Gerald Hawksley

This book was a super cute picture book about happy animals!

Happy cats, dogs, and frogs are just some of the ridiculously adorable animals showcased in this book. I really liked the cartoon-y art that was featured within the book. The colourful pictures gave the book a friendly and fun feel, which makes it perfect for the target audience.

There is a rhyming scheme, which seems a little forced at times. Dogs, frogs, tree, three, etc. Despite this, I think the book was a fun book for the younger age group (one year to five years maximum, in my opinion). It's definitely easy to read along with, and could be read in a silly song to make the book more fun and interactive.

For a picture book, it's rather long! It's well past 20 pages of colourful pages with happy animals.

Overall, I think this book is very sweet! It's the perfect book to introduce young readers into the world of literature! I'd also recommend this book to a kindergarten or daycare class learning animals, because it's fun and colourful enough to make a lesson out of.

Five out of five stars!

I found this book for free on BookBub.… (meer)

Sleepy Animals is a picture book full of colourful drawings of very tired animals!

This book is definitely aimed towards the younger audience (mainly toddlers, and up to five years old). The pictures are simple and sweet, which makes this book the perfect resource for learning (whether in daycare of kindergarten classes). With over 20 pages of animals falling asleep, it could also be used as a bedtime story for the toddlers!

Yet again, the illustrations really stand out and make this book as great as it is! The storyline are very linear (tired animal falls asleep) and doesn't require too much thinking. It's simplistic, which is why it is so good for the target audience. If you pair this book alongside some of Gerald Hawksley's other books, you'll have a great baseline of books to introduce kids to!

Five out of five stars!

I found this book via BookBub.… (meer)

When your baby is 13 and still loves hats of all kinds, this book seriously resonates! The book has been around a while and I will admit I only picked it it up because my kid has a stack of hats on his bedside table that would make Dr. Seuss proud. This is a book that my "munchkin" would have enjoyed time and time again when he was little. Colorful silly illustrations with fun characters tell the story of the Happy Hatster and his quest to bring hats of all kinds to head bare citizens. Children will simply delight in this tale and demand to share it again and again. Perfect for pre-school bedtime stories and the rhyming prose is great for early sight readers.

Our hats are bent!
Our hats are old!
Our heads are bare!
Our heads are cold!
We all need new hats, it’s clear!
Thank goodness Happy Hat Day’s nearly here.… (meer)