It’ll help us all be as awesome as the Scottish Granny. She's a role model! And if she loves this book, I know you will too. As in the first book, author Craig Smith has created fanciful situation to indulge in rhyming word play, culminating in: It’ll make you and your little ones laugh. C’mon, there’s enough to be straight-faced about. That’s why I love books that can help you and your child shake off a stressful day, giggle together, and fall asleep with a smile. I challenge you to say this sentence without grinning: “She was a blinky pinky winky-tinky funky dinky donkey.” I trust publishers Scholastic have sent a copy (or a box lot!) to the Scottish grandmother who illustrator Katz Cowley has dedicated this book to – I'm sure she will love this book too. The Dinky Donkey is a girl who breaks stereotypes. This donkey isn’t all prim and proper — and I like that, because nobody is perfect, and no character should be expected to be. This story isn’t afraid to show and embrace a little girl donkey who can be stinky, punky, and also inky pinky when she messily paints her hooves pink using her dad’s tail (Dinky Donkey, we admire you for that resourcefulness).

There is much to love about this book. The rhymes help pull the story along, allowing even the littlest of readers to try to join in with the litany of descriptions for the little donkey. The words are accompanied by delightful illustrations which perfectly match the narrative. For those who are learning to read the flow of the book, with the repetitions makes it ideal to read ‘all by themselves’.