Thursday, January 19, 2012

Review: Thomas & Friends: 5 Useful Engines

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Thomas & Friends: 5 Useful Engines
Author not stated

Publication Date: 2002
Publisher: Egmont UK
ISBN: 978-0-6035-6203-7

Summary/Back cover:
Say hello to Thomas and his friends while they wait for passengers at the station!

Bright, chunky pages and simple rhyming text make this a perfect book for young Thomas fans.

Review:
My 3 year old adores Thomas, so was keen to borrow this book from the library. It's a board book with pages of different sizes (each of the engine faces you can see in the picture is on a different page.

The most useful thing about this book, I think, is that it encourages children to count backwards - a skill that not every child has learnt by the time they start school.

This book has been a hit with both my 3 year old and my 17 month old (who is mostly interested in turning the pages by himself!) A much simpler book than the traditional Thomas books, which makes it a nice break for parents to read.

My rating: 4 out of 5.

Review written by Bronwyn

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