Review by Debbyemi -- Puffy and the Formidable Foe

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Re: Review by Debbyemi -- Puffy and the Formidable Foe

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NL Hartje wrote: 28 Jan 2018, 13:43
Debbyemi wrote: 06 Oct 2017, 06:25 the book and gave a free coloring page to serve as a reward for a child’s successful completion of the book. Using the free coloring page, Parent can set targets for their children
Debby, this is a great observation! The coloring page is a very useful addition.

For me, this book scored highly for rhyming and offering the parental discussion syllabus. I was disappointed, however, with Puffy's portrayal. He was illustrated differently on most pages. Some pages he had eyelashes; some pages he did not. Some pages he had a pink nose, whereas on others it was grey or white.

Did any of you notice this? I only rated the book 3/4. Do you think the differing Puffys warranted negative impact on the score?

My review here:
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Oh, that's so true, it might be a little confusing for children, as they will be wondering if Puffy is refering to a different being each time. The author will do well to correct that. Thanks for the point. For now, parents might have to explain to their children, Puffy is same on all pages just the coloring used.
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