One of the books that we like to read to the girls is Hop on Pop. We have the “Bright & Early Board Books” edition, which means that it’s nice and sturdy in our girls’ hands. What we didn’t realize is that we have been reading an abridged version of the book.
It’s still a good book to read to the girls at this age. Shortening the book for this edition was probably a good idea, considering the attention span of the average eleven-month old, but there’s something a little disturbing to me that they aren’t hearing the book in its full form. They completely miss out on lines like “House, mouse, house on mouse” and “Night, fight, we fight at night.” In fact, they miss out on a full two-thirds of the original book (the board book is 24 pages; the original was 72 pages).
I suppose the only remedy to this situation is to buy them the full edition when the girls reach the age where they want to read the book for themselves. No Cliffs Notes for them!
We have a similiar book called “Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?” and we didn’t know it was abridged either! After reading this blog, I checked our book and it is abridged too! Thanks Bern.