Customer Reviews

Where Is Boots?: A Lift-the-Flap Story (Dora the Explorer)

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This is a nice, playful little book BUT HONESTLY I can't imagine reading it to my five year-old, much less an eight year-old. I truly think the age range would be better if it said: from 5 months to 3 years of age.

In this book, Dora and Boots are playing Hide and Seek and when they were little, my two loved it. (They are 3 and 5 now). The fun part of the plot was that you are looking for Boot's red boots and behind each flap (1 flap per every 2 pages) is something red. Is it Boots? No, it's red but it is a flower. Or a ball... or King Crab.... My kids loved that it wasn't Boots but something else.

As children get slightly older you can spruce up the action by introducing a few of the 11 Spanish words that are listed.

A pronunciation guide for the Spanish vocabulary is in the front. The words follow: Hola, Una, Flor, Roja, Pelota, Mariposa, Un, Sombrero, Rojo, Lo hicimos, Adios. (Nothing intimidating here.)

Five Stars. Good Price, Fun Book with Some Educational Elements.

This was my daughter's first Dora book, which we received as a gift for her first birthday, before either of us even knew who "Dora" is. My daughter fell in love with it and at 22 months, still asks to read it at times. She is now a big Dora fan. Basically, Dora is playing hide and seek with her best friend, "Boots," and on each page there is a flap to lift to see if he is there or not. I give it a 5 based on her enjoyment of it over the months.

I took this to read to a group of 3-5 year olds and they loved trying to find something red on each page and then getting to lift the flaps to find out what was hiding! It really keeps them entertained and gets them interacting with you. The story is cute and the pictures are great! The only thing I didn't like was the use of Spanish so I tried to skip over those parts. I was worried the kids would get confused by the words and just stop at that part to try to figure out what I had said instead of listening to the rest of the story. But all in all I think it's a great book for anyone that's heard of Dora!

Great book to read together to find Boots. My 3 year old loves to lift the flaps and read along.

Great book for my two year old. Great color identification. I also have her count objects--like pigs, boats, and bananas. However, my four year old gets bored with simple text. I guess I will be reading two different books at bed time.

my niece is really going to enjoy this book she just loves boots and dora

My two year LOVES being read too. She NEVER grows tired of it and she loves her Dora books! This one isn't her all time favorite but she likes it and I think it's very cute too.

We got this book for my 2 1/2 year old son when we were moving cross country and needed lots of items to keep his little hands busy. He loves lift-the-flap-books and Dora, so this seemed like an ideal book. He did enjoy it, but it didn't keep him busy for too long because there is only 1 large flap to look under per 2 pages open. I suppose it's my fault for not taking a sneak peek at the book before purchasing, but it wasn't the end of the world anyway. Overall, if your child loves Dora, it's a good purchase.

My one year old loves this book! I agree with other reviews that it wouldn't seem good for an older child, though, more for toddlers, I think.

I am a speech therapist and my 3 year old girls love this book. My only complaint is that it's not as sturdy as some of the lift the flap books; I don't expect it will last quite as long. (My therapy books get tons of use.) That said, it might be OK for use by a single child.