Beep Beep, Maisy!

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 5, 2017

Review

This oversized boardbook has dozens of flaps for little hands to find, which is great for hand eye coordination. Maisy is driving about in her car and she passes many other vehicles; a donkey on a tractor, a peacock on a bicycle and an ostrich on a train to name a few. Sounds reasonable, right? Roadwork causes a huge traffic jam and all the drivers and passengers find ways to entertain themselves while they wait. The sounds each vehicle makes are revealed and there are lots of different sizes of tabs to flip where one will discover amusing and colorful pictures. Familiar characters are here again : Charley, Cyril, and Dotty. Those who love the Maisy series will be thrilled with this offering. Flip books, however, do get easily damaged and torn and have to be replaced often, in public libraries especially.

Overall Book Score: very good