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The Cheerios Play Book
Bring your own Cheerios and let your toddler's imagination soar with the interactive board book perfect for playtime!
On every page, there are pictures that need to be completed by adding Cheerios to just the right places. (No milk, please!) Teddies need Cheerios buttons, mice need Cheerios glasses, and fish need Cheerios bubbles.
Pages are recessed to help children successfully place their own dry cereal pieces within the scenes.
Tasty, interactive fun that toddlers will love!
On every page, there are pictures that need to be completed by adding Cheerios to just the right places. (No milk, please!) Teddies need Cheerios buttons, mice need Cheerios glasses, and fish need Cheerios bubbles.
Pages are recessed to help children successfully place their own dry cereal pieces within the scenes.
Tasty, interactive fun that toddlers will love!
14 pages, Board Book
First published August 1, 1998
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January 3, 2021
I found this book both thrilling and complicated. The task of both reading AND placing Cheerios in the appropriate spaces seemed daunting at first, but with each passing page I found myself more and more engrossed with the process. And even though I’m more of a Wheaties man, I still give this book 5/5 Cheerios.
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October 13, 2008
I am not a fan of sticky books.
While I am a firm believer in playing with food, this book defines too narrowly what to do with the crispy circles. While the illustrations are engaging, this book provides the audience little more than mechanical repetition without a real understanding of meaning or significance. Yes or no questions (Can you find some for him?) halt real discussion of mathematical concepts.
While I am a firm believer in playing with food, this book defines too narrowly what to do with the crispy circles. While the illustrations are engaging, this book provides the audience little more than mechanical repetition without a real understanding of meaning or significance. Yes or no questions (Can you find some for him?) halt real discussion of mathematical concepts.
November 6, 2012
I truly dislike this activity book. My daughter isn't interested in it & my feel it's not entirely hygienic. The books are a little difficult to clean without ruining them.
January 7, 2023
We’ve opened this book once. Children are beasts and only care about the food. Not to mention how sticky the book is even after wiping it
January 20, 2015
This board book has small circles cut out of the top board, with a second board page underneath it. That way, toddlers (or anyone, really, I guess) can rest Cheerios in the holes to complete the pictures. For instance, there's a page with mice, and their pajamas have Cheerio "buttons." One mouse is missing her buttons, and you use Cheerios to help her out.
My son has loved this book since he first started playing with it last year. It's a great way to make snacktime fun, and to work on fine motor skills, *and* to make reading enjoyable if you have a reluctant reader.
The only confusing thing is that the printed Cheerios are very realistic, so your kid might do what mine did and try to lift and eat the illustrations. ;)
My son has loved this book since he first started playing with it last year. It's a great way to make snacktime fun, and to work on fine motor skills, *and* to make reading enjoyable if you have a reluctant reader.
The only confusing thing is that the printed Cheerios are very realistic, so your kid might do what mine did and try to lift and eat the illustrations. ;)
July 24, 2014
I gave this book 3 stars because I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, my little one has periodically enjoyed reading it since he was 1 (now 2.5). He likes the bright colours, simple sentences, and pointing out the missing objects (that you are supposed to fill in with Cheerios). We almost never read this book with the Cheerios.
I dislike the book because the drawings are poorly done, the colours are garish, and -small quibble here- the grammar on one page is poor (but it bugs me!).
I dislike the book because the drawings are poorly done, the colours are garish, and -small quibble here- the grammar on one page is poor (but it bugs me!).
January 3, 2015
Rated 5 stars as a mealtime activity. We like to use it as an aperitif of sorts. Our boy is just past 1 now and it will be fun to see him learn how to put the Cheerios in place himself. Or not, since he would much rather eat them. As literature, one star. I'd far rather read "Hop on Pop" again, despite "pop" being a noise, not a person (or beverage, thank you very much).
October 5, 2013
Kind of a one-trick pony, but it's fun to take with you when you need some kid distracting entertainment, as long as you can get the child to eat the cheerios and not spill them everywhere in the process of placing them on all those little holes.
May 7, 2009
Might be a good book to use in church since parents often bring Cheerios to church and are always looking for a way to keep kids entertained & quiet.
February 8, 2012
Fun if you like to play with your food
August 21, 2025
Conceptially I thought this was an interesting book. Interesting like when I saw a mom who planned a Cheerio themed birthday party for their one year old. A funny, nostalgic idea but not something I'd partake in. We've read this book a couple times but without cheerios it's not very engaging. Because we read upstairs in my son's room & we exclusively eat at our kitchen table, cheerios aren't typically available to use. I may bring this down for breakfast one time but my mom brain would have to remember and you know how that goes...
