1999 / Library book / 32 pages / UK
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The Little Princess isn't the most likeable character in picture literature at the best of times. This one was particularly irritating; a re-read wasn't requested.
2007 / Library book / 32 pages / UK
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A limited parade of animals with a repetitive refrain. It has the whiff of being scientifically formulated to appeal to the youngest audience, but she wasn't particularly impressed.
2001 / Library book / 32 pages / UK
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He's such a cheery chappie, we always forget that she's grown out of Bobo books and demands more from her reading than unadorned monosyllablic cries. This one's worse than most due to the neglect factor.
2005 / Library book / 34 pages / UK
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This repetition at least has the sense of vertical progress and a nice, unspoken message at the end that may be bogstandard, but could serve as a kind of Turing test if you suspect your storyteller may be an android.
2011 / Library book / 32 pages / UK
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I enjoyed the meta gimmick of the disintegrating bedtime story and related to the exhausted parent, but leaving the anger unresolved was a downer. Still, I wouldn't mind reading it Again.
