I wasn't too impressed when my four-year-old granddaughter picked this older book to read. Howver, it turned out to be a great story about Bert and Ernie exploring an attic. My four-year-old granddaughter told me that an attic is a place "with no monsters" and "is full of all that pink stuff". When we read about paper clips and marbles that Bert and Ernie found, i was able to show her our collection of paper clips and our collection of marbles. She chose a blue paper clip and a blue-and-white marble to take home...plus this book, of course! :D There were lots of teachable moments in this book. ( )

This was definitely one of my favourite books growing up. Good for teaching kids to be creative and optimistic when things do not go their way. ( )

A fun longer book for children to read.