I received this book from Netgalley/publisher (and audiobook from the author) in exchange of an honest review.

This is a revised review! I got a mail from the author for this one, apparently it is meant to be an audiobook! Yep! The ebook was apparently needed to publish the audiobook, but was actually never meant to be read or shown publicly. Haha. So, of course I just had to give this one another chance! Because I really loved the story!

AND, I got to say that the audiobook was just so much fun! The story really comes to life! The narrator (Michael Maloney) really captures all the right voices (I love the groovy giraffe) and I love how he narrated the story, the sounds.. I even listened to it twice. 🤣 And no, I am not saying this because the author gave me this audiobook. People who read my first review for this book know that I really enjoyed the story, that all the issue I had was that the ebook didn’t look good and felt unfinished (which is logical if it was never meant to be). And Michael Maloney brings the story in such a way I had to listen to it again.

Keeping this part from my old review as it still counts~ The story is just so much fun and I love the flamingos and what they did for the animals! I loved seeing them think of new outfits each fitting for an animal, make something pink and sparkly out of the savanna. The ending was a bit sad at first, but I liked it at the end. I understand where the animals are coming from and I am happy they said their piece, but it feels a bit rude how they did it. Maybe next time instead of having them wear clothes forever, maybe make a party? A fun party with foods and fabulous clothes and tons and tons of fun!

I would definitely recommend people try the audiobook, please don’t read the ebook. Just pretend that doesn’t exist. It is a short book (5 minutes) but oh so much fun.

Samantha Hunter's Flamingo Fashion was a cute children's book about trying to changing everyone to be something that they are not. Sounds good in theory but just doesn't work. We are all good just as we are. I would recommend this to children. Is a good life lesson for those trying to fit in.

Not nearly enough pictures to keep a small child‘s interest. From the title and the cover, it sounds like it’s going to be a brightly colored, entertaining book but sadly that’s not it. Instead it’s a poem style book with just 3 pictures.

This is a lovely book, with a clever use of metaphor to send children the message that who they are is more important than how they look.

I also like the use of rhyme, which brings with it some complex vocabulary, which it is great to expose children to, with a view to expand their vocabulary.

The illustrations were lovely and very fitting. For sharing with one child more pictures would be nice to keep attention focused, but I see this story being read to a larger group of children in which case this would be less of an issue.

Overall I enjoyed this book and can see it being useful to parents and educators alike.

My thanks to Net Galley, author, illustrator and publisher for the opportunity to review this book in exchange for an advance copy.