Thursday 15 December 2022

Babyliography XCI

Viviane Cohen and Colette David, Little Miss Quick / Little Miss Curious / Little Miss Somersault

1990 / Library books / 96 pages / France

**


Learning that these were French translations makes some sense of their off-brand strangeness.


Adam Hargreaves, Little Miss Stubborn and the Unicorn / Little Miss Sunshine and the Three Bears

2008/2015 / Library books / 64 pages / UK

**

Don't bother coming up with new ones any more, just stick unicorns and stuff in.


Will Mabbitt and Fred Blunt, This Is Not a Bedtime Story

2016 / Library book / 32 pages / UK

**

She can make silly stories on her own. Having to deal with another kid's imaginings didn't seem so fun.


Lydia Monks, Mouse's Big Day / Frog Hops Off!

2017-18 / Library books / 64 pages / UK

***


A cute cast, useful messages and simple stories she unfailingly wants to play herself immediately after.


Sean Taylor and Neal Layton, Where the Bugaboo Lives

2015 / Library book / 56 pages / UK

****

I'd been on the lookout for this for a while. It could inevitably do with being longer and more varied, but it's another good beginner's gamebook. She's probably ready for Fighting Fantasy now.