Bluey: The Pool

Bluey Series

by Bluey

Bluey and Bingo head to the pool with Dad.

What could go wrong?

A gorgeous board book for kids of all ages.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Fiction, Family, Summer, Dogs

24 pages, Board book

Published January 5, 2021

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

[April (Aprilius Maximus) · Rating 5 out of 5]

~ F R O M A M E L I E S B O O K S H E L F ~

Did i buy this for amelie or for me.... you'll never know 👀

[Brooklyn Tayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

What an absolutely adorable, wholesome, sweet read! 🥺 Hopefully children will get some enjoyment out of this - as well as remembering that 'boring' things are important ;)

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bluey is such a good series in television and my Niece & her family loved these books! Entertaining for everyone.

[Audra PC · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fun adventure of the Heeler family.

This time Bluey and Bingo don’t want to do basic “boring” things. Dad takes them on a fun trip to the pool where they want to have fun, but the basic “boring” things like sunscreen were forgotten. Thus limiting the amount of fun they can have. They learned that boring things are important and fun too.

A cute read that my kids have in their rotation pile. I personally love Bluey and the lessons or conversation starters presented.

[Carolina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maite dice: un libro muy divertido y que lo recomienda mucho

🙈😍🙈🙈💕

[Aneesa · Rating 2 out of 5]

People like this show. I've never seen it. This book is about how Dad seems fun but really it's not fun to get sunburned. Mom seems like a downer but she has everything you need in her purse.

[Katie Spaulding · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did I just put this in so that I could get my Goodreads reading goal? Yes. But it is an amazing book that I have read 5 million times to my kids! We love Bluey ❤️

[Anomaly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rather than showing a picture-perfect family dynamic with perfectly polite kids, as many children's books do, this one shows a more realistic dynamic. The dad is all about fun-fun-fun and forgets most of the pool supplies when taking the kids for a trip to the public pool - ignoring the mom's warnings to remember everything. Some time later, they all get an important lesson that "sometimes boring things are important too" and the mom saves their day by showing up with all the missing supplies.

Being someone who failed to learn how to swim despite many attempts, I don't know what's up with the "crawly thing" in the pool, though. Is this normal? Is it a made-up thing from the show? It looks like a major safety hazard in the art, and it scares one of the young characters. With good reason! Who wants to swim near what appears to be a blob monster getting sucked up by a hose pipe?



(Seriously, what even is that thing...?)

Overall, it's cute and fun and I can definitely see why this is a popular children's series. I might end up giving it a peek on Disney+ when I'm in need of something lighthearted for background watching.

[Natalie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mom is always reminding Bluey and Bingo of the things they need to do, but they are all boring things. Bluey and Bingo think that if things were important, then they wouldn't be boring. When they head to the pool with Dad and they all three disregard Mom's reminders, they learn that the boring things actually make things fun.

I gave this two stars because when the kids complain and say that Mom is a "fuss spot" and always has them do boring things, Dad agrees with them and says, "She does." Then Dad and the kids proceed to ignore mom's reminders. This is probably true of many dads, but personally I didn't like how Dad verbally affirmed the kids' conclusions about Mom. But I guess the point is that Dad and the pups all have a lesson to learn, so storywise it works.

[Freddie D · Rating 4 out of 5]

Look, these books are certainly just piggybacking off the back of the TV series. And usually this kind of mass-market releases seem like a quick cash-grab, but I'm such a sucker for Bluey I don't even care. And anything that takes some of the enthusiasm for screen time and translates it into a love of literacy is a winner.

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

On a hot summer day, Bluey and her family are bored and head to the pool, but they don’t want to take the time to do the more boring thing of getting things ready for a day at the pool. Thankfully, Mum saves the day. An okay book, but I am really tired of books that show dads as just a grown-up child who doesn’t know to do what is best for their children.

[Fi's Journey · Rating 3 out of 5]

We in my family love the Bluey Show. The dad plays with his children and my partner thinks its amazing that he does as other TV shows don't show really fathers playing with their children.

I brought this book for my daughter and we both enjoyed it. It's a lot shorter than the episode but worth reading about as we don't always have to watch something when you can read it!

[Fatima Seraj Alam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bluey is such a family favorite show and this book on the importance of mums keep families together by doing boring important things is so relatable and makes little ones understand that mums aren’t being fusspots.

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bluey and Bingo go to the pool with their old man and well that's the story.
I mean what else do you want murder and mayhem?
Anyway Bluey fans will probably love it for other some random yarn about talking dogs swimming in a pool.

[Tayde Diaz Pina · Rating 3 out of 5]

review provided by my 7 year old

I gave this book 3 stars because I didn’t like the kiss. It’s weird for me.
I like bluey being underwater because Bluey is calm and happy underwater.
I liked Bingo when she ran away from the Florine thingy.

[Ellon · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars (I liked it)

I've read a few of these Bluey books now. Sometimes I hadn't seen the episode but I picked this one because I had seen the episode. The book does a good job of summarizing the episode and keeping the message about how "the boring things can be important."

[Rachel rachandalotabooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

"so boring things are important sometimes then?"

[Alyce Caswell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute. And I'm sure many mothers will appreciate the message.

[Pennie · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books can't capture all the charm of the tv show, but they do a good job of approaching it. My daughter loves pointing out all the characters in the pictures.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

A day at the pool just isn't the same for Bluey and Bingo without their Mum and sunscreen.

[Brendan · Rating 5 out of 5]

My theory is that Bandit left the pool supplies at home knowing Chili was coming so that the girls would learn that they need to do boring things. But, how did Chili get to Uncle Stripes house?

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Bluey books are sweet and gentle.

[sierra adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

i love bluey. i must make make my nieces read every book and watch every episode. 💙🇦🇺🦘🐶

[Marcus McCollom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story to read to my nieces

[Holly Letson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This teaches children not to take their mother for granted.

[Dreximgirl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute. Just as cute as the episode its based on. Love Chilli and Bandit just as much as the kids.

[Kymberli Briggs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for reading class. We are big "Bluey" fans.

[Maeva (Taylor’s Version) · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cute!!!! Great for kids and for older people! It’s a great reminder to bring your stuff and not rush into things!

[Cassandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

A cute little story that kids will love. A book parents can enjoy a long with their kiddos.

[Natalie Kowalka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable. As always we love Bluey. It’s fun to have the books to read at bedtime now too!