's hibernation. This will make a wonderful fall/spring read aloud for young...more
I wanted to like this book just based upon the adorable cover. I mean, it's so sweet...momma bear gazing down at baby bear in his bed. Awww. The premise of the book is just as the title hints...the bear is told his day backwards for his bedtime story. I found it clumsy...and wonder if there wouldn't have been a forwards day first, then the backwards day if it may have translated better. My kids enjoyed it and I would think that if you are a reader are "feeling" it, others could pull it off for s...more
A delightful pairing of the right author with the right illustrator. In this book a little bear asks his mother to play a game with him where they tell the story of the day backwards. She agrees and they recount everything from his rescue in the river to how he got there in the first place. By the time the two have gotten to the beginning of the day it becomes clear that they've only recently awaken from hibernation and tomorrow they'll have more fun too. Told with just the write meaning and lov...more
Love this! A mama and son bear get cozy at bedtime, recounting the events of the day backwards, from brushing teeth before bed, and before that watching the sunset, and before that....
What a great retelling strategy to practice with little ones. We could do it after a field trip or other eventful day. We could list the events, draw a picture to go with, cut the list up and reorganize the list chronologically...
Older ones can compare it to "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" by Trinka Hakes Noble...more
What a great retelling strategy to practice with little ones. We could do it after a field trip or other eventful day. We could list the events, draw a picture to go with, cut the list up and reorganize the list chronologically...
Older ones can compare it to "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" by Trinka Hakes Noble...more
I'm a little conflicted about this one because I think it's a charming story that parents and children will love. I also think it would be a fantastic storytime book, and I'm keeping it in mind for future reference. But on a personal level, it kind of fell flat for me. I tend to gravitate towards picture books that have a little more "oomph"--ones that have a bit of action, or are really funny, or something I haven't seen before. I read a lot of books, so I like things that stick out. While the...more
Timmy Bear and Mama play a game before he goes to sleep. They tell each other their day backwards. The story they tell one another is filled with special moments together like watching the sunset and having a picnic. Then there are moments of fear, and told backwards they make it even more of an event. The story builds nicely as readers discover exactly what led to Timmy Bear jumping from a high rock into the river. The story ends as it began, with Timmy Bear in bed and Mama at his side, creatin...more
Timmy the Bear is getting ready for bedtime, and in order to prolong the inevitable, as all children do, he has invented a game about retelling the day, but it goes in backwards order.
This picture book will delight young readers, I would suggest preschool - 1st grade. The illustrations were beautiful. Great bedtime story.
Teachers of early grades - this would be a fun writing activity.... can a student retell the day backwards, or retell an event backwards....
This picture book will delight young readers, I would suggest preschool - 1st grade. The illustrations were beautiful. Great bedtime story.
Teachers of early grades - this would be a fun writing activity.... can a student retell the day backwards, or retell an event backwards....
This was an adorable picture book, with charming pictures. The idea of telling a story backwards is delightful. This would be a great mentor text to use for student writing. Could they tell the events of their day backwards? It could also be used to introduce the concepts of sequence or time lines. While it has many great classroom uses , it is sisimply a wonderful read aloud for our youngest students.
Mama Bear is tucking Timmy Bear into bed when he asks her to play a game with him. He tells her he wants to play the game they played last summer, Tell me the day backwards. Mama Bear agrees to the game that starts by telling the thing you did right before you got into bed and goes backwards through the rest of the day. It's a sweet story about a unique game between Mama Bear and Timmy Bear.
This book is great for kids practicing reading. The simple language makes it good for 1st or 2nd graders....more
This book is great for kids practicing reading. The simple language makes it good for 1st or 2nd graders....more
Kind of "eh" for storytime and not bad for a lap-read. But this is excellent for 1) generally helping children try to remember things and 2) logically thinking out a storym, because the backwards causes them to think forwards and comprehend as a whole. Great for building literacy skills! I really like the pictures, too.
A baby bear is encouraged by his mother to remember what he did during the day backwards. Cute story, but I think the "And then what happened?" might get irritating to kids. I find this true with "The End" by LaRoche. Everytime I say "because" the kids groan. Could run into same problem here.
Lovely story of a mother bear helping her cub to remember his day backwards right up to the moment he woke up after a long winter's sleep. I love the idea of this bedtime ritual and McPhail's illustrations add just the right amount of coziness within the adventures of the day. I loved it!
Very cute story. Remembering the day backwards gets kids to think about their day and the actions and reactions of things they did. Plus it helps build their memories. This would be a fun activity to do with a child at home or in a classroom setting.
Cute concept, but I find the combination of dressed up bears in a Goldilocks worthy house combined with the picture of Mama and Baby eating their "tasty" breakfast of live ants just a bit weird. Love David McPhail in general, but......
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Cute illustrations and good for thinking about what caused an event to happen, sort of like predicting what caused the event. Actually a great idea for bedtime, too, to go through the day backwards with your child.
This book has the nice twist of telling an exciting story backwards. I like the fact that the beginning suitably became the climax of the story. I can see many applications for this at school: sequencing, predicting, cause and effect. A fun assignment to correlate with this would be to have students write about their day backwards. This would also be a great read aloud for parents and children at night.
Wonderful concept of re-telling the day's events backwards. We learn how the bear family spent their first day of spring. Beautiful illustrations and large, simple text make this a nice bedtime story.
Timmy Bear had quite a day and readers will enjoy finding out about his day backwards. What a fun way for kids to practice their own storytelling skills. Great illustrations from David McPhail as well!
Nothing special. I found the repeating of "and what happened before that" annoying. It's also difficult as an adult and Southpark fan to read about Timmy Bear without thinking, "Timmaaaay."
What a great bedtime book this would make - I'll definitely recommend it. I'm sure kids will want to try telling their day backward after reading it - an interesting brain-twister.
A fun story to practice narrative skills with! The baby bear tells the mamma bear his day from the end back to the beginning. Reminded me of The End by David LaRochelle.
Sweet story of a mamma bear tucking in her little cub at the end of the night. Instead of making up a bed time story they retold the events of their day backwards.
When I first read this book, it struck me as a quiet book better for one-on-one sharing. Now, I'm thinking there are a lot of story time possibilities.
In this delightful bedtime story, a young bear tells his mama all about his exciting day — in reverse — inspiring little listeners to do the same.
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