Bluey: Grannies

Bluey Series

by Bluey

Based on the hit ABC KIDS TV show!

Join Bluey and Bingo as they try to answer the question: can grannies dance?

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction, Dogs, Family, Humor, Storytime

24 pages, Board book

First published January 1, 2020

About the author

Bluey is a 6 year old Blue Heeler pup who loves to play. Her parents and teacher give her lots of time to practice, which means she’s become very good at inventing games, helping everyone choose their roles and deciding on the rules. Her favourite games are ones that involve lots of other kids and grown-ups (especially her dad) and she mainly likes to pretend she’s a grown up doing grownup things herself.

Bluey is an Australian children's television program by the Emmy award-winning Ludo Studio for ABC KIDS and is co-commissioned by ABC Children's and BBC Studios.

Reviews

[Aimee Watkins]

I slipped on ma beans 🫘

[Melina]

This is probably one of my favourite Bluey books, because you get to do all of the voices. And who doesn't love exclaiming 'I slipped on ma beans!'

This is a book retelling of the much loved Grannies episode of Bluey, so the story is probably well known. They do a nice job of emphasising different words - particularly 'right' - nice to explore what it means to be 'right' all the time in relationships.

[Paul]

Noah enjoyed it. I just wish I could do Janet & Rita’s accents when reading it!

[Lauren Hessey]

Can't read it without doing the Grannie voice. Right, Rita?!

[Rose Duncan]

the first time I sat and listened to a whole bluey story!

[Glenn]

Two great stories in one book... it a fun read Rita...

[Kaprisha]

Too cute love reading these to my dogs

[Emily Carter-Dunn]

My favourite episode

[Gabi]

I feel called out by this book because I am a grown adult and I’d rather be right than happy lol

[Periplus Bookshop]

Setiap halamannya dipenuhi petualangan seru yang mengajak anak-anak untuk mencari dan menemukan berbagai benda tersembunyi. Ada 14 adegan penuh warna dengan lebih dari 180 objek yang bisa ditemukan, sehingga membaca menjadi semakin menyenangkan sekaligus melatih fokus dan ketelitian. Terinspirasi dari serial animasi populer peraih penghargaan, buku ini mengajak anak-anak menggunakan imajinasi dan bermain sambil belajar. Gambar-gambar yang ceria membuat waktu membaca terasa hangat dan menyenangkan bersama keluarga. Selain menghibur, buku ini juga membantu mengembangkan kemampuan berpikir dan emosi anak secara alami. https://blog.periplus.com/2025/09/22/...

[Desi Kennedy]

Okay, okay, okay, I am a little behind on my challenge. I read close to 150 children books a year because of my job. So I may need to count a few for my challenge. I think the Bluey TV show is cute and I really kind of liked this book. The girls are playing "grannies" and Bingo does the Floss. Bluey exclaims that Grannies can't dance!! (This Grannie certainly isn't coordinated enough to Floss, but I do a mean twist!)

[Becky B]

Bluey and Bingo are pretending they are grannies. But they get in an argument whether or not grannies can dance the floss. There’s only one way to solve this question.

I love the solution to this debate and how it depicts a fun-loving granny willing to step out of her comfort zone for her grandkids. Kids will find the idea of a granny dancing humorous (but whether they know what floss means is another question).

[Jade]

Re-read

Our household loves Bluey so we were chuffed to read another one of these board books. This one has a good lesson about hurting a playmate's feelings, and offers a way to make everyone happy.

The smallest member of the household declared that they are unable to dance the floss - maybe because they are not a granny.

[Rhonda Howell]

Fun story about Bingo and Bluey pretending to be grannies and getting into different predicaments. Then b
Bingo losses and Bluey says they can't. They call Nana to ask her and she can't. Bingo gets upset and doesn't want to play anymore. What will Bluey do? Can Nana learn to floss? The author trleaches the lesson you don't always have to be right.

[James Orlando]

This adaptation, and probably all of the others, is an abbreviated version of a ten-minute-long episode of the adorable and well-written cartoon series. To cram the story into 24 pages, most of the charm and humor was cast off. I suspect a lot of the visual humor of the series doesn't translate well into static pictures as well. I hope my children enjoy it, at the very least.

[Carolyn]

Cut off pages

The book starts off just fine. But then the pages are cut off and missing half of the page. So many pictures and words are missing that we do not know the end of the story. Very disappointing. This was a e-book on Kindle to read to my grandson and wants ever to know he is very disappointed.

[PJ Wenzel]

This one is funny. The girls are playing/pretending to be “grannies” and fun ensues. The morale of the story is that having fun together is more important than having to be right and prove the other kid is wrong (about trivial nonsense). So not a bad thing to cover. It ain’t fancy Nancy, but it’s still fun.

[Andrés]

There are a couple of bright spots, like grandma trying to align the phone for a video call and also "Mum suggests Bluey asks herself if she wants to be right, or if she wants the game to keep going. Because sometimes you can't have both." But the actual granny content lacked context without having seen the episode, and the flossing dance might already be dated and obscure even for adult readers.

[Nikki]

I love this episode of Bluey but the book is not done very well. It’s very choppy and has places where there’s just random lines where someone is saying something but you don’t actually know who. I love the story but this book is horribly done.

[Fatima Seraj Alam]

Recently Hafsa has started watching Bluey and I am not upset about it. It’s a thoughtful series. In this book Bingo and Bluey debate whether grandmas can floss and I have gotten old because I thought it was about teeth when it was really about the dance.

[Peacegal]

Cute and gentle story about two pups' imaginative game, which is ruined by a minor disagreement. Bluey comes up with an ingenious way to end the argument, resume the game, and teach Nana some slick new dance moves in the process.

[Brianna Shrout]

This will always been one of the best episodes of Bluey ever! And now we can not only watch it but read it too! I love how the book is illustrated and it’s so colorful without being overly so. Will definitely be a repeat for us!!

[Fi's Journey]

We love the Bluey series at home and I like to get some of the books to read as well. I liked this one but prefer the episode with all the three grannies: Bluey, Bingo and Muffin... because Muffin is hilarious!

[Colette]

Grannies is a favorite episode for Maggie so this book as a hit! She even prompted me when I got distracted because I thought she was through reading. She wasn’t. So happy I bought a few of these books for one of her Christmas present.

[Cherish Brown]

(4☆ Would recommend)
Cute story. I like the lesson that Mum teaches Bluey. That you can be right, or you can play with others, but sometimes you can't have both. I like that Bluey makes the choice to choose her sister & her sister's feelings above being right.

[Cheryl]

What is the appeal of Bluey? Is flossing a thing you do for the sake of your teeth, or is a dance? Is it more important to be right, or to keep playing the game? So far I have more questions than answers....

[Natalie]

Bluey and Bingo are pretend playing grannies. When the two disagree on whether or not grannies can dance, Bluey has to make a choice between sticking to her guns about being right, or finding a way to compromise in order to keep playing.

Bluey's problem solving in this was pretty good.

[Alisha Grant]

"Here come the grannies!" - Rita and Janet are back causing chaos during Bluey and Bingo's playtime. Bluey learns a life lesson but also teaches Nana something new. great story I can hear the characters voices from the tv show and its heartfelt stories

[Katelin]

I love bluey!!! I really like how this book shows friendships in fun and engaging way. I also really like how the themes can be subtle as to make kids feel like they aren’t learning even when they are!

[A'zia]

Borrowed from the library for my 5 year old. I am actually a huge fan of the show, and deeply appreciate how well this book and the show scripts are written. I grew up in the 90s, and how the characters are depicted reminds me so much of my own childhood. We definitely read this multiple times.