The Wonky Donkey product reviews

My daughter and I completely love the Wonky Donkey. Craig Smith is a genius. He writes words that are catchy, fun, flow really well and make kids laugh their pants off (not to mention us parents too). This is one of the few books my daughter owns that I can honestly pick up and want to read as well.

Kate Cowley's illustrations are bright and fun as well. I love her interpretation of the various silliness the donkey displays. My favourite part of all has to be "spunky" hee hee. My daughter loves "Stinky", and what kid wouldn't.

This book comes with a CD of the song as well, which is a great bonus. That way even if you don't have the book with you, you can still listen to the words and sing along in the car. Definitely a great buy and a wonderful book.

I can recite The Wonky Donkey off by heart, I have read it so many times and played the CD so many times, the book is been 'borrowed' by another educator (it's actually hiding in my cupboard, so we can have a change for a short time.

The children go absolutely mad as soon as the song starts playing dancing round the room like a group of wild donkeys.
The children even try to join in, reciting the words, it's hilarious to hear their version of the words.

this is not a story for quiet or sleep time as the CD has an excitable tune and the words also make the children want to move.

I have had The Wonky Donkey for two years now and it is a hit with all the children in my home. The children love singing the song and reading the book. The donkey appeals to the boys because he farts and eats undies. The song on the CD is very catchy and the kids often sing it spontaneously. Since getting this book we have also requested Nana buys Craig Smith's other 2 books and his music CD too and they are all very popular.

This is a book/cd set for everyone! We were lucky enough to hear this fantastically catchy song live in the Arts Center in Christchurch, so naturally when it was released as a book and cd with a free soft Wonky Donkey of course we had to have it.

Kids will love the challenge of trying to keep up with the fast pace as the song goes along and parents will love how much fun it is, even after reading it over and over.

The lyrics are funny and the illustrations are wonderful, this is a definite must have for the book collection and best of all its Kiwi made!

My children (boys aged 9 and 10) spoke about the wonky donkey a lot, and could also often be heard all about the wonderful donkey they heard all about at school. They even taught miss 4 the story. However I myself had never heard it. So after months of 'please mum', 'can we get it', 'are you going to buy it' I finally relented and purchased the book and cd set complete with cute little donkey...awwww!

And I must say, it has been the best book and CD purchase ever. Yes the Wonky Donkey has to be the best childrens book I have come across. But not just for children, for adults too. Yes as I said my kids love it, but so do all my friends.

The story is fantastic, the lyrics, the pictures, the humor it is all awesome. Add in the CD and it is the funniest story one has ever heard. The tune is so catchy and the author amazes with how well he can sing his wonky donkey story.

This is one of those books where children just keep on returning to it, no matter how many times they have read it. The CD can cheer up anyone no matter how bad their day has been prior.

Absolute brilliance at its best, and a story that makes one proud it was penned by a kiwi.

My son was given this book by his aunty, He adores this book, It is a catchy rhyming book and comes with a CD. The book cannot simply be read no matter how hard you try, it ALWAYS ends up being sung.

This book is good for those dads who are not so keen on reading because its fun, simple and nice and short. My partner is not the most confident reader but he loves reading this one to our son.

I also love how this book is a Kiwi one, The donkey has a lot of character, and is tough enough even for the older boys and still cute and friendly enough for the girls.

This book is amazing and will be one of the books that your child remembers every word too with the help of the CD of course =]

This is a fantastic book. I have two daughters aged 5 and 2 and they both love listening to this book. The cd that goes with it is excellent and the whole tune is very catchy. I even find that I can't just read the book, and end up singing it. This is definitely a favourite book of the whole family - anyone that hears it just can't help falling in love.

This has to be one of the cutest little stories I have read in ages. Wicked and witty, with enough 'fluffy' to appear to girls, enough 'gross' to appeal to boys, and more than enough 'music' to appeal to any kid of any age.
The CD that comes with it is a great touch, though I would have liked to have seen some multimedia components on it. The video on YooTube is hilarious to listen to especially when you watch Craig's face, so putting a high-res version of that on the CD would have been a simple matter. There was plenty of space left with the single song only taking a mere 36mb.
The younger members of the family have nagged and nagged me until in the end I relented and left them to their frantic giggles in the lounge with the CD on loop play and a warning that I would be back after half an hour to stop it. An hour later I was still being begged not to switch it off.
I think I should have been offered a bulk deal by the bookstore, because I was nagged to death until my only option was to buy 8 more copies as gifts for the mini-whanau. I don't think I would have survived the afternoon intact if I hadn't.

This book is absolutely hilarious! And it has the whole family in stitches every time it is read. It is honestly a pleasure to read, and since getting this book it has been read at least 50 odd times in just a few short weeks!!

I love that fact that it is a New Zealand story, written and illustrated by Kiwi's.

My daughter adores this book, and ever since she had it read to her for the second time, she knows exactly how the book goes, especially when the donkey smells really, really BAD! ha ha ha.

This is a very quirky book suitable for all ages. The illustrations are wonderful. They are attractive to children and adults alike.

The added bonus to this story is the Music CD that comes with it. The re-telling of the story sung as a song. This makes the story even funnier, as i can't tell the story as great as Craig Smith can, however i do try and get nearly the same amount of laughs.

My daughter loves to dance to this song, and i have to put it on repeat in the CD player as she keeps requesting it one after the other so it makes sense to me to just keep it playing. And it is definately a song i still haven't got sick of!! WELL DONE!!!!!!!

This has to be one of the wackiest kids stories I have ever come across. It's all short little stanzas that are fun, and easy to read to even the smallest audience members. My 18mth old *adores* it when daddy reads this to him. Fills him with giggles every time.

The illustrations are amazing, full of character and depth that appeals to the youngest readers, capturing their attention with ease.

The accompanying CD with the audio original of the song this book is based on is a great touch, adding value to the purchase of this highly entertaining children's book.

Overall, an excellent purchase, and one that the kids will value. They can read along, sing along and laugh along at every stage.