Ah yes, the world of Rastamouse. Personally
I don’t see much in the guy but Jonny (three) just loves him! His sister Sophie
(seventeen months) loves books, especially of the pop-up and lift-the-flap
variety, so Da Missin’ Musician covers all the bases and has led to many
hours of reading. Plus taking turns to lift the flaps instils those life
lessons parents are constantly trying to promote (obviously this only works a
fraction of the time and the glue has come in useful on a few occasions.)
When the musician goes missing for the
concert Da Easy Crew begins to solve the mystery...
As a parent this is not one of my favourite
books to read as I’m not particularly good at accents anyway, and Jamaican is
impossible. However, on the plus side this has also led to many moments of
Jonny (and dad) ridiculing me and laughing hysterically at my ineptitude. I like to think I’m teaching him that it’s fine
to be rubbish at some things (quite a lot of things) as long as you give them a
go. I’m still convincing myself of this.
However, I have to admit to secretly liking
the book. It’s quite a grown-up lift-the flap book and is very creative in its
layout. The placing of the flaps and their use within the storyline is very
creative and much more sophisticated than any other book of this sort that I’ve
seen. The illustrations are so bold and
colourful, and there is a lot to look at on each page. The story is long enough
that the book is actually quite long. This makes it a really interesting book
that is perfect for Jonny and Sophie’s age range.
The Wicked Sticker Fun! book is really
well thought-out and is a great teaching resource which is fun. With more than
sixty stickers and sixteen pages the book requires the child to use the
stickers to answer questions, and pencils/crayons to complete tasks.
For example, there’s colouring in,
designing, counting, mazes, finding items, and counting. Each page is clearly
set out with colourful illustrations and good-quality pages. The stickers are
good quality too so they don’t rip easily.
Both books together would make a lovely
present.
Copies of these books were received free of charge. This has not in any way affected our opinion of the product and as always our review is completely honest.
