Child’s Play (International) Ltd ISBN 978-1786280022 £6.99
This comic tale is one to be enjoyed as a read aloud to your child and I am sure that they will want to return to this again and again. It offers some key points for discussion, tapping into young children’s developing ability to see something from another perspective. I am sure that young children early in their reading development will enjoy the humour and slapstick characters as they try to find their way round the big red rock as well as their reactions to the intransigence of the red boulder. The illustrations are engaging and make great use of the cumulative sequence of enlisting friends to come and solve a problem together. Small, short captions, and speech bubbles with easy repetitive and recognisable language will ensure youngsters join in. Ideal for the early stages of reading. Age range 3 – 5.
Isabel Macdonald