Pretty Pru: A Tilly and Friends Book

This book is about sharing and how important it is to ask before you use something that does not belong to you. The illustrations are hilarious! We have this as part of our daughter's library and give it to many friends for gifts. We specifically bought this for a little girl whose Mom is a Mary Kay representative :) I hope they enjoy

I bought this for my 3 yr old daughter who loves all the Tilly and Friends books. This one is her favorite. The illustrations are adorable and expressive, the text is short yet meaningful, and lessons about friendship and life are subtle w/in the wonderful story in a child-centered world. I hope the author keeps writing books similiar to this, and I hope she gets a wide audience. These books are quiet gems.

It's a funny book, it's a favorite in our home. The images are great and it's teaches sharing and learning to forgive which is good for my toddler.

Such a simple, sweet book. My 4 year old daughter goggles like crazy and wantes to read this every night. We own all of the Tilly and Friends books. This one has the authors wonderfully whimsical artwork and a sweet message about sharing and forgiveness.

Granddaughters love this book

Great - see review of Happy Hector.

Tilly and her friends are up to the usual; playing, dressing up, painting, hiding, reading, sleeping and much much more. Doing what kids do best and sometimes...what they don't do so well; biting, yelling, pushing and other not to nice things. What Tilly does for her friends though is show them how to behave their very best and enjoy being together. This series, though not flashy with glitter and neon colors, is a stand out in my opinion. Without a doubt, over the last couple of months that we've been reading it both Littlebug and Turkeybird have wanted to read each book over and over again, more than any other books on the shelf. To be honest, I was a bit surprised. When they arrived (unjacketd, of course, which is fantastic!) the seemingly plain book spine and pencil type illustrations didn't seem to me to be something the kiddos would gravitate towards. I did of course, I devoured each book that evening on my own, loving the very simple yet beautiful illustrations of Tilly, Tumpty, Doodle and the others. Not to mention the stories were adorable, teaching kids to be polite, not grumpy or selfish, not to bite, when to go to bed and more but in a very funny way. They were also some of the first that my dear sweet Baker (hubby) has really enjoyed reading as well (he's extremely picky about picture books). Well, I once had a doctor jokingly tell me, "Kids live to prove you wrong" and that is absolutely the case with these books. Immediately they loved them. Not only that, but as Littlebug mentioned, her recent elephant gift for her birthday has been named Tumpty (pronounced "Tumppy" by her) and it must go with her everywhere. They've absolutely fallen in love with the series, as have I. Tilly and Friends may seem a quiet and inconspicuous, but once you open the pages you'll quickly see precisely how delightful these characters are. Helping children to see there is a better way to treat our friends isn't always the easiest thing either, but with Tilly and her troop of animal friends children will be able to gain a better understanding of some of the most basic concepts that can often be taken for granted by adults. Polly Dunbar has made a beautiful set of books that not only children will love, but parent will love as well. Our family being one that is entirely captivated with this series of books and I know many other families will be as well. Do not pass this series of books up for a much more `shinny' picture book, you would be missing out on some of your best reading time ever with your kiddos. Originally reviewed & copyrighted on my site, There's A Book.

I was almost as delighted with this story as I am the rest in the series. They're fun, witty and each is a great complement to the others. My only problem with this one is that it veers from the toddler-focused audience of the other books and focuses on Pru and all her make-up and preening. I'm putting this one on the shelf until my 2 year old daughter is a little older. The last thing I need is a favorite book series to promote make-up use at this age. Still a cute story with some good teachable moments.

My 3 year old loved it. The book is about sharing not having a deep sinister message that you are only pretty if you wear make up like one review said! It's a light hearted fun book.

We love the Tilly and Friends book collection. Tiptoe is her fave!

Our daughter absolutely loves the Tilly & Friends books, and she is read them by request night after night, so much so that we wish there were some more written. Pretty Pru is probably not the best of them, I think Where's Tumpty is favourite! Nonetheless a great series of books for kids coming up to pre school \ pre schoolers.

My daughter and I got this from the library first. I thought the picture of the pig with the mascara on was one of the funniest illustrations I had ever seen so I just had to buy it for ourselves.

We love the tilly and friends series and this is another great story. The images are lovely and the characters are great, our daughter loves them.