This is an absolutely fabulous book! Not only does it have all the attractions of Usborne such as the storylines, illustrations, characters but they have come up with a 'take-wherever-you-are-going' toy! Brilliant for the car, going to Great-Auntie Lucy's/Grandma's etc! It's robust and looks good too. All three will be wrapped for nieces and nephews and I will be buying extra to keep in case of unexpected visitors! Fantastic value.
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We found this tale of Fox and his search for his clothes lovely and useful. The story is fun. The length of the story and content seems just the right appeal for toddlers (I have a 18m old ) to get interested in learning clothes & then 'getting dressed' too. The lengh of the book seems good for us so that it stays interesting (and usually we like to read it again!). We love 'lift the flap' books too & 'finding the clothes' in this one is fun.
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My kids - aged 2 and 4 - love the original Gruffalo story and ask to read it almost every bedtime. There was initial excitement when I brought this one home. But after a couple of readings they quickly stopped asking for it. If I suggest reading it now, they say "no, we want the first Gruffalo story".
In truth, the original Gruffalo story is so good that it's a very, very tough act to follow. But, even allowing for that, this sequel almost entirely lacks most of the features that make the first story so memorable. It hasn't got anything like the same rhythm in the writing. And the plot meanders its way to a weak pay-off that has little impact and doesn't make much sense.
I bought this book for my daughter when she was just three months old as I wanted her to get into books as soon as possible. Even at that age, she loved the colourful pages. Now eight months old, this book is by far her favourite toy. She will look at the pictures and feel the various textures for easily an hour or more! Unlike other 'touch' books, this series has decent sized fabrics and card for the kids to touch and really get their hands in. A visiting toddler (2 years) also loved this book, so I'm sure it will be a favourite for a long time to come.
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I bought this book for my daughter when she was just three months old as I wanted her to get into books as soon as possible. Even at that age, she loved the colourful pages. Now eight months old, this book is by far her favourite toy. She will look at the pictures and feel the various textures for easily an hour or more! Unlike other 'touch' books, this series has decent sized fabrics and card for the kids to touch and really get their hands in. A visiting toddler (2 years) also loved this book, so I'm sure it will be a favourite for a long time to come.
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As a pre-school teacher I urge you never to read this book in your setting again. It perpetuates the belief that men go to work and women stay at home to shop and cook and childcare. Reading this book to children perpetuates a stereotypical outdated image of both family life and individual roles within a family based on gender, and reading it to children sends powerful messages to them about what roles they will be expected to fulfill later in life. Rip it up and throw it away lest you construct children of tomorrow subject to the same limitations based on gender that we are today. Think hard about how you use language in your setting to construct the norms of childhood and challenge all members of staff to be vigilant when using language ... Read More:
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I lose track of age suitability for books for my grandcildren especially as they are in Australia, and other children I buy for, so the mention of ages in other reviews helped me with age suitability.
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This is absolutely a must have book. The book is very large and there are six magical HUGE pop out creations which absolutely jump out of the page like magic. Think intricate origami or the best pop up you could imagine. On each of the main pages there is also a pop up book with text within the book, this time with smaller but still mind numbingly amazing pop ups some with moving parts. The paper on the white rabbits ears are felted, utensils are foil and shiny; there is such great attention to detail on a small and grand scale.
The text is thorough and true to Lewis Carroll's story so it is more a read to your child book than one you can let them play with. An adult will also need to turn the pages and supervise to avoid damaging ... Read More:
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I bought this for my 18 month old after having a play in a bookshop and she really loves it! It is a big chunky book and on every third page there is a different track on which you set a little wind up train off to race around it. It works amazingly well! Each track is nicely illustrated with lots of interesting things to point at along the way. There are 3 tracks in total. I haven't even read her the interspersed stories yet as she only wants me to set the train off over and over again! I suspect that eventually the train will break or get lost but I think we have already had our moneys worth! Great fun!
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