I bought this book for my child in the board book version. He loved it, so quite a while later I ordered what I thought was the same thing to give to another child as a gift. Unfortunately, this is not the board book version. It is a soft version and is larger than the board book. I like to durability of the board books for small children and I like the size of this particular book in a board book version. It is still a cute book and apparently the child we gave it to enjoys it, but I was disappointed that it was not what I expected. So, the book itself gets 5 stars in my opinion, but this version gets only 4.