After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) Kindle Edition

I use this book frequently with play therapy clients. Kiddos enjoy the illustrations and story. It has a good message that inspires little ones who've been in trouble quite a bit for behaviors and are often afraid that they will get into trouble again. It encourages them to keep trying the new strategies they are learning. I use it with children between the age of 3 through early teens.

I used this as a read aloud for a week. We read it each day for a different read aloud strategy. My students loved it! I had my copy from Khols and the stuffed animal that goes with it. I purchased this for my coworker and it was well received!

I am so glad I read this book to my baby girl. Such a gorgeous and inspiring story. Gave me goosebumps.

Excellent and fun book

This was actually a replacement purchase. I am writing this review only because I saw some really ridiculous and horrible reviews that could actually hinder future lovers of this book from buying it.This book is 1- NOT ABOUT DEATH. And even if it was, it’s part of life and it sad so many people are so uncomfortable they refuse to let their children have opportunities to learn about it- too bad for them. 2- this book is about overcoming fear and learning to find a way cope with anxiety in order to be able to enjoy life after a trauma.Spoiler alert for the folks who don’t want a more in-depth review (I personally would like a play by play to help with online purchasing, specifically for children’s books during these unfortunate times where I can’t shop in store and choose books I like for my child in person!).A unique but totally sensical approach to the aftermath of Humpty’s fall! After Humpty experiences his trauma during his most favorite activity in life, he becomes withdrawn and depressed and unsure how to enjoy life. After time passes he has the desire to try his activity again but is extremely afraid and unsure how to proceed. After coming up with an idea for an alternate activity idea, Humpty ends up investing a lot of time and effort on a project that will be part of his activity. An unforeseen hiccup arises and he’s ultimately forced to choose: face his trauma or give up again. Despite his incredible amount of fear he musters up the courage to face his fears head on. He is rewarded with happiness and elation after his success and in an surprising but extremely lovely, practical, and now extremely logical turn of events, Humpty experiences his growth and transition and is taken to new heights in the adventures his life may bring him.For the people who really didn’t perceive it this way, and grossly misunderstood (IMO) the message of this book and the literal events- hopefully you can acquire better reading comprehension and use it to fulfill your life with beautiful books for you and your loved ones.My son loves this book. I love this book. I highly recommend it for the story alone; the pictures are quite beautiful as well and really evoke the range of emotions expressed.Happy reading!

This book is beautifully written and illustrated. I'm actually purchasing it again as a gift for a young adult I know who is struggling with feeling like they are broken and stuck. This book is about how after his fall, Humpty and the world saw him as broken and unfixable... It ends with his brokenness beginning part of his growth into something better and more beautiful. It's a wonderful story of hope, courage and resilience.

Hands down, tihs is my favorite children’s picture book of the year! We checked it out of the library but as soon as we closed it, I ordered it from Amazon!Reading other reviews of this book was interesting. We did not see it quite the same way as many. I asked my daughter to tell me in one sentence what the book was about when we finished. She is eight, and her summary was, “It is about overcoming fear so you can do great things.” Exactly, how I saw this book too. It is a subtle point but I do not think it is about overcoming failure as much as it is overcoming fear. It is not a failure to have an accident. Fear of falling again is what held Humpty back after the accident. There is a lovely, poignant picture of Humpty sleeping on the floor in the foreground. In the background we see his raised bed with a desk underneath. On the wall around his bed are taped pictures of birds. The words are moving. “Fortunately, all the king’s men managed to put me back together. Well, most of me. There were some parts that couldn’t be healed with bandages and glue.” That is all it says. I asked my daughter to explain to me what that meant and what clues she saw in the picture that helped her understand those words. We had a great discussion.The book goes onto to show Humpty overcoming his fear and becoming what he was always destined to be. Great, encouraging story that we both loved. We were going on and on about it so much that my husband read it next and loved it too!The illustrations are also superb and really add poignancy to the words. My favorite illustration though was laugh-out-loud funny. We see Humpty in the grocery store at the cereal aisle. He is holding a sad cereal called BO Rings (yuck) and looking sadly up at the shelves of cereal. All the great looking and sounding cereals are on the top 2 shelves. The only cereals reachable without a ladder are pretty horrible looking and sounding. The boxes are grayish, green without a lot of color and sport names like Sad Clown, Cardboard, Twigs & Berries, Leaves, Grown-Up Food, Fiber Flakes, Bland, Flax, Bag-o-Cereal, Chia...you get the idea! The top shelf holds cereals like Fruit Hoops, Sugar Bunny, Rainbow Bites, Tiger Crunch, Just Marshmellow, Free Toy, Bowl-o-Cookies, Sugar Elf, Pirate Crunch...so funny! It made a nice comic relief.We are probably in the minority but we did not love The Adventures of Beekle:The Unimaginary Friend but with this book Dan Santat knocks it out of the park!

I use this in my music classes. Great story!!

This is such a lovely book on mental/emotional resilience. Getting back up after a bad incident is hard, and the book explains so well how its a slow process for Humpty to feel brave enough to get back up the wall again. I was worried when I read a review that the ending was traumatic or death related but it is absolutely not! Whoever thought that clearly hadn't got the point all. Its about transforming into what you were always meant to be and reaching your potential, even my 4 year old daughter understood that- there are subtle clues in the pictures too which I'm surprised some adults didn't understand in other reviews. I've been a primary teacher for many years and have a degree in Literature so I hope this review reassures anyone who read some of the negative ones. Its a really poignant well written and illustrated book and absolutely suitable for children of any age.

This instantly shot up to the most requested story on the bedtime charts for our 3-going-on-4 year old. The story line is inspirational, with many little details to discover in each reading. The illustrations are simply amazing as well, also with lots of details to discuss each time. Also they vary in perspective from different angles and different distances, so the overall impact is almost cinematic. I'd rate it masterful.There's a bit of 'technical impossibility' in the big reveal at the end, but then again we're talking about an egg with feelings, so that's a bit moot.

This is a fabulous book about overcoming anxiety, believing in yourself and learning to fly (metaphorically) as a result of overcoming self-doubt. I can see that there's some controversy about the ending but I see the bird hatching from the egg as a metaphor for personal growth (not taking unnecessary risks and dying as a result 😉). So I would say how you interpret the book says a lot about how you view life. Personally, I think it's wonderful.

Having read it myself first I decided not to read it to my child. The book was advertised as teaching persistence... well it did in a way... humpty dumpty was persistent in achieving his goal just to fall apart in the end ie die. Not only do i find it stupid but also the colours are so dark and gloomy. I'm returning this.

I was excited to get this book for my 6 and 8 year olds as I thought it would be a funny and heartwarming tale about facing fears and succeeding. That works perfectly if you sellotape the last two pages together and end the book early! Otherwise we were left shocked as I fumbled to avoid the topic of dying and to turn it into something positive and hopeful.