Alrightgames: Go [and] Fish

Go [and] Fish

1984 / Card game / 2+ players

****

We learned this simple classic together and enjoyed it, even if she wasn't satisfied with the grammar.

Alrightgames: Pokémon Match Battle

Pokémon Match Battle

2022 / Card game / 2 players

**

Not bad for a Happy Meal toy, even if she would've preferred a cheap plushie.

Alrightgames: Dizzy – Prince of the Yolkfolk

Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk

2011 / Android game / 1 player

**

Dizzy was always annoying, but at least you could control him properly back then. Even my three-year-old found the music too darn loud.

Alrightgames: My Little Pony – Harmony Quest / Rainbow Runners

My Little Pony: Harmony Quest / Rainbow Runners

2016-17 / Android games / 1 player

**

The lure of unlocked characters and repetitive levels proved more exciting than the realisation, so it's a good thing I didn't actually pay for them.

Babyliography CXLVII

Katie Haworth and Laura Hughes, Terrible Tim!

2016 / Preschool book / 32 pages / New Zealand/UK

**

She's not into bad boys.

David Partington, Hello Dinosaur: Triceratops

2023 / Library book / 10 pages / UK

**

More educational than I was expecting from a paleontological push, pull 'n' slide text.

Lara Ede and Shannon Hays, Wish upon a Rainbow

2019 / Library book / 12 pages / UK

**

Squidgy bedtime colours.

Kes Gray and Garry Parsons, The Who's Whonicorn of Sing-Along Unicorns

2023 / Library book / 32 pages / UK

*

My fault for forgetting how bad the original was. Are these notes all for nothing?

Aleksandra Artymowska, Alice in Wonderland: A Puzzle Adventure

2019 / Hardback puzzle book / 96 pages / Poland

****

Overcompensating upgrade of Baby's Treasure Hunt, it immediately had the sense of becoming a future surreal, nostalgic relic.

Babyliography CXLVI

Anna Milbourne and Jessica Knight, Usborne Peep Inside a Fairy Tale: The Elves and the Shoemaker

2020 / Library book / 14 pages / UK

***

A nice new old story for her, now she's finally sick of Rapunzel.

Carly Madden and Neil Clark, Explore the Planets

2022 / Library book / 18 pages / UK

**

Not the peak of cosmic edutainment.

Bobbie Brooks and Carrie Hennon, Go to Sleep, Sheep!

2022 / Library book / 10 pages / UK

*

Take away the squashy squeaker and it may evaporate.

Rosie Greening and Stuart Lynch, Never Touch the Bugs

2021 / Library book / 14 pages / UK

*

Mild excitement in guessing who'll bite it next, on the level of guessing which Teletubby will pop out at the end.

Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity

2007 / Ebook / 48 pages / USA

***

As tirelessly playable as the original, good job!

Babyliography CXLV

Mike Brownlow and Simon Rickerty, Ten Little Unicorns

2021 / Library book / 32 pages / UK

*

It's as if they think we'll indiscriminately pick up any old crap with magic horses on.

Russell Punter and David Semple, Usborne Sound Books: Bug in a Rug

2018 / Library book / 12pages / UK

**

Why is Bug's species so vague?

Peter Bently and Riko Sekiguchi, Where the Sea Meets the Sky

2020 / Library book / 32 pages / UK/Japan

**

The kind of wordy, sappy one we only tolerate the once.

Dan Green, Busy Day: Teacher

2023 / Library book / 12 pages / UK

**

Some unconventional flap actions, which is the least they can do after 40 years of the form.

Mo Willems, The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!

2019 / Library book / 40 pages / USA

**

Not the most wortwhile sequel, but she likes books that shout at her, and quickly learned it by heart.