No Jumping on the Bed!

Walter's parent's told him to stop jumping on his bed until he jumped to high and fell and soon his neighbors were falling with him.
The illustrations are great and are very detailed.
I think that was a good book and would be fun to read with the class, plus there is a lesson to it.

Arnold's picture book is humorous and exaggerated account of what could happen when children don't listen to mom and dad. Walter jumps on his bed one night and winds up meeting a few of his downstairs neighbors. The illustrations have a caricatured quality and are full of bright colors and silly

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details. Children will enjoy pattern and repetition in events and text, as well as a slightly twisty ending! This is a great book for middle to upper elementary aged children, and I would recommend it for any school or public library children's collection.

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This story would be appropriate for 2nd grade too. This book would definitely open up the child's imagination.

Tedd Arnold's No Jumping on the Bed is the story of a little boy named Walter. He is jumping on his bed when the floor cracked and the whole bed and Walter fell through the floor into Miss Hattie's dining room. The story continue's that Walter, Miss Hattie, Mr. Matty, Aunt Batty, Patty, and Natty,

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Mr. Hanratty, Fatty Cat, seventeen cans of paint, stamps, a TV, phagehetti, and the bed fall all the way through the building. Turns out Walter was only dreaming but above him he hears a break and down falls Delbert.

Great book! Tedd Arnold is a wonderful children's author. I love the exagerations and details of the story. The fact that all of the names rhyme make it kind of fun.

I would like to do a fun activity with this story. I would have the students draw a picture of their house and I'd ask them to draw where someone would land if they fell through. They could be creative and exagerative just like the book.

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Summary: This cute story begins with a little boy named Walter. Walter loved jumping on his bed, but as his father walked in to turn of his lights he was caught. His dad told him not to jump on his bed or he is going to crash through the floor. As Walter drifts off to sleep he listens to the boy

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upstairs named Delbert jump on his bed. He says if Delbert can do it so can I. In his dream Walter falls through the floor crashing through a dining room, TV room, his Aunt's apartment, the twins' block tower, an art studio, and a string quartet. After his adventure Walter said that there will be no more jumping on the bed for him.

Personal Reaction: I love the playfulness of this book. It totally captures the very essence of childhood. Children are always wanting things to be fun, even if it may be risky. Sometimes they have to learn the hard way before changing their ways. Thankfully for Walter it was just a dream. The pictures in this book are full of life and very creative. The book is jammed pack with an explosion of color which is sure to capture little eyes. The nostalgia that this book brings me is heart warming. I loved having my mom read this book to me before bed.


Classroom Extension Ideas: This book would be great for talking about listening to authority. You could say, "look what happened in Walter's dream when he did not listen to his dad." For a lesson about consonance you could use this book because the names of the people and cat all have the same ending consonance sound : Miss Hattie, Mr. Matty, Aunt Batty, Patty, Natty, Fatty Cat, Mr. Hanratty, and Maestro Ferlingatti. Say that three times fast. = )

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Summary:

We are introduced to Walter, who lives on the top floor of his tall apartment building, as he is getting ready for bed. In walks his father to remind him that he is not to jump on his bed, in fear that eventually it will fall through the floor. As Walter tries to fall asleep, he can hear a

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thumping from upstairs. He thinks it is his neighbor Delbert jumping on his bed. With that though, Walter turns on his lamp and decides to jump on his bed. He jumped higher and higher until suddenly the floor gave and the bed fell through. Instead of the bed getting stuck or stopping, it falls through Miss Hattie's dining room, which was located under Walter's bedroom. The bed continues to crash through to the next floor and ends up taking Walter and Miss Hattie down through Mr. Matty's TV room. The bed proceeds to fall further down, taking Walter, Miss Hattie, and Mr. Matty into Walter's Aunt Batty's living room. They all continue to fall and go through to Patty and Natty's bedroom, where they have been working for three days to build a house with blocks. As this very large group crashes through their ceiling, they take the girls with them on down into Mr. Hanratty's art studio. Down they all continued into Maestro Ferlingatti's house where he was practicing with his string quartet. They pass through his home down to the basement, where it is dark and quiet. Walter closes his eyes and falls once more until he realizes he is waking from a dream. He goes back to sleep, but only to hear a creak in his ceiling, and to see Delbert coming through.

Personal Response:

Again, this is a book that I have read to both of my children for years. I love the illustrations, and how they build from an open bedroom with a boy and his bed and each page fills up with more people and the items from their homes, until you have a full page filled with everyone in the story. Movement is shown by the the people coming through the top of the page and sequentially going to the bottom ending with Walter. I also enjoy this book because the names all rhyme and are unusal.

