Find the Dots

Reviewed by: Deidre Walsh - Goodall Library, Sanford, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: September 17, 2017

Review

It is difficult to categorize this book. It is a counting book. It is a learn your colors book. It is a unique and interactive experience. The reader is invited to find, identify and manipulate a progressively larger amount of colors, dots, and/or pages. This is done by turning, twisting and bending pages and flaps accordingly. The colors of the dots are simple and vivid. But some of the hues may be difficult for children to detect. Think pink and orange. This is an amazing book. But I am not sure who the intended audience is. It is best suited for one on one sharing. If you a brave enough to get it for a public library, it should be used only under supervision from the librarian during a story time. If you buy this book for the general collection it would be disastrous because it invites the reader to manipulate the pages in various ways. The shelf life would be one check out, if that. This is not a suitable purchase for a library. Stick with Herve Tullet's "Press Here". It would work best as a gift for someone who likes interactive books.

Overall Book Score: fair