This Little Doggy

My active 16 month-old does not have the dexterity to manipulate this book yet so I gave it to her cousin, who is 2. My then 3 year-old loved it and could manipulate it well. For the younger set I would recommend the Munch Munch title in this series--it is easy for younger toddlers to work as it just has slots to move in and out. Lastly, the books do separate from the binding and you will have to buy them again, but at 3.50 can you really be mad about that?

This book is great for little active hands. Its a Pop-up kind of thing (the moving parts of pop-ups, not the actual 3D stuff) all made of thick card board so its pretty indestructable. That is, except for the cover. I'm not sure what they were thinking. Its a single piece of cardboard, flimsier than cereal box cardboard. I'm not sure why they did that, especially since the reverse of the cover is the first page of the book. The rest of the pages (and back cover) are all thicker than even the sturdiest boardbook. I still give it a solid rating though - sometimes you just have to wonder what people are thinking.

My daughter is 16 months old too and she also loves it! Personally, I'm a little sick of it because I read it 100 times per day (and she has a lot of books to choose from), but she wants to read it over and over. I'm going to have to get some of the other ones and hope to get a little variety.

My 16 month old loves this book. It is really sturdy and made for children to make something happen on every other page, by lifting a flap or sliding something. For example the 1st page says this little doggy is sleeping and the second page says this little doggy wants to play, and my son uses his finger to make the dog's tail wag. It is really well done and just the right size for my son to hold the book by himself.