Review: Cute Bedtime Story, with a Caveat
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2012
This is a charming little rhyming story about a beloved family dog.  The illustrations for this book are cute.  Using calming blues and subdued colors for a bedtime story is an inspired way to ease children towards sleep.  Including an information panel about the real Doggus was cute, too.  I also loved the way the story was carried forward by the artistic placement of the letters on the page, and the use of different sizes of font for the letters.However, the smaller print was WAY too tiny to be read on the Kindle.  Since the words were embedded within the panels, there wasn't any way to enlarge the print.  I think that individual pages for each panel would have worked much better.It was difficult to decide on a rating for this book.  On one hand, I loved the story, its illustrations and the originality.  On the other hand, the print was too tiny to read, and I had to squint to see the story.  Ultimately, the point of a book is the story.  This book has a genuine "cute" factor, and I got it for free, so I've rated it as okay, with a caveat.  If I had paid for it in this format, I would not be pleased.Update 3/17/2013I noticed this book was being promoted again, and there were some comments about corrections that had been made.  I re-downloaded the book to see if the issues noted in my previous review had been addressed.  Unfortunately, they have not. My rating stands.