Review: Just a Bunch of Danny is Doing This, Then Danny Don't Do That!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2013
Danny, Don't Do That! is pretty average really.  It outlines a few worthy things kids can learn from not to do but since the book isn't written as a story they'll want to read over and over again it's not likely they'll remember any of the examples.  There's also too much text to be used as signage on walls or something.  Basically the book is simply a paragraph on each page where the narrator follows Danny a dim-witted male character, and tells the reader what he got up to.  Such as swinging a baseball bat in the living room and breaking a lamp.  Then an adult character will simply say "Danny, don't do that!"  The lack of consequences for Danny's behaviour and bad parenting in that he is never disciplined mean he just gets up to more and more destructive behaviour with whoever sees him doing it simply saying Danny Don't Do That!Possibly a wakeup call for parents reading this who parent with this sort of style to how the behaviour of the kid will just expand to ultimately it undertakes life threatening activities or the house is destroyed.  A few scenarios kids themselves can learn not to do.  But other than that the book doesn't have much going for it.  The illustrations aren't even formatted properly and are very small squares on the pages.