Roll Over!: A Counting Song

by Merle Peek

"Illustrated editions of single songs provide toddlers with a delightful introduction to books. The artist features soft blues, candlelight golds, and shadowed browns to create a nighttime mood in which a young child shares his bed with 9 friendly animals. Beginning with the number 10, one after the other tumbles to the floor as the counting rhyme works backward until the child is "alone at last". . . Peek's colors and spacing are nicely rendered. Music is appended." - ALA Booklist

Genres: Picture Books, Counting, Childrens, Animals, Number, Mathematics

24 pages, Board Book

First published April 6, 1981

Reviews

[Karina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spanish English language board book--

Very simple. Cute. Kinda like a remake of 'Ten Little Monkeys.' Stuffed animals fall off the bed and the 9 roll over and one falls off and so on.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book makes my baby really happy.

[Jeani · Rating 2 out of 5]

Adorable and well-made edition!

[Richelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book to use for counting.

[Cathleen Coleman · Rating 4 out of 5]

My students enjoyed the little details, like the bed having a face and the bed shrinking as the animals were "rolled" out!

[Annie S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun counting song, I remember from my childhood. This book is fun because you see where the animals go sleep after they fell out.

[Bonnie Ferrante · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a new version of the classic song Roll Over which begins “10 in the bed and the little one said: “Rollover! Rollover!” They all rolled over and one fell out. I assumed that these were stuffed toy animals the boy had crowded into his bed.

The illustrations appear to be pen and ink and watercolor. The pages are done entirely in soft yellow, blue, and white.

The little boy begins his night by sharing the bed with a bear, snake, rabbit, monkey, and so on. After all the animals have fallen out of bed and the child is “alone at last!”, he falls asleep. The animals are now pictured in a wallpaper border encircling the room below the ceiling. So, I guess they weren’t stuffed animals after all.

While this is a novel concept for the song, I felt the pictures were lacking in interest. They needed either more detail or more color. I realize the story took place at night, but since the words were already familiar, the illustrations needed to draw the reader in more.

Not recommended.

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[Nell Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I first glanced at this book, I did not like the color scheme presented. It is all blue white and orange which is kind of boring for that to be through out the whole book. There is a lot of pencil detail but lacks the color that would make it lively. The story begins with a little boy and 9 animals that joined him. With every page turn, there is one animal that fell out of the bed making one less body. This continues until the little boy is the only one left. This is a counting song that can help children count backwards. They can learn to go from 10 to 1 and this is a useful book for teachers teaching a young elementary class who is not that experienced with numbers but because it is a fun book and it is catchy, the kids will be able to learn how to count from 10 to 1 quicker than standing in front of them just talking.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

A truly lovely version of the classic Ten in the Bed count down rhyme. Using soft blue colors, the bedroom is filled with the glow of a single burning candle. One by one each animal leaves the bed -- some pushed out, one flies off, and another walks off with a blankie -- but all eventually find a cozy spot to soundly slumber. Young readers will enjoy the rolling off antics -- and will be humorously shocked at raccoon's decision to push books off a shelf! The last page is truly magical, the candle has been blown out, the room is dark, the little one is sleeping, and all the animals have been transported to the wallpaper below the ceiling. An enchanting bedtime classic!

[Breona Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute book, I really loved how in the end, it turned out that all the animals in the bed with the little boy, was all in his imagination. Cute song to sing to a class full of children, the rhyme of the song was cute and catchy. I think that it will be funny to children, the way the animals fall out of bed, and then have to find another place to sleep. The illustrations were really cute, and the book was adorable. I think that children will be happy and willing to learn how to count, with the help of this book.


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[Jasmine · Rating 3 out of 5]

"One in the bed and the little one said, Roll over!". This is definitely a counting book. This story counts down with the characters who are all rolling out of the bed. This story has a variety of animals and is good for practicing counting numbers and identifying animals. This book is also good for introducing finger play songs. Young children can roll their hands in circles to identify the "Roll over!" part of the story.

[Ariel S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Title: Roll-Over
Author: Merle Peek. She is a free-lance publisher. Merle enjoys ice-dancing and riding roller coasters.
Illustrator: Merle Peek.
Review: This is a good math and counting book for young children. It is also a good cause and effect book. The book also has cute illustrations. This book is good for ages three to six years of age.

[Meghan Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

You can use this book to describe how to count and subtract. You can also use this book about repetition. I could definitely use this book for different types of lessons in the future. I really enjoyed the illustrations and the fact that the different characters in the book were really the not real n=but on the wallpaper.

[Gisele Tamara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is really catchy. I found myself humming along to the tune in throughout the story. I think that the illustrations did a magnificent job in portraying the actual story line. It was a very nice story because the main characters turned out to be the animals in the wallpaper. Imagination is key here!

[Tionna Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

This song was perfectly made into a book for young children to read, sing or just count along to. This book is great for your children because it is already a popular song so it would be easy to follow. I really enjoyed the illustrations and the actual song that was written out at the end of the book.

[Diana Acosta · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a counting book with rhyming in it. It is made like a song for children to incorporate while reading. Its a fun book to read to young children. The illustrations are great and it shows different animals. I will recommend this book.

[Maria E · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a good book to practice counting. Excellent to teach subtraction and math activities while reading or singing the book content. The characters of the story are animal so it will help to capture the children's attention . Ages 3-6 yrs.

[Shannon Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would read this book to children ages 1 and above. It is a great book to teach counting. It is also a great book to show kids what a bear looks like. This book is great in teaching children the very basic of subtraction. Children can also learn numbers from one to ten.

[Jasmin Love]

Curricular Connection: I would use this book with preschool sutdents. I would introduce repition and memorization with this book, and I would let the students see that sometimes songs might come in the form of a book.

[Tricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

really enjoyed reading this...will try for boogie woogie. classic counting song with big blue numbers, animals as part of story to add another bit of interest.

[Rachel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute book based on the kids song "Roll Over". Recommended for kids age 3-7.

[Pepper · Rating 5 out of 5]

We loved this book! I remember this song growing up and it's a fun and easy song that we can now sing together.

[Kelsey Vayens · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is a math counting song that can teacher younger grade level students a fun way of learning how to count backwards. This can serve as a quick wrap up to a lesson.

[carrietracy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This isn't the way I remember the song, which I resent. But, it's really easy for beginning readers to master since the same phrase is repeated on just about every page.

[Little Champs]

Number 30

[Mellanie C · Rating 5 out of 5]

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