I enjoyed reading an advanced reading copy of this book. I loved the bright colours and illustrations.

I love that Dynomike is teaching kids about Paying it Forward and the idea of being kind without expecting anything in return. The world needs more kindness and hopefully books like this will help encourage even more kindness in our future generations.

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I love how this book teaches kids the importance of paying it forward. I wish it showed a little bit more about the impact it can have on how people feel. It also could have been a tad longer. But an overall cute book with a good message.

Dynomike: Pay It Forward teaches kids a wonderful tale about, you guessed it, paying it forward.

When Dynomike does a good deed for a friend, instead of having the favor returned he asked them to pay it forward. This slowly starts a chain reaction throughout the neighbourhood. Good deeds happen left and right, and all seems well in the world!

The art style stood out to me: it's bright, has sharp lines and is very cartoon-y. That's one of the major reasons I wanted to read it - because it just looks so cool! I'd even say spunky could describe the pictures, they're that much fun!

I think this would be a great addition to a kindergartener or preschooler's book shelf. I would highly recommend a cute book like this used as a discussion on how to be nice. It's a sweet, short read that can start some great little talks about being a good friend!

If I had one recommendation for this book, I would say that I wanted a little more. It felt too simple or too easy. Everyone just recommended paying it forward but the ending didn't sum up why it was such a good idea. I think a sweet, little summary about all of the good deeds that could be done would have made a great cliff note for the population base that will be reading this book.

Dynomike: Pay It Forward is a book for children aged about 3-6 years old, in my opinion. I am not aware of the character “Dynomike” so if he is an already known character I don’t much about his history.

Pay It Forward begins with Dynomike’s disappointment that the store did not have the strawberry pickles he wanted. Then he sees someone who needs help pushing a banana cart and helps him out.

(SPOILER ALERT) When the banana cart guy wants to pay Dynomike back for his help, Dynomike insists that he “pay it forward,” or do something helpful for someone else. This begins a chain of events where characters in the book “pay it forward” by doing a kindness for someone else. Ultimately, one of the folks who is helped pays it forward by bringing the very pickles to Dynomike that he missed out on at the onset of the story. Predictable, but cute, and appropriate for young ages.

The book used a lot of repetition and bright illustrations. This held my 3-year-old’s attention well. I don’t think he really grasped the storyline, but any parent of a 3-year-old knows that often the goal is just to get them to sit still for a few minutes. The ultimate lesson to be kind and expect nothing in return is, of course, a biblical concept which Christian parents should not mind to teach their children. Parents should use the ending of the book though, and teach their children that in real life it won’t always work out where their “paying it forward” will work out for their benefit.

I read a digital copy, so I cannot comment on the quality of the actual production of the book, but again, the illustrations are good and attention-grabbing.

I thought that this was a great story - I loved the concept and have been a fan of "paying it forward" for a good while now
The book is easy to follow and hopefully it will inspire others too
The images are great and it was fab to be able to catch up with Dynomike and his friends too!
It is 5 stars from me for this one - very highly recommended!

Cute, bright characters, with a simple yet necessary message: be kind. I think younger kids will like to watch how the characters paying it forward eventually loops back around to the start.