Corey’s workhorse of a text has been addressing separation anxiety for almost 35 years, first illustrated by Lois Axeman in 1976 and then by Diane Paterson in 1999. Now it has been re-illustrated again and packaged in board-book format. In Fox’s bright, cheery illustrations, a bevy of children of varying ethnicities watch their adults go away and come back while experimenting a little bit on their own. While it is certain that very young babies can begin to grasp object permanence, whether this book is the best way to reinforce it is another question. Will even young toddlers be able to decode the actions and emotions depicted in static images, however effectively illustrated? It’s still an important book, but best used with older toddlers, not babies, as the format seems to imply. (Board book. 2-3)
Pub Date: March 1, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8075-9440-7
Page Count: 16
Publisher: Whitman
Review Posted Online: June 3, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 15, 2010
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“The fairy family is getting ready for bed. Shh! Come and see…. / 1 one glowing moon ….” Readers are prompted to count familiar bedtime objects from one to ten, all rendered in Watanabe’s pastel hues on (mostly) softly contrasting backgrounds. While toddlers with rudimentary number sense may have difficulty with “four pairs of fuzzy slippers”—which will be more easily understood as “eight slippers”—the progression is more or less straightforward until the final spread of “ten goodnight kisses” bestowed by one fairy mother to her ten tucked-in children, presumably in turn although only kiss number one is shown. More for adult readers than for babies. Fairy Tea Party (ISBN: 978-1-58925-840-1) introduces colors with equally dubious success, given the overall busy-ness of the colors. (2-3)
Pub Date: Sept. 1, 2008
ISBN: 978-1-58925-841-9
Page Count: 24
Publisher: Tiger Tales
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Dec. 15, 2008
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The perennially popular lift-the-flap format combines with the equally well-received invitation to make animal noises in this pleasing romp through a variety of regions and biomes. An African child on the riverbank asks, “Who can snap?” Lift the flap in the reeds for the answer: “I’m a crocodile. I can!” A duck in a farm pond, a panda in a bamboo grove, a wolf on the tundra and a parrot in an Asian jungle follow in succession, all leading to a final spread that unites all the children: “And we all can sing!” Mockford’s illustrations employ baby-friendly bold, black outlines and vibrant colors. A companion volume, Walk with Me (ISBN: 978-1-84686-179-6), explores animal locomotion. (6-24 mos.)
Pub Date: March 1, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84686-180-2
Page Count: 16
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 15, 2009
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