Go, Dog. Go!

 By P. D. Eastman

(This is the full book.  The board book is barely even the same book, heavily edited and with new text.  Don't bother with it.)

I've always loved this book for many reasons.  The absurdity of the coloured dogs.  The angularity of the 60-style art.  The "Do you like my hat?" sequences.  The list goes on.

 This is a book about colours, numbers, prepositions, conversation, simple everyday concepts, and more.

It features a lot of repetition, especially of the words "Go" and "Dog", which makes it a great early reader.

There is no story, which kids love.  I'm going to end up saying this in every post, but kids love a book with lots of pictures, repetitive words, simple, interesting concepts and no plot.

As a feminist, I'm a little irked that the only female character in the book is constantly looking to a man for validation through her choices in apparel.

But it was written in the 60's, and furthermore, if it didn't bother me as a kid it probably won't bother my own children.




Here is one of my favourite reviews.