We had this book as children and both wanted to keep it so I had to buy a second copy. It's lovely to read with children or let them read alone. It's fun to make your own I spy sentences to go with each page to, and inspiring to make your own photos or versions of the book. The copy I received was sevond hand as they are no longer in print and the name written in the front adds a little more character to the book as I know it was well loved by someone else, too!