My daughter just turned two. At first, I thought that this book is a bit too "meta" for her: the character in the book starts his story, but then encounters jelly stain, peanut butter stain (that plops on his face), orange juice, dirty fingerprints, etc. In the end, those "stains" become the story itself, and he celebrates that. (So, if you like books with a message, I guess this one would be that the "messes," as they're called in this book, can actually make up the story itself - or, in other words, that mistakes are a part of life, and sometimes even a beautiful part. I suppose it is a good message for parents of toddlers too... )
To go back to the target audience, my daughter seemed uninterested in this book at first; she was in one of her active periods where she couldn't follow a new story. However, one day, she "got" it. She realized what's happening to the main character, and - when I read his "what?!" and "aaargh!"-s with emotion - she found it hilarious. When the story in the middle of the book attempts to start "from the top," a new mess appears (crayon scribbles), she was howling with laughter as only a toddler can: ) And when I hear "Again, again!" at the end of the book, the book is a winner. And this one is!
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