Sunday 25 September 2022

Babyliography LX

Xanna Eve Chown, Dora the Explorer: Dora's Dance Show

2012 / Library book / 24 pages / UK

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Presumably based on an episode (with some weird and telling abridgements), the repetitive formula works well in book form, thankfully swapping some of the maddening call and response for physical actions that she was happy to perform twice over in public.


Tig Thomas and artists, A Story a Day Collection: 365 Stories to Share

2015 / Hardback boxset / 430 pages / UK

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The £50 RRP is insane for repackaged public domain tales with lacklustre illustrations, but I couldn't resist the charity shop scoop, even though I knew we wouldn't stick with the schedule.


Unknown, Peppa Pig: Peppa to the Rescue

2022 / Library book / 10 pages / UK

**

They start repeating tabs by the end, despite the low page count.


Marie Kyprianou, No More Tantrums

2022 / Library book / 10 pages / France

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One of the more relatable behavioural programming books we've tried out, but what do I know.


Jeannette O'Toole, First Time Learning: Reading

2021 / Sticker activity book / 32 pages / UK

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"Teach me, Daddy," she chorused as I cautiously turned to each new vowel sound. It's your own childhood you're wasting, don't blame me later. The clipart could have been less vague.