Stomp! product reviews

We received this book to review as apart of the NZ Post book awards, i was so looking forward to reading it. When it arrived i was really impressed with the quality of the paper and the feel of the book. It's very glossy and there is texture to the cover page.

I sat down and read this book to my 3 year old son who enjoyed the book, he got the hang of the words used and was able to join in, so that to me is a bonus as he loves to be able to 're read' the book to himself. The pictures are colourful and my son asked questions about the dinosaurs (although not related to the story itself)

Overall i cannot see how this book made it to be a NZ Post finalist, for me the story doesn't hold enough detail and doesn't really go anywhere. I have read many other New Zealand children's books that have come out this year that far surpassed this one. The quality of the publishing however gets a 10/10 it is beautiful - but really what three year old really cares about that at the end of the day. I feel that the publishing quality overrides the storyline and that shouldn't be the case.

This is a really cool little book, I read it to both Miss 5 and Mstr 1 and both of them were entranced.

Mstr 1 was really captured by the colourful pictures and the rhyming rhythm of the story. Not normally one to sit still for long he was happy on the sofa beside listening to the words and looking at the pictures.

Miss 5 also loved the rhythm of the story as well as acting out what the dinosaurs were doing through out the book. She's at an age where she loves to get up and do things, so perfect! As she is also learning to read it's a nice simple book to sit down with her and help her sound out the words.

All in all this is a nice short, easy to read (perfect for bedtime story!!!!) interactive book.

A very big hit here!

STOMP! is a very glossy, colourful and delightfully simple book. The illustrations are lovely. It has very few words (each page has approximately four words ie "Rock to rock hop" ) and is a big sized book. Even without reading the words the pictures tell you what to do which is a great support when assisting your child to learn to read. The words are large with the action word ie "Stomp" being in large bold type.

I would put this book at an age three and below level and it is a great book for action play getting the children to do the actions and noises as you read the story.

I think this book would be great to use in a setting where you want to amuse and involve lots of children ie Creche, child care centres, Kindy or if you just want to get your own littlies in fits of laughter.

The dinosaur theme is always a popular choice for girls and boys alike and my Miss Three really likes this book. I think this would make a lovely birthday or Christmas gift for a one or two year old.

Unfortunately, Miss Four didn't like that when following the big dinosaur the dinosaurs went over the blueberries and when they came back following the baby dinosaur the blueberries had creepers over the top. For this reason she now wont read the book!