Read, read, read, said the Baby: Look, it's Woof Woof Dog by Camilla Reid and Clare Youngs

This is a crossover between a board book and a novelty or "toy" book. It has the shape and size of a board book, simple art and text, and cardboard pages. However, it also has felt flaps to lift and is made with a thinner binding and lighter cardboard pages than the typical board book. It probably won't have as long a shelf-life as the typical board book.

I don't care how long they last and I want the whole series because this book is so fun, adorable, and just right for little ones!

Each spread introduces the main animal seen there, with "Look, it's Quack Quack Duck! Quack, quack! he says." The gender of the animals is alternated between he and she. A second sentence, in smaller type, asks "But do you see a beautiful dragonfly?" and moving the thick felt flap shows a small image of the dragonfly with the text "Here it is!" There are four animals, a rabbit, duck, fish, and dog, and four flaps covering a bee, tadpole, dragonfly, and mole. The final spread shows the four big animals and repeats their sounds paired with a large yellow flap covering a mirror and asking the child what they say.

The art is created in a collage-style, with patterned squares and rectangles put together to make the basic animal shapes and some foliage and decorated with slightly raised or indented sparkling accents.

Verdict: While the book's construction is a bit flimsy, this is just perfect to read with babies and toddlers and they're a reasonable cost for a novelty board book. This title is coming out with Roar Roar Lion and two more titles will be released in the fall. Recommended, especially for kits or circulating toys.

ISBN: 9798887770031; Published June 2023 by Nosy Crow/Candlewick; Review copy provided by publisher