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gustav mole was the best by far. amazing drawings and a decent story and lots of sneaky learning about musical instruments involved.
the drawings in bear hunt are good but the story is a bit weird at the end, and the inside back cover is the sad old bear trudging back to his cave alone, which is a serious downer. also the dad is frankly irresponsible at times.
i got oliver twist because i like the illustrations, but they've somehow managed to use way too much text without making the story easy to understand. the language is a good bit too advanced for a picture book and the story stutters forward in very abrupt steps. was cheap though (lidl)
project space is another lidl one, it has pop-up flaps and funny little cartoons scattered around to keep the science from being too boring, and 11 cool experiments/activities, although the one i tried didn't work so that was pretty disappointing. there's a really cool one i haven't tried yet where you collect rainwater and dry out the dirt that's in it, then separate out meteorite dust with a magnet.
i got these for some niece/nephews by the way, i haven't just downgraded to kids' books.