2016 / Library book / 32 pages / UK
***
I'm always impressed when writers manage to make maths fun, and the lack of explanation or resolution for this kid's exponential doubling was bold, inviting more astute readers to extrapolate the apocalyptic horror to come.
1971 / Ebook / 24 pages / USA
****
She doesn't know who Grover is, but still seemed to enjoy tormenting him. Though being allowed to press an arrow key on Daddy's laptop was unfair extra temptation.
1968 / Ebook / 32 pages / USA
***
Sixties Toy Story. She immediately set about roleplaying it, which is always a glowing recommendation.
1967 / Library book / 28 pages / USA
**
It teaches colours and animals, but not in ways ground-breaking enough to make sense of its reputation. I forgot we'd even read it before, unless that was one of the sequels/remakes.
2021 / Library book / 14 pages / Germany
**
She likes the moon, but the novelisation didn't do much for her. 'Spin' suggests a less stubborn wheel that the target audience might have a chance of turning without assistance.
