Review: Gets the Message Across Because it's Funny, Also Bonus Stranger Danger Info Too
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 6, 2012
This is a really good colourful Kindle book.  This could either be viewed one on one with a child (or they could read it themselves) or you could connect your PC to an OHP screen and present it to a class in a library or a classroom.  Most Kindle picture books aren't really designed for Kindle, being just hard copies scanned and end up in the top half or the screen, but How to Greet a Dog seems to have been properly designed for Kindle devices and PCs, with the pages taking up pretty much the full screen.The language is simple enough for a child to read and importantly the messages are very simple.  This does not come across as a lecture like a lot of child safety books unfortunately do. The text is very conversational and together with the pictures is full of humour.  Children (and even adults you don't have to be a child to learn about interacting with a dog safely) will enjoy each piece of advice and not even really catch on that they are learning. Lessons learnt include how to approach a dog in a car, how to pat a dog as well as know when it is okay to pat a dog, how to approach a dog with an owner, how to be beside and not make it feel threatened as well as dog related advice.  As a nice bonus in teaching the dog related stuff the reader will also pick up some stranger danger or what's okay for people touching them advice as comparing human behaviour with the dogs perspective which can be built upon in a wider discussion later.This is a really good picture book.  Illustrations done in cartoon style are really well drawn too.