Have You Washed Your Face??!? (In The Night Garden - Time To Wash Faces Book)

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Product:	In The Night Garden - Time To Wash Faces Book
Date:	17.03.08 (46 review reads)
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Advantages: hard wearing great characters

Disadvantages: none

Time To Wash Faces - A In The Night Garden Board Book





As Jack's obsession with In the Night Garden grows so does his collection of related goods. (I think it may be me with the obsession and Jack is too young to be bothered either way!) This is the latest book we have bought to add to our fast growing collection.



There is a 3 for 2 offer almost always in Waterstone's and on my last trip it was no different. They had this offer applied to the books from the In The Night Garden series and I just couldn't help myself. These smaller sized board books (in comparison to others from this collection) are priced at £3.99 pence and this is the RRP at which they are selling in this bookstore. So I was able to pick up three books for the total price of just under eight pounds. Bargain!



Time To Wash Faces book is based around, the most popular (I personally think) character from the In The Night Garden programme, Makka Pakka. He is the only character that is pictured on the front cover and although other characters may appear in the book this story is really his story.



Makka Pakka likes to wash faces in the programme and in this book that is exactly what he does. The story to the book is pretty simple and easy to follow which is exactly what the programme itself is like. We follow Makka Pakka around the Night Garden carrying his sponge and soap on his Og-pog (a small bike like creation that holds his soap and sponge). he washes the faces of Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, the Tombliboos, and even his own face. The end of the book shows everyone with lovely clean faces (looking pretty much how they did at the start as their faces are not visibly dirty).



As I say the story is simple but easy to follow and enjoyable for small children. The book is a board book so the pages are thick and chunky making them easy for small fingers to turn. It being a board book the pages are easily wiped clean with a damp cloth and it is also very hard wearing even when being thrown about like Jack does.



There are sixteen pages all together and each one is as bright and colourful as the last. There are photos in the book rather than drawings and these are clear, colourful and enjoyable to look at. The writing on each right hand page is in large bold print making it easy to see and read.



The characters are shown in the book well and there is even a small speech bubble on the bottom of each page with something that one of the characters would usually say in the programme. This of course makes no sense to anyone who has not seen the programme and comes across as utter gobbledegook



Al in all for the RRP or even the sort of reduced rate that I purchased this book at I think it was a great investment. It is so hardwearing that I think it will be around for a long time to come and long after Jack has stopped liking the show and all the characters in it. The story may be a little tame but it certainly fits well with the sort of things that you see in the programme.



I would rate this book a great 10/10. Every time I read it to Jack for his bedtime story he makes these lovely squealing sounds because he recognises the characters and he can turn the pages best on this book rather than the paper books I sometimes read. I think it is not a book that can be read every night but once a week it can still be interesting and fun.



I hope this has been of some help to you. Thanks for taking the time to come and read. xxxxx

Summary: a great book from the series