This is one of the children's books that I read for We Give Books, A Pearson Foundation Initiative to help children all around the world obtain books. It's an organization that gathers many campaigns in one spot on the web to encourage people to read many books for children. With every book you read, one gets donated to the campaign you signed up for. (There's quite a few campaigns available.) A very good friend of mine, Nicole Terazue, recommended this site to me since she knew I loved reading books! (Thanks love!) The campaign I chose to be a part of is called Books For Asia. Every book that I read associated with We Give Books gets donated to Books For Asia so that less fortunate kids in Asia will be able to have more books to read from and learn. It's a fabulous project and I urge all readers, especially parents with young children, to join and help other children less fortunate than our own to read and spread the word of We Give Books. It will benefit children everywhere.Let me start off by saying that I grew up with Spot. Every Friday in elementary school I used to go to my school library and there were two types of books I used to check out: Dr. Seuss and Spot. Spot was a loving figure of my childhood and reading this book now that I am old enough to drive a car, I realize... I still feel the same way! This little dog is so loving and adorable that you can't help but fall in love with him by just reading these few pages. This particular book shows his relationship with his father and all the activities they enjoy doing together. Letting your child read this book will not only introduce him/her to a lot of vocabulary that he/she may not know (it's geared towards toddlers ages 0 to 3), but it will also show him/her how a parent and a child's relationship should be. There's one aspect of the book that I must mention. Eric Hall adds little things to the background of the entire story. What I mean is, he puts little details in the artwork that is not shown in the text. For example, the flavors of the ice cream that Spot and his father got were different. You can tell by how it is drawn and from the coloring. That was very wise to include in a book geared towards toddlers. Another thing about this book that I feel needs mentioning is the bright, colorful artwork. This book is visually appealing. Your child will find this book irresistible! After all, who doesn't love reading about a cute puppy and his daddy? I really think you should read this book with your baby because it will help him/her learn on so many levels. I know I would want to have this book in my collection for years and years to come! (I love Spot! He brings back so many memories for me!!!)
