Sunday, 2 November 2025

Babyliography CCXXVI

Julia March, Rosie Peet and Victoria Taylor, 
The Amazing Book of My Little Pony

2017 / Hardback / 48 pages

**

An elaborate toy advert, luckily she got most of them for her fourth birthday already. It's Monster High now, granddad.


Roger Hargreaves, Little Miss Contrary

1984 / Library book / 32 pages

*

One of the less distinct concepts, I guess he'd run out of ideas now, especially as the story mainly revolves around established Mr Men.


Sarah Snashall and Alfredo Belli, Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds: Harper and the Big Dog

2020 / School book / 16 pages

***

Painstakingly constructed alliteration and tricky trigraphs to catch early readers out, that's the spirit. The message might be helpful too, now that dogs are scary again.


Raina Telgemeier, Guts

2019 / Paperback / 144 pages

****

Mainly enjoyed as another instalment in her favourite tween drama, I thought this was going to be more about bodily functions than brain, so it was a bit more complex than the poo book expected, but was a helpful introduction to the idea of therapy.


Samantha Montgomerie and Elena Napoli, Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds: Spook Night

2021 / School book / 16 pages

**

These cartoon ghouls might have creeped her out a year ago, but she's got five Monster High dolls now.