Bluey – Let’s Play Verandah Santa! – The Strawberry Post

A book review of a fun children’s board book with lift-the-flaps extras about Bluey and her family who decide to play verandah Santa after wondering how presents can be delivered to a home with no chimney.

About Bluey: Let’s Play Verandah Santa!

Title: Bluey: Let’s Play Verandah Santa!
Author: Bluey
Publisher: Ladybird Books
Genre: Young children’s picture book, Lift-the-flaps
Book format reviewed: Hardback board book
Sweet Strawberries:

Description:  Bluey, Bingo and their family are playing Verandah Santa.  Lift the flaps to see what Santa brings!

*Free copy provided for review…

My review and thoughts on Bluey: Let’s Play Verandah Santa!

This is a fun board book featuring Bluey and her family. While the family relaxes near Christmas time, Muffin wonders how Santa gets to deliver the presents if a family has no chimney. Perhaps he leaves them on the verandah, it’s suggested, and then everyone wants to play Verandah Santa. The board book is filled with glossy board pages that have smooth rounded corners and some fun lift-the-flaps too.

Bluey and the others all want to play Verandah Santa so they all go to bed. Once they are sleeping Santa creeps in on the verandah and goes to deliver everyone presents, but Bluey decides to take a peek. The story is a fun one and different from what I thought it would be. I love the way verandah Santa is played with everyone going to sleep and Santa creeping into the bedroom to deliver the presents, though it doesn’t quite go the way you think it will, especially later on. The illustrations are all so fun and colourful with some nice details in them which you can spot on each page and I do like some of the unspoken details that show you who Santa is.

There are flaps to lift on each page which reveal more of the story and I have to say that last flap was a brilliant surprise as I didn’t expect that ending. It’s a great one though and makes you instantly smile. A fun and different lift-the-flaps book and Christmas story.

Other children’s Christmas picture books

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-Read review – Dasher by Matt Tavares (Dasher #1)
-Read review – Dasher Gift Set by Matt Tavares 
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-Read review – Little Reindeer by Emily Bruce & Joel and Ashley Selby
-Read review – The Christmas Bigfoot by David C. Stahler
-Read review – Rupert & Nell: Santa’s Secret Helpers by Bill Brodie & Rey Flores
-Read review – Angelo and Angelina: The Christmas Angels by Anne Booth & Leanne Hatch
-Read review – Santa Steals Christmas! by Eve Nairn-Magnante & Nicholas Child
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-Read review – Luna Loves Christmas by Joseph Coelho & Fiona Lumbers
-Read review – How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen
-Read review – Bunnies in a Sleigh by Philip ardagh & Ben Mantle
-Read review – Through the North Pole Snow by Polly Faber & Richard Jones
-Read review – Merry Little Christmas: A Finger Wiggle Book by Nick Sharratt & Sally Symes
-Read review – Gaspard’s Christmas by Zeb Soans & James Mayhew
-Read review – Santa Post by Emma Yarlett
-Read review – The Mice Before Christmas by Anne L. Watson & Wendy Edelson
-Read review – Fletcher and the Snowflake Christmas by Julia Rawlinson & Tiphanie Beeke
–Read review – Cat Family Christmas by Lucy Brownridge & Eunyoung Seo
-Read review – The Christmas Eve Tree by Delia Huddy & Emily Sutton
-Read review – The Polar Express: Book and Gift Set
-Read review – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore & P. J. Lynch

What do you think of this book?  Have you watched Bluey or read any Bluey books?  Let me know what you think in the comments below 🙂