Gopher Golf

This was an adorable way to allow my son to tell me his own story! We really enjoyed it and will be looking into more books like this one!

Thank you to NetGalley for the e-ARC.

Gopher Golf is a wordless children's picture book about two gophers playing golf, the places they visit, and the friends they meet. The object of the book is for youngsters to make up their own stories based upon the pictures in the book.

I actually like the concept of this book a lot as a have a five year old grandson who loves to make up stories. The illustrations are well done and would lend well to young imaginations.

I received a free copy of this book from BooksGoSocial via Netgalley. My review is voluntary

I was pleasantly surprised on how much I enjoyed this wordless picture book. The expressions of the illustrations are engaging and funny. Reading with your children will bring out their imagination and encourage your children to think for themselves. Highly recommend.

A Special thank you to BooksGoSocial and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.

I read this book with my three-year-old daughter and she really enjoyed it and as a mum I thought it was great in that she was able to make up her own story and use her imagination – that for me was a massive plus with the book!

We have read it a few times now and been able to create different stories each time we have read it and it has allowed her creative side to shine.

It is 5 stars from me for this one, a great concept and well executed – very highly recommended!

A fun idea! This book comes without words, no text - but only illustrations which help children to tell their own story, while looking at the pictures. It was my first wordless children's book to find on NetGalley and I want to leave a thank you! to the publisher for providing parents with this opportunity.

I love this book, I would love to see you do this version and another version with just a few words or a sentence on each page. My son loved it as well!! Thanks for sharing.

Get ready to laugh!

Gopher Golf takes readers on a wild adventure as two gophers get up to all sorts of mischief while playing golf. This wordless picture book speaks volumes with its engaging illustrations and it stirs the imaginations of readers. It is perfect for classrooms, giving teachers the flexibility to use the book as a springboard for lessons across the curriculum.
A Special thank you to BooksGoSocial and Netgalley for the ARC.

3.5★
“A wordless picture book.”

This is a great idea for stimulating children’s imaginations. I imagine I’d give it to kids to go through on their own and then maybe start from the beginning and look at it with them. I’ll include a handful of illustrations in the order they appear in the book, so you can get an idea of the flow.

In my Goodreads review there are three illustrations here.

We see a bird intercept a ball and place it in a nest full of eggs.

In my Goodreads review, there is an illustration of the bird putting the ball in the nest.

We see the gophers up in the tree, hitting the ball from the nest (with eggs at risk). I’ve never seen a gopher up a tree that I know of, but that alone could spark a conversation.

Later, a ball seems to land in a tree where there is a squirrel (I *think* it is a squirrel). A gopher lines up on an acorn instead of a ball, as the two of them kill themselves with laughter.

In my Goodreads review, there is an illustration of the gophers laughing as one aims at an acorn.

The book does show where their ball went.

My Goodreads review includes an illustration with the caption:
The squirrel with cheeks full of nuts and a golf ball

It also shows their acorn shot landing in a nearby pond.

There is a lot of laughter and humour in this, and I think kids would have fun making up a story and adding dialogue no matter what language they speak or are learning as a second language. This sort of picture book can help them develop vocabulary. Personally, I'd prefer another style of illustration, but that's just me.

Thanks to NetGalley and Books Go Social for the preview copy.

Gopher Golf was a great way to approach bedtime. My four year old loved making up her own story from the pictures and there were some loud squeals of laughter when the squirrel showed up! As a teacher I think that this format, that really teaches kids to predict stories and thought-map vocabulary, is excellent practice for pre-readers.

A Special thank you to BooksGoSocial and Netgalley for the ARC.

This was so cute and it made me giggle. The pictures were simple and told the story well. I like that it showed kids that you can communicate in other ways besides using words. I also loved that this easily allows children to tell their own story to go along with the illustrations. Each kid can take their turn with the book and get something a little different each time. This is excellent to foster creativity. I loved it!

Thank you Net Galley and the publisher for this digital ARC for my honest review.

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We enjoyed this one! A lovely picture book that tells a fun, delightful story with no words whatsoever. Lovely illustrations that have plenty of personality make it easy to work out just what's going on, and we had smiles on our faces as we followed (and told, in our own heads and to each other, rather than reading from the page) the adventures of a couple of playful gophers.

I loved the concept of having children use their own words and interpretation of the pictures to tell the story. As an adult I felt the pictures / story to be quite ambiguous, but the 2 children I shared the ebook with had no such reservations and described each of the beautifully illustrated pictures to tell something resembling a story!

I felt this book to be appropriate for children in the early years - maybe age 4+

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

REVIEW UPDATE: My 3 Year-old-grandson absolutely loved this book! He made an adorable story to go along with it. I stand corrected.

I am a big fan of BooksGoSocial books and usually find each one entertaining and educational. However, this book does not meet their usual standards. It is a picture book about gophers golfing. While must could be done on this topic (think Caddyshack), the story here is definitely lost in transition. It is a picture only book which would be fine except that the story itself is hard to follow. The illustrations are cute but the gophers can be confused and what they are doing is often perplexing. I am going to show it to my four year old grandson who loves to make up stories. If he enjoys it, I will edit my review.


I received an ARC from BooksGoSocial through NetGalley. This in no way affects my opinion or rating of this book. I am voluntarily submitting this review and am under no obligation to do so.

A quick, cute picture book that details a day of golf for the gophers. What mishaps will they engage in throughout their golfing journey?! Check out this book to find out!