Don't Push the Button!

by Bill Cotter

Board book, 2021

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Description

The only rule in Larry's book is that the reader not push the button, but when no one is looking, it may be irresistible.

Publication

Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (2021), Edition: Reprint, 32 pages

User reviews

LibraryThing member librarian1204

Just finished reviewing this galley with my 3 year old granddaughter on my lap. We both loved it and read it and pushed that button over and over and over...
It was fun reading the expression on Larry's face and talking about what it meant and how it worked with the story. Even though my

granddaughter has had an iPad in her life since birth, she was not concerned that the red button, when pushed, did not respond digitally.
I can see this book in a preschool storytime. It would create so much discussion and laughter. It would also work very well as Readers' Theater.

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LibraryThing member pussreboots

Don't Push the Button! by Bill Cotter is an interactive picture book staring a purple monster who likes rules. Well, one rule at least.

Larry, the monster, has one rule: don't pus the button. But through a mixture of cajoling and admonishing, the reader will be encouraged to break the rule and push

the button. Then, of course, strange things happen.

This book has a user interface like an early iPod in that it has only one button. When things go awry, the only thing to do is keeping pushing that button and hope for the best.

This book will appeal to fans of Press Here by HervŽ Tullet. There's also the impishness of Don't Let the Pigeon Stay up Late by Mo Willems.

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LibraryThing member noah23

This short-but-sweet book is an adventure for children that will certainly excite them about books.

LibraryThing member vysseysreads

Fun, silly, interactive book where monster talks to reader...Don't push the button. Similar to press here, in that each push does something. Fine for storytime-better if you have a team reading.

LibraryThing member catherineparry

I would consider this a good book in that it has an engaging style and storyline. The pace is very good for a new group or young children. It does well in establishing its character, and the illustrations are clever and interesting. It is also very interactive.
It lacks an full storyline or setting.

I would (and have) read this book as an ice breaker for a group.

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LibraryThing member JackandJillNYC

There's still monstrous fun to be had in Don't Push The Button! . . . interactive, silly, and just plain good fun. The simple but colorful illustrations are absolutely fitting for the idea of the book

LibraryThing member sweetiegherkin

Larry the monster invites readers to his book with one stipulation: Don't push the bright red round button! But with the button prominently featured on every page, readers (and Larry himself) are too tempted to touch the button, and the results are disastrous/hilarious.

This book is the vein of

Herve Tullet's Press Here and other titles. It lacks a real plot, is light on text, and even the illustrations are sparse. But with its call for interaction on the part of the reader and its humorous results, small children are bound to love it.

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LibraryThing member mpmleonard

My two-year old and I absolutely love reading this book together. We laugh so hard and so loud I always fear we'll wake up his younger brother.

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LibraryThing member kerribrary

I still like "Press Here" better as an interactive book, but this one was pretty cute, too. I can imagine making buttons with kids in storytime so they can all press their own buttons during the story as we're reading it. Definitely one to keep in mind for the future...

LibraryThing member DaddyPupcake

My son loves this book. He was two when we got It and now he is three. It is fun for him to push the button and shake the book along with the story. It is just the right length to keep his attention without getting bored.

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LibraryThing member LibrarianRyan

These books are just so much fun for a toddler. I had the original book as a digital galley and every time my nephew pushed the button the page changed. He loved it, and I am sure he would love this edition as well.

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LibraryThing member blbooks

First sentence: Hey there! Great to see you again! I'm so excited to be visiting the farm with you. Let's go! Don't open the gate that means you!!! Oh, don't worry about that sign. It's probably nothing. Could you flip open the latch? I can't reach it.

Premise/plot: This is an interactive board book

in the sense that it is asking readers to participate using their imagination. (Think Blue's Clues or Dora the Explorer or the like). It is written using the second person--you. The book is pure silliness from cover to cover.

My thoughts: These books fall flat unless you're really to engage fully. I do think the book can be appealing because it is enthusiastically over-the-top silly. I think the person reading aloud can help this be an engaging read as well. (Sometimes how you read a book aloud is so important.)

I like this one, but didn't personally love it.

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LibraryThing member LibrarianRyan

I remember when the first don’t push the button came out. I was reading it with my three-year-old nephew on my iPad, so when he pushed the button the page would change and things would magically happen. The push the button books are about the only time I have found this style of book that can

live up to Press Here. So I have a bit of nostalgia in my heart for this series. Don’t push the button on the farm was super cute and just as addictive as the original title. I only wish it had gone on longer. Change from a chicken into a cow or into a duck or Into a goose. We could’ve had a few more pages. But this short sweet, very interactive book will be loved by children whether read as a go to bed book or read and story time.

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