July 7, 2021
This was one of the first books we borrowed for Heather from the library, when she was probably only 6 months old or so. Old enough to grab Cheerios, but not enough to really manipulate them to properly play with the book. Still, she did enjoy it, and so did her parents. The nostalgia. The colors. The snacks. Very fun!
- Heather's mom, 7/6/2021
- Heather's mom, 7/6/2021
February 19, 2021
The greatest game to play in this book is how many Cheerios you can eat with your child, grandchild, or nephew or niece!!!!!!!!!!!!
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April 6, 2021
Such a fun book
June 5, 2021
Super cute concept for a toddler and great for hand-eye coordination development.
December 23, 2021
Fun book
May 20, 2022
I love this book! I found it in my local Little Free Library and grabbed it for my little cousin. i am sure he eats Cheerios and will find this book as funny as I have.
February 20, 2023
Great way to engage little ones in reading fun with food while building their fine motor skills. Perfect for high chair or even on the go play such as waiting at restaurant.
October 26, 2024
Fun activity to do with cheerios! A way to work on hand eye coordination by placing the cheerios in the correct spot. And they can eat the treat too.
November 5, 2010
Our "activity time" today consisted of provided placemats for each child inspired by the illustrations in this book upon which the children could place round cereal to complete the picture.
First I read through the story and demonstrated fitting round cereal into the empty circles. If the page inspired a song we sang the song. For instance, the first page features cars, so we sang "the wheels on the cars go round and round". Another page features fish, so we sang (to the same tune) "the fish in the sea go blub, blub, blub". Another page features teddies in pajamas, so we sang (to the same tune) "teddies in pajamas button them up". The last page features mice in glasses, so we sang "Three blind mice".
Before story time I half-filled small empty containers with round cereal. Each child was given a container. First we did a "shake it" game. I would say "shake it high, shake it low, shake it to, shake it fro." We traded hands, shook it by our ears, in front of us, in back of us. We just had fun. I ended with "Now go, go, go", which was their prompt to find their moms and go to the craft tables where the placemats were.
I also put walnut-size portions of playdough on the tables in which I inserted a half-stick of spaghetti. The children could thread the round cereal onto the spaghetti spikes and then remove them to eat them as a treat.
First I read through the story and demonstrated fitting round cereal into the empty circles. If the page inspired a song we sang the song. For instance, the first page features cars, so we sang "the wheels on the cars go round and round". Another page features fish, so we sang (to the same tune) "the fish in the sea go blub, blub, blub". Another page features teddies in pajamas, so we sang (to the same tune) "teddies in pajamas button them up". The last page features mice in glasses, so we sang "Three blind mice".
Before story time I half-filled small empty containers with round cereal. Each child was given a container. First we did a "shake it" game. I would say "shake it high, shake it low, shake it to, shake it fro." We traded hands, shook it by our ears, in front of us, in back of us. We just had fun. I ended with "Now go, go, go", which was their prompt to find their moms and go to the craft tables where the placemats were.
I also put walnut-size portions of playdough on the tables in which I inserted a half-stick of spaghetti. The children could thread the round cereal onto the spaghetti spikes and then remove them to eat them as a treat.
January 3, 2015
This is a super cute idea and is nicely executed with little depressions for the Cheerios to sit in. It also includes some good concepts like color and counting and identification. The art is reasonable with photographed Cheerios and slightly dressed up cartoon-like pictures. I enjoy the slightly freeform black lines and that the colors are strong but not necessarily always saturated and often include some interesting tertiary colors. The only glaring issue is that it's somewhat hard to use without Cheerios on hand which we actually haven't done yet since it'd be best if the book were laid out flat.
December 18, 2007
Someone decided to make Cheerios interactive! Not a bad idea at all.
April 16, 2008
Reading and eating... together again.
December 15, 2009
Cute idea, but we don't eat Cheerios or comparable cereal.
November 4, 2011
A great book to get little ones to think and play and snack all at the same time! Both of my children adored this book!
November 8, 2011
Adorable for your favorite toddler - my daughter loved this when she was young.
February 29, 2012
Just as cute as the animal cheerios book. Can't wait to add the cheerios for my son to eat and read!
May 13, 2014
Cute little interactive book, with circles to put cheerios in.
December 26, 2014
Kid got this for Christmas (thanks, Darlene!) and she already loves it. We'll wait a few months before attempting the Cheerios tricks. But it's fun for colors and counting, too.
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