How Babysit Grandma relationships Reviews Summary

Book Quality

Pros:

• "The book is well illustrated and colorful."
• "The illustrations are beautifully done and the story makes you laugh!"
• "The illustrations are charming and the writing is engaging."
• "Beautiful illustrations, very humorous and sweet message."
• "The drawing is colorful, energetic and engaging."
• "The illustrations are engaging and whimsical."
• "Great illustrations for her to look at and discuss."

Cons:

• "The cover of the copy I received is ripped."
• "The book is great, but the protective cover is ripped. It won't work as a gift anymore."
• "Great book but wish it was in new condition as presumed."
• "The foam cleanser had leaked out on the book."
• "These books are super cute. HOWEVER mine came damaged."
• "A little disappointed, it was delivered today with a small puncture on the back of the binding."
• "The writing itself it so cute but when I received my package with two copies of this book, both of them were warped like they had water damage or something."

Story and Content

Pros:

• "It provides a different example of how to organize the writing of a 'How To . . .' book."
• "This book is not just cute! It’s made with a perfect stiffness of cardboard for little kiddos."
• "Filled with fun activities and illustrations, kids and grandmothers alike will delight in HOW TO BABYSIT A GRANDMA."
• "This book definitely shows a young child how to have fun with an older adult and builds a pathway tor mutual enjoyment between the child and the grandma."
• "Cute story with great illustrations."
• "This book was very helpful in preparing my three year old to babysit Grammy while mom and dad we’re away for a few days."
• "WELL WRITTEN, with colorful playful illustrations."

Cons:

• "Cute story but not really worth the cost of the hardback."
• "I am very disappointed by the book. While I was expecting it to be funny, yet with a good message and entertaining, it turned out to be just poorly written and boring."
• "While the illustrations were good, the story lacked imagination and humor. Very disappointing."
• "It wasn't very entertaining for either of us; I generally like kids books but this one seems to be trying _way_ too hard to be cutesy/appealing to the grandparents - but didn't have much to offer the actual kid."
• "I also found it very condescending, i felt it would have hurt the grandmothers feelings rather than being a cute funny book."
• "I actually felt like these were pretty cynical cash-in books very specifically 'tuned' to appeal to adults at purchase-time instead of kids."
• "This book has the adult-child relationship backwards. It is disrespectful and discriminatory."

Inclusivity and Representation

Pros:

• "I'd like to see the author put out two versions which switches the genders of the children."
• "It's a silly book so I would say probably little girls up to the age of 7-8 would enjoy it."
• "We love it, my grand daughter and I. Now she knows what to do every time she comes to visit granny."
• "Adorable!! Great illustrations. Similar to if you give a mouse a cookie type stories."
• "This book is absolutely precious for reading with your grandchildren."
• "Very cute and good to use in a classroom to teach non fictional writing."
• "Such a cute story line...a perfect gift for any grandmother to read to her grandchildren."

Cons:

• "I got this to read to my grandson. I never would have thought that a book about grandchildren would not include any pictures of or interaction with boys."
• "Nice book except that it appears to be written for grand daughters of grandmas."
• "The only negative is that the illustration is just of a little girl. I have 4 grandsons, and it would’ve been extremely nice to have both a girl And boy in the book— or several children."
• "I wish the author would use the same story but change the gender of the child so grandsons can gift their grandma's with this book."
• "Wish it switched off between a girl and a boy but the sentiment was there."
• "Had to return. Entire book is geared towards a granddaughter. I have 6 grandsons. Just not suitable."
• "This book only reflects the relationship between grandmother and granddaughter NOT GRANDSON."

Value and Price

Pros:

• "And I was impressed that the price seemed more reasonable than many other hardcover children's books I've found."
• "Almost bought this for twice the price at another retailer, so I’m glad I checked Amazon first!"
• "Great book, and great price."
• "Item arrived on time. Is excellent quality."

Cons:

• "Only wish it came in paperback."
• "Sloppy shipping, Amazon!"
• "Cute book, but was very disappointed that book was personalized with a message from a grandmother to her granddaughter and wasn’t mentioned in description."
• "This was a gift and I didn’t have time to return it."