2021 / Library book / 10 pages / UK
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Forty years on from Spot and bringing nothing to the table. It amused her, but she even enjoys advertising clipart.
2019 / Library book / 10 pages / UK
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A limited assortment of dino actions, albeit too stiff for the target readers to move by themselves. Includes bogus dino "facts" for older siblings. Is that the definitive pronunciation of diplodocus? I'll stick with what I know.
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Superworm Finger Puppet Book
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I don't think I'm more prone to seeing innuendo than the average corrupted soul, but when a flesh-coloured finger puppet can't do any more than poke through a hole, stretch out and wiggle around, it feels as if this must have been a recurring discussion along the production line.
The gimmick completely overshadows the forgettable copy and illustrations, but she enjoyed playing with the willy. So much so that when I picked her brains trying to remember what we'd read earlier that day for this write-up, she remembered it instantly. I should take her to a risque joke shop, she'd have a field day.
2003 / Library book / 24 pages / UK
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I should have learned that she doesn't apply the didactic message after reading the potty story in her anthology so many times. She seemed to enjoy it, examining the somewhat strange and perplexing pictures in detail, but actually setting it at night time could have been an idea?
2009 / Library book / 32 pages / UK
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That took some searching. A list of opposites with handy unnaturally-selected illustrative examples, some re-worded for her vocabulary. It's probably better if you love dogs. They're alright.
