Zog Paperback – 7 July 2016

I’m writing this review because my 3 year old was pretending to be a doctor. Without any prompting she stated she was being princess Pearl from Zog. She has never pretended to be a person before so this story and the character of Pearl has obviously stuck with her. We read this book in the library together and we liked it so much that I brought it. I like that Pearl is a good role model for young girls, the story is fun and the illustrations appealing to young children. We’ve been reading Zog (the 1st book) to her since she was 2 and she asks for this one regularly too. Brilliant book, in fact I think it’s even better than Zog.

Great story to add to any child's collection. Bought this as a gift for a baby as my own daughter loves her copy. We have had it for years now.

Lovely book to add to the collection. Loved by my older and younger child alike. JD’s work is just fabulous!

Highly recommend these books an this author

Excellent quality product & service

The media could not be loaded. This story has all the hallmarks of Julia Donaldson, with a pleasing rhyming structure, repeating themes and detailed illustrations. I particularly love the classic ‘medieval dragon’ tropes that this story focuses on, and my daughter learnt to ask for ‘Zog’ soon after hearing the name a couple of times.There are plenty of colourful things and details to look at on each page. I found that the woodland setting is similar to that of the gruffalo which probably felt familiar to my daughter too, and provides plenty of things to try and spot while reading on.There at plenty of lessons to take from the story, including trying even if you don’t succeed first time round as well as being the person you want to be. All nice messages to grow up with.The hardback version of this book feels high quality and sturdy enough to withstand a toddlers handling of it.No faults to be had with this book. 5 star all round.

Our household have been massive Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler fans ever since our eldest was nearly one and we bought The Gruffalo. Even though our boys are now 4 and 6, and they don't request these books as much as they used to...I still felt that I had to get Zog when I saw it.Zog is all about a young dragon at Dragon School. He's really very keen and tries his best with all of his lessons, but somehow things keep going wrong and he keeps having accidents. Luckily, every time he gets into a scrape a mysterious girl comes along and fixes him up with plasters and bandages etc. Finally, Zog has to attempt the hardest task of all - capturing a princess - and finds that he's really not very good at it. He's feeling very sorry for himself when along comes the girl again - can she save the day this time?Of course, as you'd expect this book has a happy ending...although I've only given it 4 stars instead of 5 because the ending felt a little bit forced somehow and our little boys didn't immediately fully understand it. However, that said, it's still a lovely rhyming text that mostly trips off the tongue and the pictures, as ever, are a joy to behold. There are so many little details in the illustrations that we could sit for ages whilst the boys point out all the insects, animals and other goings on in the background.All in all, I would recommend this book to anyone with little ones as you generally can't go wrong with a Julia/Axel book. However, if you've not yet read "Room on the Broom", "Gruffalo" or "The Snail and the Whale" by the same authors then I would recommend those even more highly than this.

Zoggy zog is the name my daughter calls this book and she loves listening to me read it