Review: Not As Good As Others
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2013
Our family has really enjoyed several of Laura Yirak's titles (Three Wee Peas on the Farm is great), but Puppy Come Home is not as well written as some of her other works.  The rhyme scheme goes from exact to approximate to really stretching it, back to precise again etc.  The point of view is also muddy and confused going from present to flashback then back to present with no clear transition in the storyline to let children know the time is shifting again.  The very end of the story is also confusing as well, seeming to involve the child who is reading but without any reason to.On the good side, the art is consistent, bright and appealing.  My 2-year-old asked for repeated readings last night, despite the fact that I personally wasn't too thrilled with this one.