Wednesday, March 31, 2010

New Zealand Post Picture Books 2010


Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig goes to Dad's Cafe by Diana Neild
reviewed by Yewon Jung
Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig goes with his mum for lunch at his Dad's cafe, "The Ravenous Snout".
This story is told in perfect rhyme and illustrated with wonderful and colourful pictures of the different characters that come into the cafe.
I think that this book is fabulous and that everyone over 4 years old will love it.
Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig Goes to Dad's cafe is good enough to win the picture book and childrens' choice awards.

The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith.
Reviewed by Selwyn Mitchell
The Wonky Donkey is a picture book which is also a rhyming song book.
I believe it should be in a joke book.
Here is why...
What do you call a donkey that has only one eye, 3 legs,likes to listen to country music, is quite tall and slim, and smells really, really bad?
A stinky-dinky-lanky-honky- tonky -winky -wonky donkey.
The song is meant to be funny. My brother Zac loves it, but I didn't think it was funny.
The book comes with a CD of the very catchy song.
I think this book will win the picture book award because the catchy song, the colourful illustrations and rhyme all go together well.

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