REVIEW: The Big Pancake by Ladybird

Now that my son can “read” picture books with single words on his own, sing a few nursery rhymes and also enjoys listening to stories, I am introducing story books. Browsing around Borders, I was happy to find “The Big Pancake” by Ladybird.

This classic story under the “Ladybird tales” collection is about a mother who makes a big pancake for her 7 hungry little boys. However, the pancake decides it doesn’t want to be eaten.

The pancake JUMPS off the frying pan and off it goes in search of freedom!

Of course, Lucas loved the story when I read about the mother baking his favourite pancake, the hungry little boys and the pancake running away…

Although I’d found other classic stories like “Jack and the Beanstalk”, “Hansel and Gretel”, “Puss in Boots”, and “The Elves and the Shoemaker” which would interest little boys, the storyline and illustrations in “The Big Pancake” seemed to interest him the most.

The story was exciting, full of action and familiar enough to hold his attention. The illustrations were vivid, descriptive and closely tied to the storyline. The repetitive sentences also helped him join in the reading.

What’s best about Ladybird books is that it only costs RM9.90 (15% discount for Citibank card holders) and he can read it all the way until he’s 7 years old

By the way, Borders is having a “buy 3 free 1″ offer for the Ladybird Keyword Reading Scheme books I blogged about earlier. A fabulous offer since each book only costs RM7.43!

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Tagged as: adventure, fantasy