Customer Reviews

Cleo and Caspar (Cleo Series)

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My 19 month old daughter picked this book out from the library and we had to recheck it when it came due! She waits her turn - and then shouts "No!" along with Cleo. The simple rhyming text and colorful illustrations really keep her attention - AND the attention of my much more well-read 3 year old son. They both clamor for this book at bedtime. We will be purchasing the entire series.

With this purchase, we now own every Cleo book--they are my absolute favorite and I truly enjoy reading them to my (now) 7-month old (we've been reading them since he was born). As with all the other books, the colors are bright, the characters are cute and well-drawn, and the book rhymes. The only even somewhat minor thing about this particular book is that the rhyme scheme was a bit different than the other books. Other books, you pick up, read, and the rhyming works perfectly from page flip to page flip. This one took me a read or two to find the correct page-turning-rhythm. Sounds silly, but there you go. Still a winner of a book and I would recommend it to anyone!

Gentle rhythms of text lead to the meeting of a Cleo, a cat, and Caspar, a puppy. Caspar barks and Cleo hisses, "No!" then runs away. While Caspar sleeps, Cleo talks to her owner, a young boy. Cleo comes inside and tells Caspar, who is sleeping, that he can stay. Cleo drinks her milk, only to play with Caspar after he wakes up.