Wednesday, 17 November 2021

Babyliography XIV

Matt Lucas and Scott Coello, Thank You, Baked Potato

2020 / Library book / 32 pages / UK

**

Already a strange artefact that future generations may have trouble distinguishing from parody, I felt bad for rating a helpful instruction manual that presumably raised some much-needed funds based on its actual quality, but it's saved by some stay-at-home activities at the end.


Eoin McLaughlin and Polly Dunbar, The Hug

2019 / Library book / 48 pages / Ireland/UK

***

I hadn't checked the back of the book to discover that it was another upside-down front, so meeting in the middle was a nice surprise that probably impressed me more than it did her. A cute one, but didn't stay in her thoughts like Bobo.


Sam Usher, Rain

2016 / Library book / 40 pages / UK

***

The lovely rain and puddle effects make it worthwhile, but we didn't dwell on those for nearly long enough as I worried about her attention span in public for a deliberately tedious book.


Jez Alborough, My Friend Bear

1998 / Library book / 32 pages / UK

**

Where's My Teddy? is one of the better entries in her bear anthology. This takes advantage of that affection and reconfigures the narrative to reassure lonely children. Outrageous.


Nick Sharratt, Supermarket Zoopermarket

2017 / Library book / 24 pages / UK

*

Dear Zoo was the first book she wanted to read over and over again. We were both bored of this culinary fusion long before the end. They're not even proper puns.