About half of this book is a D&D-themed activity book for kids, featuring the goblin Muk and his friends. This would be a cute thing to give to a fantasy-loving kid, especially one who loves monsters. Only nitpick is that the Mad Libs activity might up the vocabulary too much, but a grown-up can help.
The other half provides material for kid-friendly introductory D&D games set in Muk's Dankwood Forest home. This includes pre-generated PCs and NPCs, adventure hooks, a selection of streamlined monsters (several unique to this book - but alas, no spiderfrog or rhinoshark), distinctive PC traits for a Dankwood goblin, and character sheets (which probably shouldn't include "death" saves, but oh well). A formally constructed adventure might have been nice, rather than just hooks, but going heavy on the improv is probably best for small children.
All in all, this is a neat product for introducing little kids to D&D, and the purchase benefits a good cause. (Originally posted on Goodreads)
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