Stripes! No, Spots - A book review

Recently I was sent a copy of Stripes! No, Spots! We have a lot of books in our little collection, but none from this author, so I was super excited to read it over the holidays.

This quirky and simply adorable story follows a tiger and a leopard who disagree about whether stripes or spots are the tops. Their disagreement soon becomes a battle, and by lunch time the whole jungle is a mess. The animals in the jungle join forces in coming up with a cunning plan to resolve the matter that will bring out the best in everyone... well, almost everyone.

Written and illustrated by the very talented and acclaimed designer (and not to mention local Aucklander) Vasanti Unka. Stripes! No, Spots oozes vibrant colours, bold images, and fold out pages that keep little eyes engrossed in the story from start to finish. 

This book has quickly become one of our favourite bedtime stories, which is a pleasant change from the previous one we had. I especially love that the book is not too wordy, and there are enough images on the pages to keep little minds stimulated.

This book is a definate must for your book collection, especially if you have a little animal lover in your house like we do.

                    

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{All Things Kids} Favourite Story Books

Does your little one have a favourite bedtime book?

I recently made a book shelf for Keaton out of spice racks which I picked up off Akia Homeware (I think it’s the same as IKEA). I painted them white, and put them up in a line, they work really well and hold heaps of books.

So with our mini library, you would think that there would be no shortage of variety to read at night. Think again. Keaton has become obsessed with this one book in particular Goose on the farm, and by obsessed, I mean – he will literally scream if you don’t read it. We pick two books to read every night, and one of those never change, no matter how much I try and get him to choose something else, nope don’t even try mom! One night I started reading another book, and he was like “no mom, no no no” I actually could not read the book because he was shouting so loudly.

He knows just about every word, even when we are not reading the book, I can start to say a sentence (yes I now know the book off by heart too), and he will carry on the sentence. I hope he gets tired of it soon, it’s been about 4 months, and is still obsessed. I have even tried hiding it behind other books, bus as soon as bedtime comes, he starts looking for it and won't give in until we have "found" it.

Other books in our collection that he will read (after Goose on the farm) are

• Hairy Maclary Scattercat
• Hairy Maclary and friends
• Cock-a-doodle-hooooooo
• Perky the Pukeko
• Silly Willy
• Fire
• How the Elephant got his trunk
• Goose goes shopping - Yes there are more goose books!!!

Most of the book collection comes from Op shops, I can sometimes get a whole bag of books for under $5.00, there is nothing wrong with them, and Keaton loves looking at the pictures, and sometimes I find the older books better than the new ones anyway. 

Are there any books in your collection that make you want to scream because you have read them to many times?

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