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Summary: Kids love stickers!
Review: I won't lie and tell you this is a literary masterwork. However, sometimes little kids need a simple, but creative diversion and I would really recommend any sticker book that deals with any subject which they have an interest. It is a nice diversion to see them "create" a story based on how they play with the stickers.
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Summary: Kids love stickers!
Review: I won't lie and tell you this is a literary masterwork. However, sometimes little kids need a simple, but creative diversion and I would really recommend any sticker book that deals with any subject which they have an interest. It is a nice diversion to see them "create" a story based on how they play with the stickers.
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Summary: Stickers not really reusable but otherwise excellent
Review: This book is a dinosaur themed book which is one of many published by Grosset & Dunlap. There are 7 2-page spreads, which consist of background for placing the stickers. Each spread has a few sentences to tell a story or guide the sticker placement. The information/text about dinosaurs is very basic and rudimentary. Most pages have one sentence. There is no distinction or discussion of there being three different periods in time (Cretaceous, etc.) and all the dinosaurs are combined and mixed together. One page features flying reptiles and is correct in not identifying them as dinosaurs. Another page has underwater prehistoric creatures and is correct in saying they are not dinosaurs. Kudos for the accuracy there. The backgrounds are creative and well done. There are backgrounds of swamps, forest, desert, sky, and underwater. Stickers depict flying reptiles, dinosaurs and underwater prehistoric creatures. The stickers are billed as "reusable". The stickers stick very well the first time around. A bonus "pro" is since they are "reusable" stickers, if they are accidentally stuck onto floors, walls, or furniture they remove easily and effortlessly. The "con" is that (after using 5 different books in this series and having this consistent in every book) I must say that once a sticker is peeled and placed in a different spot, it does not lie flat. The sticker curls at the edges and is a mess. This has frustrated and annoyed both of my children and I don't like activities that are supposed to be fun to end up causing tantrums and frustration--especially when it is caused by "false claims" by the publisher of the stickers being reusable! Also in the sticker removing process, they tend to tear, especially if the shape of the sticker has protruding parts or small pieces sticking out (vs. a simple shape of a planet or a long rocket shape which usually come off in one piece). The tearing occurs when I peel them as well as my young children. This tearing has resulted in tears and disaster-"the tyrannasaurus ripped---AAGHHH!" There are 75 stickers. If one were to buy 75 single use stickers of a theme without a book, the price would be higher than the price of this book that comes with the 75 stickers. I like the book and the stickers except for them being billed as "reusable" when they really are not. I'll rate it 4 stars since I really like the product but wish the stickers were more reusable than they are. The low price also is appreciated. I see that DK sells a set of 60 glow in the dark stickers for [$]! I did come up with an idea that once the stickers are shot, to discard them and you would end up with a blank book. You can then present this to your child and have them draw their own dinosaurs, plants, etc.
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