Advantages: educational, simple to play, enagaging storyline Disadvantages: makes kids want more lol
If you have young children, you most likely know who Dora the Explorer is and all about her talking backpack. This game is on a DVD format, so your child will need a DVD drive on the computer they play it on. This means, if like us, you tarted up a Freecycled PC so your child can leave YOUR PC alone, you will need to fork out a few quid for a DVD player for it.
This game is a natural extension of the TV series it is spun off from. The TV series has a computer game feel, with the "mouse cursor" that appears on the screen after Dora asks your child a question, so this game is like suddenly actually being IN the show for your child. Like the series, your child will go on a walk (in this to the library) with Dora and her backpack, and along the way, meets up with Boots, Benny the bull, Tico the squirrel, and others. They solve puzzles ...
Advantages: Cute design, good quality, stores a lot Disadvantages: Older children might not like it
My 3 year old daughter loves Maisy Mouse. She's a small white mouse that looks like she has been drawn by an infant, but still he has all the features of a mouse and all the charm as well. Although very basic in design Maisy Mouse appeals to children's imaginations. Maisy always looks happy, smiling and appeals to children of all ages.
There are many books about Maisy Mouse, there is also a television series so the chances are that your child already knows who she is. If your child is a lover of Maisy then this backpack would be perfect.
The product that I am reviewing is the Maisy Mouse Backpack that is a large canvas backpack with two compartments and a red handle. It is neither too big nor too small to fit your child's prized posessions. If your child is a fan of Maisy Mouse then you really should invest in this backpack before ...
Advantages: Entertaining, good characterisation Disadvantages: Lightweight read, gets a bit silly at the end
I enjoyed thisbook much more than I thought I would. While it belongs firmly in the "chick-lit" genre, it also evolves into something of a murder mystery as the plot progresses.
Tansy, a conceited, drug-addled Londoner decides to escape fashionably to South-East Asia, but while there her life begins to take a less predictable course as self-awareness dawns. I read this in Malaysia while en-route around SE Asia and it was great to read descriptions of places I've been, as it accurately describes some of the stereotypes about backpackers in Asia and the party culture out there. It's interspersed with email-style interludes where Tansy is writing to/ hearing from people back home and others she's met on her travels, which work to a degree.
Part of the appeal of the early part of the book is sneering at the arrogance and naivety ...
