Children’s Book Review: Polo And Lily
May 27, 2009 by Karlynn Johnston
Filed under Book Nook
Oh, the wonders of Polo. If you are a regular reader of the site, you know how we extol the virtues of Polo, to the ends of the earth and back. So I was more than excited to get these books, and for our 3 day road trip to the States no less! Talk about the heavens opening up, and dropping Polo from the sky, blessed are we.
In Polo and Lily, the story starts with Polo bumbling around his house for the day, doing all that Polo does, gardening (love), eating his veggies from his garden (double love) fishing etc. Then whoomp! A new friend crashes into his tree house! Adventures ensue.
Initially, I was disappointed in the size of the book, not only the physical size but the fact that it is close to only 1/3 in volume of what the original two are page-wise. (32 pages in this vs 80 in The Runaway Book) But there is a silver lining to every cloud, and in this case, it would be my daughters little three year old hands. She is able to handle these Polo books so much better than the older, larger ones. With The Runaway Book, she had to be sitting on a couch that supported her legs out straight so she could rest it on them, and she had a hard time holding it up to read. This size, and the length of the tale, is absolutely perfect for the younger set.
I would ask though, that if they do have to be shorter….please just publish more faster! I can’t wait for the next two, I think that I am worse than the kids.
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