Sunday, 6 November 2022

Babyliography LXVII

Steve Smallman and Neil Price, Fairytales Gone Wrong: Stinky Jack and the Beanstalk – A Story About Keeping Clean

2015 / Library book / 24 pages / UK

*

As expected, it's another lazy retelling of a well-told public domain classic almost verbatim with a few "amusing" changes, except not.


John Burningham, Would You Rather...

1984 / Library book / 32 pages / UK

**

I thought this'd be some frivolous fun, but making her choose between various horrible scenarios felt borderline abusive at two.


Tracey Cordero and Tim Warnes, Now!

2016 / Library book / 32 pages / UK

**

Relatable, but she's mostly over it.


Unknown, Wipe-clean Farm Activities

2021 / Wipe-clean activity book / 24 pages / UK

***

I suppose we don't really need four thematically varied versions of the same reusable thing, but it's always nice to get a new pen.


Various, Dora the Explorer: Dora's Storytime Collection

2003 / Hardback / 160 pages / Various

**

More age-appropriate novelisations than the Pony and Pokemon ones, and more tediously repetitive as a result. The Spanish guide is genuinely useful though.