Daniel Plays Ball

by Maggie Testa (Adapted by), Jason Fruchter (Illustrator)

Daniel Tiger learns that practice makes perfect in this sweet Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read based on a popular episode of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood!

Daniel, Prince Wednesday, and Miss Elaina are playing at the park with Prince Tuesday. The group decides to play a game of animal ball, but Daniel can’t seem to catch the ball. With some encouragement from Prince Tuesday, Daniel discovers that if he keeps trying, he’ll get better!

© 2014 The Fred Rogers Company.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Sports, Fiction

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 26, 2014

Reviews

[David H. · Rating 3 out of 5]

We read this to him a few times, but my son aged out of Daniel Tiger by the time he could've read this on his own, haha.

[Jaime · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this to Julianna tonight. She gives it 5 stars.

[Asho · Rating 3 out of 5]

My 5-year-old checked this out. He's not reading independently yet, so I read it to him and thought it would be too simple to hold his interest, but he seemed to enjoy reading it along with his little sister. This book has a good lesson in not giving up.

[Kri O'Kellas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Happy to say this book doesn’t have sports per say, but it’s still about playing a game and dealing with the struggles of not doing something perfectly the first time. It would be better if Daniel also made an animal sound at the end, but that’s just me.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

Daniel and his friends play animal ball, making animal sounds when different people catch the ball. Daniel has trouble catching it, but Prince Tuesday teaches him that if he keeps trying, he can get better.

Not a lot going on in this one, but it's a good theme for anything kids are trying to do.

[Awjtf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Daniel is sweet!

[K Morlando · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Daniel Tiger books are wonderful additions to our home library, they teach toddlers important concepts!

[Kevin McGinn · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son loves Daniel the Tiger!

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to help kids learn about perseverance.

[Nicholas Boswell]

good

[Aarvik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful read !!

[Katie Lorsch · Rating 4 out of 5]

My brother listened to me read all of it. -Tommy

[Christine Turner]

Notes: Great font size, and line spacing for an early reader. The boarder surrounding the text helps children focus on the written word. With that said, the illustrations offer many visual clues, and adults should help children in that area as well.