[.ca] Last Noo-Noo (ISBN 0744598354)

We love it!:
We have read this book over so many times that I am now having to order a new book. Our original is literally falling apart. I agree with the previous comment about the Granny being negative, but overall the book is very imaginative and captures my kids (9,7,4 and 1)feelings of security when they have their pacifiers. The end of course is the best part for all of us when we read it! The picture of the Noo-Noo tree is just great. This is truely the fantasy of every child that has given up a pacifier! My daughter used to alway's say "I'll take that one, and that one, and that one!" pointing to each of the pacifiers on the tree.

Pacifier book for PRESCHOOLERS, NOT TODDLERS:
This book has really neat illustrations, but lacks in story line. Marlon is the monster's name who is encouraged by his granny and mom to quit using his "noo-noo" or pacifier. He does quit by the end, but a bit abruptly. My two year old has a hard time sitting still for the entire book, which is unusual for her. The book is listed for 4 to 6 year olds, but it uses words like hopeless, drastic, astonished, ridiculous, and dwindled. The language used just seems a little advanced. She also was bothered by the monsters calling the "paci" a "noo-noo". The thing that really bothered me about the book was the granny was so negative! She says, "he (Marlon) looks ridiculous with that STUPID big thing stuck in this mouth all the time." I don't know about you, but we try not to call anything stupid in our home. I haven't found a great pacifier book yet, but I definitely would not recommend this one for any child under the age of 4.

Good but end is weird:
The whole story is original and entertaining, but the message seems to be that the Marlon gives up his binky because he's almost forced to by circumstance, rather than when he feels like it. Plus the last image is of his noo-noo tree outside, and a noo-noo in his mouth, so it appears to the toddler as though he hasn't really given them up at all. I'm probably nitpicking, but I was disappointed a little.