Ben Lerwill, Mark Chambers. Dorling Kindersley, (32p) ISBN: 9780241695876. Picture Book, read 17/04/25, eBook ★★★★★

The Biggest Dog in the Book

I’ve been taking the opportunity to read any picture books that I can right now as they are usually so bright and positive, and I’m always on the look-out for new story time books.

‘The Biggest Dog in the Book’ is a perfect story time book as kids always seem to love dogs and the dog illustrations in here are so fun.

It also works really well in that there is very little text on each page and the text is following a path of smallest to biggest which is a nice concept for children who seem to understand that well, and you can play the games of ‘Do you think Holly is the biggest dog?’ with the children to help pull them through the story with you.

The defining of each dog by traits such as waggy tail and speed gives younger readers something to help separate each dog and give them something to play with.

It was also fun throwing in a non-dog for the children to shout ‘That’s not a dog’ at, and each page seems to have little surprises to point out the children as the book is being read.

A great fun read that has lots of potential and family appeal.

I received this from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.