Customer Reviews

Maisy Goes to School: Mini Edition

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The "peek-a-boo" flaps, pull tabs, action and simple language in this book made it a big hit with our two children -- (one toddler and one preschool age)! The darling mouse, Maisy, does lots of activities at school, such as paints pictures, writes a story, dances like a ballerina, and even adds and subtracts! Like other lift the flap/pull the tab books, your child can interact with this book. My preschool age daughter has even learned to add and subtract from this book and very much enjoys "reading" the book to me! The Maisy books are a huge success in our home...we're ordering four more to add to our growing collection!

I bought this book for my daughter who will be going to preschool next fall. She loves Maisy, so I thought this would be a perfect way to introduce her to the concept of 'school.' Not quite. The book includes pictures of Maisy doing things all on her own, no teacher or other kids involved, no saying goodbye to Mom or Dad in the morning. Plus, the book is small and the pull tabs are really hard to maneuver. The book was ripped apart in a matter of two days after my daughter tried to pull and push tabs on her own. I could barely get them to cooperate myself. We love Maisy, but I'd skip this book.

My son enjoys all the Maisy books. Maisy Goes to School is no exception. When he talks about school and you ask him a question he correlates to Maisy. This to me is a great children's book when a child remembers. However, the "Lift-The-Flap & Pull-The-Tap" was found it to be less desirable. We have had no difficulty in the construction of other "pull-tab" Maisy books (ie "Seasons") but all the "pull tabs" in "Maisy Goes to School" do not withstand a child pulling, mostly the one for the pencil.