Customer Reviews

Portable Pets: Hello Kitty (Hello Kitty and Friends)

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I've purchased the Hello Kitty engagement calendars for the past five years, and I've used them every day. I wasn't too keen on last year's Hello Kitty Through the Seasons 2006/2007 Engagement Calendar (Hello Kitty), as the photography was too dark and/or out of focus, and the Hello Kitty plush dolls featured just weren't very cute. This 2007/2008 engagement calendar is an improvement, as it's filled with illustrations instead of badly taken photographs of Hello Kitty plush dolls in awkward poses. The format follows the same as that of the previous years' calendars (even using the same typeface on the pages), which I quite like.

I've got a couple of complaints about this product: 1) The illustrations could've been larger - there's so much empty space around each drawing that could've been filled with more colorful cuteness. 2) The spiral binding is way too big and bulky for the pages. The book is the same size as its predecessor, but for some reason, the spiral binding got really big.

I get the Hello Kitty wall calendar and engagement calendar every year and was surprised to note that the 2008 engagement calendar doesn't match the theme for the 2008 wall version--I seem to recall in years past that they're supposed to support one another in themes.

This has seasonal cartoons, but sometimes they're a little off--in September 2008 there's a random picture of Hello Kitty dressed as Elvis while on surrounding pages the other cats and rabbits are in Native American and Pilgrim costumes. Adorable, but singularly weird.

The book is cute as always, but like others have said, the cartoons could be much larger and more complex. Sometimes they don't make a lot of sense, like one of the characters surfing while holding up a pineapple, but that's kind of the appeal of HK. I do like the amount of holidays that the book makes note of, like children's festivals and especially reading events.

The plastic binding is annoying, but one problem is that it keeps slipping out of the holes--I'm thinking of gluing a small button at the top so I don't have to constantly guide it back in.

Here's hoping the wall calendar will be better--can't wait for those new stickers!

I wish they had kept the metal ring binding from last year and I would have given this 5 stars. The plastic binding does make the cover and pages more difficult to turn and far less durable.

Some people liked the photos from last year, but I personally prefer the cartoon drawings this year; I just wish they related to the particular month they are in.

No matter, I love the annual Hello Kitty engagement calendar and will continue to buy/use until they stop making it.

I've been using the Hello Kitty desk calendars for the last 2-3 years.
For 2008 they exchanged the metal spiral binding for this cheap-o plastic one. It makes it hard to turn the pages.
In the 2008 calendar the images are cartoons, unlike 2007 which had photos of Hello Kitty plushies in various poses. I like that some pictures are other Sanrio characters. The 2008 calendar also lists other Sanrio character birthdays.

This years hello kitty engagement calendar is super cute as always, but the pages are filled with cartoon illustations of hello kitty and her friends instead of the various photos of hello kitty that featured in previous years' calendars. I wish they would bring back such photos for the next 2008/2009 version, which in my opinion made the calendar all that more fun to use! :)

For me the appeal of the Hello Kitty weekly calendars has been the Haikus. This edition doesn't have the haikus which was a huge disapointment for me.

This book is a cute little book for any girl who loves Hello Kitty. There is not a lot of reading to it, so works great for children learning to recognize words. We've enjoyed it!!