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|title=Bocchi and Pocchi and the Bird
|author=Noriko Matsubara
|reviewer=Zoe Page
|genre=For Sharing
|rating=3
|buy=Maybe
|borrow=Maybe
|isbn=978-1909991019
|pages=32
|publisher=Troika Books
|date=May 2014
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909991015</amazonuk>
|amazonus=<amazonus>1909991015</amazonus>
|website=
|video=
|summary=A simple book about two socks and their friends
}}
Bocchi and Pocchi are a pair of fluffy, colourful socks, and the leads in this book. I suppose talking socks is no different from talking monkeys or talking robots or aliens. This a book for pre-schoolers. Anything goes. And it's not like they're not happy, friendly, helpful socks.
One day they're out walking and they stumble across a bird who has fallen from her nest. It's very high up in the tree, but can Bocchi and Pocchi and their friends help? This is a book about imagination, inventive problem solving and friendship. It's simple, obviously, but that doesn't matter since it follows a tried and tested formula, in this case a few botched or unsuccessful attempts and then a resolution, of sorts.
There's nothing wrong with this book. It's bright. It's cheerful. The language is simple and straightforward. There’s a surprising, yet happy ending. And yet, I don't know. There’s something missing. There are so many exciting books for this age group that are alive with buzz and magic, and this one just seemed a bit plain and simple in comparison. Something about it just didn't light a fire under me.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending us a copy to review.
For this age group, the new [[The Flying Bath by Julia Donaldson and David Robert]] is an ace, bubbly book.
{{amazontext|amazon=1909991015}}
{{commenthead}}
|title=Bocchi and Pocchi and the Bird
|author=Noriko Matsubara
|reviewer=Zoe Page
|genre=For Sharing
|rating=3
|buy=Maybe
|borrow=Maybe
|isbn=978-1909991019
|pages=32
|publisher=Troika Books
|date=May 2014
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909991015</amazonuk>
|amazonus=<amazonus>1909991015</amazonus>
|website=
|video=
|summary=A simple book about two socks and their friends
}}
Bocchi and Pocchi are a pair of fluffy, colourful socks, and the leads in this book. I suppose talking socks is no different from talking monkeys or talking robots or aliens. This a book for pre-schoolers. Anything goes. And it's not like they're not happy, friendly, helpful socks.
One day they're out walking and they stumble across a bird who has fallen from her nest. It's very high up in the tree, but can Bocchi and Pocchi and their friends help? This is a book about imagination, inventive problem solving and friendship. It's simple, obviously, but that doesn't matter since it follows a tried and tested formula, in this case a few botched or unsuccessful attempts and then a resolution, of sorts.
There's nothing wrong with this book. It's bright. It's cheerful. The language is simple and straightforward. There’s a surprising, yet happy ending. And yet, I don't know. There’s something missing. There are so many exciting books for this age group that are alive with buzz and magic, and this one just seemed a bit plain and simple in comparison. Something about it just didn't light a fire under me.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending us a copy to review.
For this age group, the new [[The Flying Bath by Julia Donaldson and David Robert]] is an ace, bubbly book.
{{amazontext|amazon=1909991015}}
{{commenthead}}
