Review: Mickey on the Move

Mickey on the Move

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Play-a-Sound

Publication date: 2009
Publisher: Publications International, Ltd
ISBN: 978-1-4127-6928-0

Summary/Back cover:
Mickey Mouse is on the move! Read the story, turn the gears, and press the sound buttons to help Mickey and his friends fix their vehicles and finish the race.

Turn 8 gears to find hidden sound buttons! Press 13 buttons to hear wobbly wheels, bicycle bells, and more! "Hot dog! Say super cheers!"

Review:
If you've got a child that loves watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the telly, they'll absolutely adore this book.  Its pretty much exactly the same format as a TV episode (with Toodles and the mouseketools, even!), but in book form.  In addition to reading the story, there are buttons to press which make a variety of odd sounds - and there are pictures within the story (in the middle of sentences) to tell the little readers when to press a particular button.

My three year old adores Mickey Mouse, and this book has been a major hit with him.  He loves it when it's read to him (and he presses the buttons as we go), but he loves it equally as well when he plays with it by himself - there's enough detail in the illustrations on each page that he knows what's going on, and the text has the pictures of which buttons to press, so he can "read" it himself.

The book is a sturdy board book, and the gears and buttons seem pretty solid too - time will tell how long it will last, but I'm hoping it will last long enough for my 1 year old to be allowed to read it, too.  The battery cover for the noises is also easily accessible (but screwed down, for safety), so the batteries can be changed if needed in the future.

Definitely worth getting your little Mickey Mouse enthusiast.

My rating: 4.4 out of 5

Review written by Bronwyn