Game Time! (Hotdog #4) (4)

My son is dyslexic so anything that makes him want to read is a must have for me. He picked up the hot dog book and loved it. I’ve purchased all that are available on Amazon and he has read each and every one as soon as it came in. I highly recommend.

Anh Do delivers yet another fun story in the fourth book of his ‘Hot Dog!’ series. We get to hang out with best friends Hotdog, Kev (the cat) and Lizzie (the lizard) as Hotdog and Lizzie try to cheer up Kev. Kev is missing his mum. She lives on Rainbow Island and Kev hasn’t got enough money to visit her.When the best friends find out about Game Day, where teams of three compete to win a trip to Rainbow Island (wow, that was convenient!), they decide to enter. Between them they’re sure they have the skills, speed and strength they’ll need to win.I loved the teamwork shown in this book, the emphasis on helping people rather than winning at all costs and the message that being a good sport is important regardless of the outcome.I always love Anh’s writing style and I adore the humour in the illustrations. In this book I chuckled at so many pictures, including the sloth riding a jet ski, Hotdog dressed in a hot dog costume, Owlbert Einstein, and the brilliance of the measuring snake.My favourite part was Kev (the foodie) explaining how food helps him focus on gymnastics:‘When I’m on the bars I imagine I’m a kebab getting roasted on the grill.’‘And when I twirl the ribbons, I imagine I’m decorating cupcakes with icing!’Inspired and yummy!Each book in this series has wonderful greyscale illustrations with splashes of one colour. This book’s colour is orange. Imagine fluorescent, don’t look at this with a hangover bright and you’re close to the atomic ferocity I’m talking about. The orange not only highlights the wonderful illustrations but it also makes some of the words in the text pop. Kids will love it!I can’t wait for my next Anh fix!

My kiddo is a struggling reader and this book was great for him. Easy read not to bad made him feel good about himself being able to ready something meant for his grade level. Fun book will definitely be ordering the other books that go with this one.

After being very disrupted with early schooling because of covid, my 7yo grandson was not interested in reading. Then he was given one of these books for Christmas and has started to enjoy reading them. So now he is working his way through the series. It takes the right book to spur them on to enjoy reading.Order came quicker than suggested and he was wrapped about that.

Great prompt delivery. Priced well.