Kindle edition:
Hardback edition:
⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5
If you've read any of my other recent book reviews, you'll already know what I'm about to say, right? If this is the first review of mine that you've read, then I usually say that every book starts off with all five of the stars stuck firmly in place and that I'm always hopeful that they will still be stuck equally firmly in place when I close the back cover.
What a gorgeous cover! Simple, cute and makes me hopeful that the words are equally wonderful!
Oooh! I'm loving the simple, affectionate words and rhyme on the first page of the story! I wonder if it'll be the same rhythm on every page or if different pages have different tempo's (wrong word, but I don't know the right one, sorry)?
The second page was a bit weird... it seemed to go from talking about one specific dog ("you") on the first page, then on the second page it's suddenly about a nameless few puppies which might confuse young readers. The third page is back to the specific dog again... it's confusing the mid-lifer, so the intended audience would be getting fidgetty and frustrated already unfortunately.
The fourth page is talking about the specific dog again, so hopefully it'll stay like that throughout the rest of the book.
The fifth page gently teaches loyalty and is still, thankfully, about that one dog again.
The next couple of pages are cute and cuddlesome, but is jumping around again, which could confuse the young audience, so the fifth star is decidedly wobbly now, unfortunately.
Putting my qualified and experienced childcarer hat on here, the children are taught phonetically for several years and "cuh's" doesn't rhyme with "please" in any way, so unfortunately the first star is wobbling off.
The last page is an adorable end... some of the words have been troublesome to read due to the font choice though, unfortunately.
Overall a very cute and well-thought-out book... it could just have done with a few little changes is all.
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