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Billy's Bucket [Hardcover]

Kes Gray (Author)

4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Bodley Head (6 Mar 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0370325966
ISBN-13: 978-0370325965
Product Dimensions: 26.8 x 24.6 x 1 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,010,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A funny, imaginative birthday story from the creator of the award-winning Eat Your Peas

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Billy wants only one thing for his birthday - a bucket. Inside it, he can see all kinds of magnificent sea creatures. But Mum and Dad are sceptical and, when Dad unwittingly uses the bucket to clean his car, he's in for a big surprise!

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5.0 out of 5 stars kids and parents just love it, 9 Oct 2003

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One of the few books that I look forward to reading at bedtime - and I'm 43! Great illustrations, good jokes (especially for grown-ups) and a funny story - both my 5 and 4 year old love it. And the final joke always raises a smile evn after the 50th read. A triumph for kids' imagination.

You can't fail with this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars AN OUTSTANDING BOOK - for parents & their children, 20 Mar 2005

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This book is FANTASTIC - an outstanding picture book that preschool children and their parents cannot help loving. The illustrations are lovely - bright and appealing - and the story is one of the best I've come across and my children have a lot of books. Billy chooses a bucket for his birthday and spends the day peering into it. His parents laugh at the amazing things he says he can see - sharks, submarines and mermaids among other things. But they should have listened as his Dad learns to his peril when he borrows the bucket to wash his car. The twist in the tale never fails to make me smile and after it his parents are looking at amazing aquatic creatures in the bucket with Billy too. However, they won't be borrowing it again I'm sure.
If you buy one book this month, then I'd recommend Billy's bucket whole-heartedly.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Fun, 28 Jun 2005

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My 3 year old and myself love this! I am always glad when he picks it off the shelf for a bedtime story. The idea is so fantastic that a boy can look into a bucket and find a world underneath the sea. I also love the way Billy warns his parents not to use his bucket but they don't listen with diastorous and hilarious results rather like when children don't listen to their parents. Be warned though you might get some requests to go to Buckets r us and its hard to explain that it doesn't exist!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Such excitement
Bought this for my grandsons 2nd birthday, He's so into books and as his name is Billy I decided to buy this as he could relate with someone with the same name. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Billy

5.0 out of 5 stars great book
Lovely story, I am a early years teacher and will use it as a basis for a topic in the summer term.

Published 11 months ago by elen

5.0 out of 5 stars billys bucket
this is a great book to build a child's imagination we enjoyed reading it at nursery with thte other children,also at home as a 1 to 1

Published 19 months ago by carol cook

5.0 out of 5 stars Billy's Bucketnh
I bought this book as I am a teacher and we were using it for literacy. My reception class loved it! We made our own buckets and wrote what may be in Billy's. Read more

Published on 6 Dec 2009 by C. Gibbons

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books EVER for sharing!
I bought this book on a whim and can honestly say it's one the very best children's books in my collection. It has become a clear favourite at story time for my Year 1 class. Read more

Published on 31 Oct 2009 by Chipstick

5.0 out of 5 stars The Fabulous Billys Bucket
I think i bought this more for me than the girls - i first heard it being read on Jackonory Junior and spent ages looking for it after that, this is a fabulousy funny, imaginitive... Read more

Published on 9 Aug 2009 by H. Bainton

4.0 out of 5 stars For some reason my little one loves it..
Out of all the books we have for story time with my daughter, she loves this one. It's a funny story with great imagination. Whatever it has she loves and that's the main thing!

Published on 25 July 2008 by Mr. Glenn Dollard

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun
My class of 5-6 year olds love this book - we borrowed it from the library and read it over and over again, so I'm buying it for them for Christmas. Read more

Published on 3 Dec 2006 by J. Hooper

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