Oh No, George!

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It is delightful for the tinies and delightful for the grown-ups, and its charm does not diminish on repeated readings which is vital in a kids' book. And his owner, Harry, has all the best hopes that George will be a well-behaved dog when he leaves him alone for the day. But that doesn't stop this from being a terrifficly adorable book on human nature and how and why we should behave and the results of giving in to what we want to do, when we shouldn't.

This book at first appears to be a simple story of a dog being left at home, but it is so much more than that as the reader gets pulled into George’s emotions of excitement, deliberation, naughtiness, and remorse. It's good to open up discussions about what they'd do in George's place and what they actually should do in George's place!But I have edited this review because after a few repetitions, the simple story, with its punch line, hooked her and it became a favourite. Oh No George' came out in March 2012 and has been nominated for 6 awards in 4 countries including the Roald Dahl Funny award. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

I also blend in the good choice/bad choice teaching method that is used in my daughter’s preschool classroom.Shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Chris Haughton's distinctive artwork perfectly accompanies the innocent charm of affable George, a dog trying to be good – with hilarious results!

There are three temptations in the book a cake, cat, and flowers which each appear twice in the book.My only critique would be that I wish George talked a bit more in the last half of the book, since I enjoy doing a George voice. At first I found the illustrations a little basic, I wasn't too keen on the computer generated graphic feel of it, but it's grown on me and the pictures and story work really well together. I like the understated illustrations in this one that give the book a I WANT MY HAT BACK meets PETE THE CAT meets No, DAVID! It has been translated into 15 languages and won 9 awards in 7 countries including the Dutch Picturebook of the Year.