Maisy Takes a Bath

We're in a bit of Maisy phase in our household. My child is at the stage of memorizing his books, and Maisy books are nice, short, narrative-heavy books that are easy for him to memorize after a few reads. There's a concise little story in each one that kids can recognize from their own life (cleaning up toys, shopping for groceries, taking a bath, etc).This book, though, i don't like as much as the others. It's little things, i feel very nitpicky not liking it, but i can't help it.Here's the gist of the story: Maisy is getting ready to take a bath when Tallulah comes over to play. Maisy sends her away. Tallulah comes back, and they take a bath together.For starters, having a friend come over and randomly join you in the bath is kinda weird. Tallulah doesn't even ask, she just runs upstairs and jumps in the tub. It's not bad, necessarily, just weird.And that's the second part right there: every transit up and down the stairs is running. Maisy runs down the stairs, Maisy runs up the stairs. There are plenty of other verbs to use, and most parents agree that running and stairs are a bad mix. Why did the author choose to use that particular verb, and every single time? It annoys me.In all, this is a perfectly fine book, and as a parent you can find a moral in there about not getting distracted by play and friends when you have something to do (though somewhat undermined in that Maisy ends up playing with her friend, just in the tub instead of outside). It's easy to read and easy to memorize, and kids who are learning to read can use it just like the other Maisy books to match words said aloud to words on the page.But if for some reason i had to throw away one of our small collection of Maisy books, this would be the first to go.

Great kids book

I bought this book to give to a little girl I babysit who hates taking baths, but on second thought I think I'll donate it to the library or something. Not a bad book, and if it were my own child I'd bought it for I would keep it, but as evidenced by other reviews, it is just the tiniest bit racy so I'd rather not give it to another family's child. I don't have any problems with nudity or shared baths - as a child I (female) shared baths with my male friend and I don't think there was anything wrong with it, given our ages at the time. It's not that I have a moral problem with this book, it just isn't quite the straight-forward bath-time promotor that I was looking for. The aspect of bubbles in the bath are also a slight negative for me (again, nothing wrong with it, just more of a heads-up for other readers) since the child this was for has sensitive skin that is irritated by bubbles (as I did as child, and I was always sort of lusting after a bubble bath, probably primarily since it was not allowed). All in all, this book is fine, and for the price is excellent value. I just wish I had read the reviews so I would have known ahead of time that this book was probably not a good fit for my purpose.

We enjoy reading it

Someone needs to have a consent talk with Tallulah. And then someone needs to have that same talk with the author. Kids being naked together or bathing together is probably fine, depending on your household. But running into someone else's house uninvited, taking off your clothes and jumping in their bathtub while they are asking "what are you doing?"...And this is a children's book?

We are a fan of Maisy books but this one is really strange. Maisy gets in the bath and her friend Talulah rings the bell. Maisy asks her to come back later she can't play. Moments later Talulah rings the bell again and then marches past Maisy, strips down and jumps in the bath. I mean, seriously? Talk about a friend who doesn't honor boundaries. It's not funny and I don't want my child to think it's acceptable to do whatever you want regardless of what a friend asks.

This book, and the whole Maisy series, is engaging. Even my 3 month old nephew pays attention. The primary colors and simple illustrations keep him and my two-year-old daughter engaged for the whole story.The drawback is the paper pages; they don't stand up to a toddler. However, my daughter can't relinquish "her" books and doesn't mind tape on the pages.

This is a cute book. Our 3 year old still likes it because we laugh at how silly it is when Maisy's friend comes over to take a bath. Also it is nice and quick when you just don't want to read a long book after a long day.

I grew up on Maisy and I got this book for my neice. I like that it's a quick read and I cannot stop laughing at the whole situation the book presents, especially one picture of tallulah, in particular.

It is little bit weird to have a bath together in the end.

Nice book, we read it at bedtime

Es perfecto. Cuenta una historia sencilla con un vocabulario basico para niños de 3 años. A Mis hijas de 2 años les encanta.

ちょうどよい長さ、ちょうどよい英語のチョイス、内容、絵のかわいさ。子供に英語を学ばせたい人にかなりおすすめ！2歳の息子も大好きです。シリーズで揃えたい。