2006 / Library book / 40 pages / UK
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She was pleased to find another Bobo book, but annoyed by the minimalist dialogue, asking "can you read it?" when I forgot to elaborate with stage directions.
2022 / Library book / 10 pages / UK/Sweden
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One of the later and less memorable clones in the neverending series, it wandered off topic fairly quickly. Also, the front slide was in the middle. Presumably someone messed up the test cover and they didn't care enough to fix it.
2019 / Library book / 24 pages / USA
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One of presumably endless themed variants. Acceptable to read to your toddler in the library (quietly, with appropriate shame) between flap books, but you wouldn't invite it into your home.
2016 / Library book / 24 pages / UK
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I'll keep an eye out for more Tadpole Learners, dispensing wildlife facts with large, friendly letters and not sugar-coating the nasty parts. She found it a bit lacking in narrative though, so provided her own.
1991 / Library book / 20 pages / UK
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By this point in the run, the flaps are arbitrary, but he's toned down the anxiety. Though when Spot's ball lands on an elephant's newspaper, I had an unpleasant flashback of an aggro beach hippo.
