notes reviewed Maisy Goes to Preschool by Lucy Cousins
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5 stars
- cute vibrant illustrations
- optimistic + joyful
- shows relatable and fun activities at preschool
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notes reviewed Kipper by Mick Inkpen
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5 stars
Content warning reveals ending
- cute + colourful illustrations
- simple vocabulary
- anthropomorphized dog + animals
- try new things, but eventually come back to what's comfortable to you
notes reviewed Bunny Bath by Lena Anderson
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4 stars
- cute illustrations
- only pictures, no words
- would have liked words to accompany the images, to help readers learn words
- undressing + getting ready for bath time
notes reviewed We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury
We're Going on a Bear Hunt is a 1989 children's picture book written by Michael …
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1 star
Content warning reveals ending
- illustrations are nice
- repetitive text
- parents take their kids to hunt a bear, go through lots of dangerous obstacles, arrive, and then flee home... to hide in their bed while the bear is right outside.... what?!
- no concern for safety, consequences, or responsibility
notes reviewed Elmer by David McKee
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5 stars
- very colourful
- themes: being different, acceptance, self-esteem
notes reviewed Tickle, tickle by Helen Oxenbury
Enjoy this bright and beautiful book and join in the fun of tickling! The much-loved …
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5 stars
- entire book is one sentence
- large illustrations
- easy wording
notes reviewed Bathwater's Hot by Hughes, Shirley
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5 stars
- teaches opposites very well
- detailed illustrations
notes reviewed Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day
Lively and unusual things happen when Carl the dog is left in charge of the …
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4 stars
- adventures with Carl, the dog
- wholesome + cute
- odd illustrations
notes reviewed Dear Zoo by Howard Hughes
Each animal arriving from the zoo as a possible pet fails to suit its prospective …
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4 stars
- interactive flaps
- bright illustrations
- repetitive wording
- would have liked the flaps to contain the actual animal names, not just the animal drawing
notes reviewed The Baby's Catalogue by Janet Ahlberg
Babies, their families, and familiar objects and activities are depicted in whimsical drawings which present …
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5 stars
- words and pictures of those words
- no story
- illustrations are detailed, easy to understand, and structured nicely
- some outdated words / British-English-specific
notes reviewed Where's Spot? by Eric Hill (Spot)
A mother dog finds eight other animals hiding around the house before finding her lost …
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5 stars
- cute and fun
- interactive flaps
- repetitive text
- bright illustrations
- dogs!!!
notes reviewed Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet Ahlberg
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5 stars
- cute short rhymes
- "I spy" game
- lovely illustrations
notes reviewed vola, uccellino! by Francesco Tullio-Altan
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3 stars
- words and phrases on one page, and an illustration on the other
- daily activities / life of a bird
- simple + bright illustrations
notes reviewed Lilla Spöket Laban får en lillasyster by Inger Sandberg
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3 stars
- ghost family welcomes a new baby ghost that can imitate lots of different sounds
- easy language, lots of onomatopoeia & the objects they're from
- strange illustrations
notes reviewed Little Brown Bear says "no" to everything by Claude Lebrun (Little Brown Bear books)
Little Brown Bear's response to everything is negative.
NO, NO, NO!
1 star
Content warning ending
- bear is spoiled rotten, and the mother doesn't do anything about it
- no conclusion to this "story" because all the bear says is "NO"
- could have shown that: there are consequences / disadvantages to saying "no", and maybe some outcomes with saying "yes". example of something the bear might say yes to: "would you like some cake/snacks?". what a wasted opportunity of an ending.
- all this book does is reinforce the child's resistance to new experiences and to things they don't like/want to do