I popped into the library today with the intention of getting a book to entertain my 2 year old niece. This one seemed to jump out at me, and having had a quick look, it looked as though it would be ideal. Rod Campbell has been in the industry for well over 20 years. He has spent most of his life in Zimbabwe having been born in Scotland in 1945. Interestingly, he didn't start off with an interest in writing children's books. He is in fact, the owner of a Doctorate in Organic Chemistry............makes me yawn just thinking about it! In 1980 he made the decision to pursue his interests, during which time he designed children's cards and toys. It was at this ...  Read the complete review

In the run up to Christmas I have decided to start choosing a Christmas story each time we visit the library to help teach my daughter more about the festive season and also to get her excited. On our last visit we chose Dear Santa, which is written by Rod Campbell and is very similar to the fantastic Dear Zoo. The book is very visually appealing which straight away makes you want to look at it. The cover is bright red with a snow effect all over and shows a large present wrapped in yellow paper covered in holly and a big blue ribbon, so it is a christmassy looking book. There are fourteen pages to the book and they are very thick so they won't spoil so ...  Read the complete review

I'll start by apologising to you all for publishing a Christmas Book review in February. Unfortunately like many others, I asked for this product to be added some time ago and it has only just been put on the site. I was going to wait buy hey, you might just pick it up somewhere in a sale for next Christmas. ***Background*** Rod Campbell is well known for his Dear Zoo best seller from many years ago. He loves to write and design books that give a child more to do than just look at the pictures. In this book he uses flaps again and this is something that children never seem to tire of using. ***The Story*** This story begins ...  Read the complete review

This is a hardback book and is 12 pages long. The pages are made from a thin cardboard, which is great for toddlers as it is more grown up than a board book without having paper pages that could be easily torn. The story begins with a child writing a letter to Santa. Each page then has a sentence 'so Santa sent me a...' On the opposite page is a lift up flap that looks like a parcel. When lifted it reveals the gift underneath, these include a car, a trumpet and some paints. Below the picture is a reason why the gift was unsuitable. At the end of the book it shows the ideal gift and a lovely touchy feely picture of it. This is a lovely little book ...  Read the complete review

My daughter was 1 nearly 2 when we decided to buy this book. It was coming up to Christmas and we were trying to get our daughter exited about Santa coming. She had no idea who he was and she didn't seem at all interested when we tried to explain to her that Santa brings all of her Christmas presents. I was walking through asda doing my weekly grocery shopping when I came across the book dear Santa. It really stood out with the bright red background and the gold writing. At three pound I thought it was a bargain so I had to pick it up. I was also familiar with the author as we had already bought the book dear zoo, which was also written by Rod Campbell. ...  Read the complete review