We are big fans of sheep, and if you were to visit our home you would find sheep everywhere. There are coasters and cups with sheep, tea-towels sporting sheep. We have several toy sheep and even a noughts and crosses sheepy game. So there really was no doubt that we would love this beautiful and engrossing picture book. Check out the Miss Ruby Heart review on YouTube.
We love all things sheepy so we could not help but fall in love with this wonderful story. It is all about a sleepy sheep dog who has to put one hundred naughty sheep to bed but…
The Sheep Won’t Sleep
This phrase is used throughout the book encouraging little ones to join in the reading. It is a fun, bright, colourful rhyming read.
This is s bright, fun silly story about Bernard the robot who loses his bottom whilst in the park. Young readers will enjoy flicking through the pages and trying to find the bottom that is used for many different things. It is even used down on the beach.
It’s a story of friendship and how everyone comes together to try and help Bernard find his bottom.
Hello and welcome to our first book review of the year. We have already read ten picture books. Now it is finding time to do a mini review and post it on ourYouTube Channeland in our Goodreads Reading Challenge 2019.
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So it officially begins our little YouTube reviews, We hope you enjoy them, if you have any comments either good or bad please leave us a message in the comments below.
This book caught our attention from the start. We are often looking at great books to fill the imagination of our young readers and family members. Or for those simply young at heart like ourselves. This one is overflowing with inspiration.
The rhythm and rhyme flow beautifully and the illustrations of a child’s wondrous dreams simply brings the story to life. Reading at bedtime could help lull them into dream land. The words from the page could take them into a world full of fascinating places with exciting creatures. The child could themselves be the star, or maybe an intrepid explorer, they could be whoever they wanted to be.
This is a story to share time after time and we already feel it is going to be one we will share often.
Here are the opening lines:-
Little one, little one, eyes closed up tight,
What do you dream as you sleep through the night.
If you or your book lover friends have any book recommendations (Children’s Books Only) we are happy to take a peek and maybe review one or two. Drop us a message below. Thank you for visiting. Call in again soon.
Dogs only have four paws, so we use a paw scoring system to rate the books that we read. The books that we find to be A~MAZ~ING we will also give them a lick. It is our way of giving an extra kiss if you like. Therefore our very top rated books receive four paws and a lick (5*****)
Here is the rating system explained.
Four Paws & a lick is the highest grading like 5*
These books are A~MAZ~ING, real page-turners.
We absolutely love these books and will read them usually more than once.
Four Paws = really liked it
Three Paws = liked it
Two Paws = OK
One Paw = Just not for us
Rarely will you see us give a one paw rating. But it does happen now and again. We hope this helps you understand how we review our books. Thanks for dropping by. Don’t forget to tell your book lover friends and pop back soon to see more reviews for children’s books.
Hello, we have been having so much fun playing with our little Talking Pet App that we decided to share our first trial mini review. We would love to hear your views good or bad. Simply drop us a comment below.
YouTube Review
‘The Island Dog Squad’ by Deb McEwan
This is a wonderful book by the very talented Deb McEwan. Take a peek at our mini video review.
This is a story for dog lovers both young and old. But be warned as well as it being comical, at times it is also rather heart-wrenching too. Probably advisable for readers 10+
The author’s own dog Sandyis a rescued dog, and the inspiration behind the book. The tale is told from the dog’s point of view.
After almost drowning as a pup, Sandy is initially rescued by military personnel. She proves to be a very intelligent little dog and undergoes training on the base. Sadly the poor dog ends up having some horrendous experiences. Sandy ends up on the streets almost at deaths door; she has no memory of who she is or where she came from.
Luckily Sandy is found and taken to a rescue shelter, and from there she is adopted by Ellie and Ben. She loves her people parents and just wants to settle into a new life with them. However, she begins to suffer nightmares and slowly her memories begin to return but they are not pleasant.
I love how the author interweaves mystery and intrigue into a captivating tale, along with a dog’s eye view of the world. Sandy’s thoughts on her people parents are simply adorable, particularly when she begins to learn more about them. Here is just one of her thoughts:-
‘I was to discover Ellie was a vegivore and a chocivore.’
Such great fun and very highly recommended.
As a special treat I recommend you visit Deb’s website and check out the real Sandy’s Dog Blog. Click HERE
We rate this book 4 Paws & a Lick
Well time is moving on and we want to go read some more children’s books, and create more mini reviews for you. We hope you enjoyed this. Thanks for visiting please #SpreadTheWord and tell your book lover friends.
Well we finally managed to upload the featured books from our Advent Calendar event, We hope you enjoyed it? We added so many books to our TBR List so hopefully time permitting we will get to read lots and review them for you too.
YouTube Reviews
The amazon man called by today with a special delivery, yes he actually delivered a parcel on a Sunday. We are so glad he did because guess what he delivered, our new reading log book. A special book to record all the wonderful books that we will be reading through the year. Take a peek in our video.
My Talking Pet App
The secret behind the video is a wonderful little app I discovered through my friend and fellow dog blogger Sandy. Visit her with owner Deb McEwan by clicking HERE
It is so simple to use (well we used it OK) Take a photo or choose from your photo gallery, then speak into the microphone to see your pet realistically speak back to you. Why not check it out. Have Fun.
Well time is moving on and we want to go read some more children’s books and create more mini reviews for you.
The Sheep Won’t Sleep! by Curtis Jobling
