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Pokémon Playtime: (Monpoké Board Book)

by Scholastic
Scholastic. (A Touch and Feel Adventure). Feb. 2024. 10p. Board. $10.99 ISBN 9781339007786.
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Toddler-K–For any parent who has ever thought that Pokémon was too commercial, too cartoony, too much, too everywhere, here comes the soft version of Pikachu and Dedenne, a small rodent Pokémon, against simple, almost toddler-drawn landscapes (straight green rectangle below, square of blue above). Pikachu finds food and toddlers can touch it; the lemon or berry will be bumpy under small fingers. Dedenne finds a beach ball, and this is puffy and pliable (but sturdy). Eevee finds flowers (these are soft to touch) and Gengar eats the candy it finds so preschoolers get the tactile crinkly candy wrappers. It’s a short book, but younger children will love having first access to the characters that their older siblings already know and collect.
VERDICT Not essential but plenty cute.
Reviewed by Kimberly Olson Fakih , Jul 01, 2024

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