Classroom Extensions:

Cause and Effect is a great concept to teach here. You can use it based on behavioral cause and effect, or use it as a precursor to a science module.
I would have the class work as a unit to write and illustrate our own cumulative tale.
This can also be used within a social studies modul about population and different living environments; houses, apartments, duplexs, etc.
This could also be used as a compare/contrast from living in a rural community versus living in an urban community.

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No Jumping on the Bed is about a young boy who dreams about falling several stories down through all his neighbor's nightly activities when he jumps on his bed. This book is good for early to middle elementary aged students. No Jumping on the Bed has some challenging words for kids to learn to read

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and understand, and it also subtly teaches a lesson of listening to your parents, both of which make it a great story time book for teaching!

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Walter's father tells him not to jump on the bed, but when he hears the boy above him doing it, Walter thinks it's only fair if he gets to jump, too! But his jumping send him, and his bed too, crashing down through floor after floor of other apartments. Down they all go, all the way to the

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basement, picking up spaghetti and fish and stamps and paint and instruments as well as people along the way.
Despite the book's age, the soft, rounded illustrations have remained, for the most part, timely. The only thing that might strike young readers is the size of the tv - small and boxy with an antennae, it's clearly a product of the late 80s, when the tale was first publish. A twist on a bedtime warning very familiar to most children, this cyclical story provides lots of laughs, particularly as Walter remains composed - and polite - through the whole ordeal.

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This story is about a young boy who repeatedly jumps on his bed after his father stresses the importance not to do so because the chance of crashing through the floor was very high. With its simple story line young readers are able to keep up with the rhyming text. The vibrant color illustrations

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are very detailed and cartoon like. The underlying message one can take away from reading this book, is no matter what other children’s parents allow them to do, there is a reason for your own parents not allowing you to do so. Tedd Arnold is both the author and illustrator of thos book. He has written over 50 books along with winning the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor.

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I love this book for predicting what will happen next. Think alouds are great to use with this book because it helps with comprehension and finding out what the author wants us to find out next.

In this book, a naughty little boy falls through the floors of his apartment building, interrupting different types of people's evenings. Was it real, or just a dream? A silly book that could pair with the five little monkeys.

I liked the book “No Jumping on the Bed” by Tedd Arnold. One reason I liked the book was because of the illustrations. Every other page in the book had a full page illustration on it. The illustrations were also very colorful and had a lot going on in each one. They also accurately portrayed

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what was happening in the story. Another aspect of the story I liked was the characters. The characters were relatable to young children. “If Delbert can jump on his bed, so can I.” At this point in the story Walter is disobeying his dad and jumps on his bed anyways. As a result, he breaks his floor and falls downward into his neighbor’s dining room. He then continues to fall through many people’s apartments. In the end, it ends up all being a dream. “No more jumping on the bed for me.” As soon as Walter says that, Delbert comes crashing through the ceiling because he was jumping on his bed. The big idea of the story is to listen to your parents. When they tell you not to do something, it is usually for your own good.

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A silly book that teaches that actions have consequences, this is a twist on the "No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" story that will leave the reader and listener with a smile.

I liked this book for two reasons. First, the language is very descriptive. The text is descriptive enough that I began to draw a picture in my head before I was done reading the page and looked at the illustration. For example, when the author was talking about how Walter was jumping on the bed.

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Walter’s hair touching the ceiling was described. Therefore, I knew he was jumping high. Second, the story pushed readers to think about life in the shoes of others. Not all children live in apartments or know how it is to not be able to run or jump in your home because if you do you will disturb those who live around you. Walter in the book was not able to jump on his bed because then the others around him would hear, just like her heard Delbert jumping on his bed. The big message of the book is to listen to your parents the first time. Had Walter listened to his father the first time he would not have fallen through the ceiling.

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No Jumping On The Bed was a great story to read as I was growing up. It is very imaginative and informative to young children of what they should not do during bed time. Most children know that they shouldn't jump on the bed but some do not. This book is a good reminder of what kids should not do.

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I found it hysterical when the little boy jumps so high on the bed that the bed comes crashing through the ceiling into other apartments. Kids will enjoy the imaginative quality that the writer has created for a common rule. The illustrations are fun and colorful which captures the readers attention. Ultimately I think this is a wonderful book that tells a funny story about an important rule kids should know and understand growing up.

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