Brian Stanton

I was excited about this book because my daughter loves dogs and interactive books. I was still surprised by how awesome it was when it showed up!

It is a huge, sturdy book with tons of fun elements. The cover has two soft furry tails and a tail that wags when you move the tab. Inside are dozens of high-quality pictures of many types of dogs. There are several different types of furry textures, several moving parts, and even a dog with a sticky tongue. My daughter particularly liked this and has been disappointed recently as the stick wears off. The last two pages open up to an extra wide spread with a hidden non-dog visitor. The words are silly but not in an irritating way. She is eleven months old now and will be enjoying this one for a long time.… (mehr)

In my opinion, this is a good book. I liked it because it was interactive. There were pull tabs, touch and feel patches, and flip up tabs. I liked that the book described general differences in dogs. For example, a sentence said “Fluffy dog, scruffy dog, droopy dog sags, perky little puppy dog wag, wag, wag!” I also liked the illustrations. The author used pictures of real dogs of his friends and neighbors. However, I didn’t like that the book didn’t give you a lot of information on each type of dog featured on the pages until the end of the book.… (mehr)