Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to review this book early.

I love the concept of this book but it unfortunately fell short of my expectations. First and foremost, this book does not work well in digital format, we did a lot of pretend stuff but it wasn't the same. The illustrations were so fun and adorable. I also found the reading level to be inconsistent throughout. There were some pages that felt geared towards very young readers and then some with pretty challenging words, so I'm not sure what the right age for the target readers would/should be.

Very interactive and fun! The illustrations are very well done and extremely colorful and fun. This would make a great gift for a little in your life.

I did not know what to expect this book and it was a fresh and original one.
Stunning.
Interactive, engaging and funny.
The art style is both funny and cute. And the book is an adorably grumpy character.

Children love brain-teasers like those in Howard Calvert’s clever picture book; however, the book also includes puzzles, activities, thought experiments, ideas for drawing and more. What fun! But as wonderful as Calvert’s words are, it’s Gemma Correll’s off-beat illustrations prove just as fun. Grownups will love this delightful book as much as kids.

In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley, Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children's Books and Happy Yak in exchange for an honest review. And, also in the interest of full disclosure, I didn’t beat the book.

This book was excellent, but definitely one to read in paper form. So good, in fact, that I pre-ordered the paper copy to gift to my four-year-old for Christmas! I love interactive picture books, and this one gives so many different and creative ways for children to interact. Easy five stars.

I can’t wait to keep going through this with my son. The illustrations are adorable and the silly humor has my kiddos laughing like crazy. We love the little challenges and jokes in here, highly recommend reading this with your kids for some quality time together.

A book that dares you to pick out the smallest dog drawing, think about the world being upside down, make noise, turn it into a hat, and generally think outside the box (I mean book). Geared for small people, but I enjoyed it too. Gemma Correll's illustrations, including a pug, made me smile. Fun!

Beat This Book! is extremely reminiscent of 'Wreck this Journal' in the fact that the book sets interactive, fun challenges however in this case you don't end up destroying a book which is always a win in my book. I think for younger children a lot of these challenges would be entertaining and may even encourage them to be more interested in books in general. I liked the sense of humour that the book character has and found that when paired with the bright, colourful illustrations this book was very engaging. This is definitely the type of book that you would need a physical copy of to get the maximum out of it.

Overall this was a fun concept for a book and I could see this working for a younger reader!