Tuesday 12 January 2021

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Unknown, Ladybird

2014 / Board book / 10 pages / UK

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A sort of insectoid version of the Tom Fun sketches from Reeves and Mortimer. There's not much going on behind the googly eyes, but she likes to carry this one around.


Roger Priddy, Baby's Treasure Hunt

2012 / Board book / 16 pages / UK

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Baby's Sight Test is more rewarding for the proud observer than the participant, but she seemed pleased with herself. Like Where's Wally, it only has a limited lifespan before they've committed the solutions to memory, but you can improvise.


Rod Campbell, Lift-the-Flap Nursery Book

2011 / Paperback / 32 pages / UK

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Rod Campbell's flap-based business model is still going strong in its fourth decade, this time adding unnecessary flaps to nursery rhymes and skill-free puzzles. They're always a reliable uninspired purchase at least, even if my daughter only seems to want 'Baa Baa Black Sheep (Flaps Mix)' again and again.


Lucy Cousins, What Can Rabbit Hear?

1991 / Paperback / 16 pages / UK

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I guess none of them are going to live up to her fish book (I've already been reliably cautioned that Maisy is "gash"). This is a pointless addition to the lift-the-flap canon, even directly copying some pages from Rod Campbell, but with more conservative hinging.

 
Roger Hargreaves, Mr. Men Super Library

2014 / Board books / 48 pages / UK

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I hadn't paid attention to the page count. The original stories weren't that substantial in the first place, but these board pamphlets ditch the plot for reworked summary introductions. Making the back of the books into a jigsaw just about redeems it.