Some Dogs Do - Jez Alborough Reviews

This is a nice little kids' book. It's about a dog who finds he can fly. When he tells his friends they don't believe him and he tries to prove it but can't because he can only fly when he's happy. This is an imaginative story, and one that ties in nicely with that childhood feeling of wishing you could fly. The language is ...  Read the complete review

Some Dogs Do is a gorgeous picture book by Jez Alborough. I already knew Jez Alborough from his Duck in the Truck books which the grandson loves, so I was keen to give this a go when we were given it in a bag of books from a neighbour (we like to swap them in the street, keeps costs down!). If you want to buy this, you can get it from Amazon for ...  Read the complete review

Noah picked this one up when we went to the library the other day and I didn't hesitate to bring it home with us because I vaguely remembered seeing it in the Dooyoo catalogue (Not that I'm addicted or anything!). The story is written by the well known children's author Jez Alborough and was first published in 2003 by Walker Books ...  Read the complete review

Every christmas my good friend Tracy and I buy presents for each others children which normally ends up being of the book variety. Last year she bought my 3 and 4 year old boys a variety of story books and this little gem was amongst them. It's a wonderfully,uplifting and magical tale of a little pup called sid who on his way to school one day ...  Read the complete review

My three year old recently received this delightful book in her BookStart pack which all three year olds get and it is fast becoming one of her favourites. We already own quite a few Jez Alborough books so we were very happy to add this to our collection. The main character in this story is an adorable little dog called Sid. Something ...  Read the complete review

The title of this book 'Some dogs do' gets the imgaination revved up instantly - some dogs do what? You just have to open the book to find out, nobody can resist. This story is about a young pup, Sid, who one day feeling overtly happy as he walks to school finds that he can fly. The feeling of being so so happy and floaty that he ...  Read the complete review

Despite him having quite a reputation in the world of pre-schoolers' picture books I have never been quite a fan of Jez Alborough. I am also bit ambivalent about books that use animal characters in human roles. And despite both these reservations I have to say that 'Some Dogs Do' is simply wonderful. It's the best feel-good book I have ...  Read the complete review