This modest-sized, lift-the-flap animal excursion is a good bet for one-on-one sharing or individual exploration.
Baby animals surprise their mommies in this lift-the-flap celebration of newfound know-how.
The left-hand pages feature close-up photographs of animal mothers in their natural habitats, while the right-hand pages reveal cartoonlike drawings of baby animals showing off their skills. For example, a photo of a single penguin against a snowy backdrop is paired with a drawing of three baby penguins perched atop a hill, exclaiming, “Mommy penguin, look what we can do!” Beneath a sturdy flap is the answer to the question—“We can slide down a steep hill!”—accompanied by a picture of the little penguins barreling down the slope in single file. Also featured are orangutans, birds, tigers, dolphins, rhinos and bears. Companion volume Daddy, Look What I Can Do! (978-1-60537-170-2) follows the same formula but with different animals. No doubt wee ones will relate to the baby animals’ desire to impress their parents and enjoy guessing what new achievements will appear beneath the flaps. While the combination of photographs and illustrations may be jarring for adults, children will not be bothered; in fact, the discordant pairings may serve to stimulate their thinking as they learn to categorize and identify various animals.
This modest-sized, lift-the-flap animal excursion is a good bet for one-on-one sharing or individual exploration. (Board book. 1-3)Pub Date: Nov. 1, 2013
ISBN: 978-1-60537-169-6
Page Count: 14
Publisher: Clavis
Review Posted Online: Nov. 12, 2013
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A pleasant holiday spent with a perfectly charming character.
One of Boynton's signature characters celebrates Halloween.
It's Halloween time, and Pookie the pig is delighted. Mom helps the little porker pick out the perfect Halloween costume, a process that spans the entire board book. Using an abcb rhyme scheme, Boynton dresses Pookie in a series of cheerful costumes, including a dragon, a bunny, and even a caped superhero. Pookie eventually settles on the holiday classic, a ghost, by way of a bedsheet. Boynton sprinkles in amusing asides to her stanzas as Pookie offers costume commentary ("It's itchy"; "It's hot"; "I feel silly"). Little readers will enjoy the notion of transforming themselves with their own Halloween costumes while reading this book, and a few parents may get some ideas as well. Boynton's clean, sharp illustrations are as good as ever. This is Pookie's first holiday title, but readers will surely welcome more.
A pleasant holiday spent with a perfectly charming character. (Board book. 1-3)Pub Date: July 7, 2015
ISBN: 978-0-553-51233-5
Page Count: 18
Publisher: Robin Corey/Random
Review Posted Online: July 26, 2015
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 2016
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An excellent, rounded effort from a creator who knows how to deliver.
The farmyard's chickens experience Halloween.
A round, full moon shines in the sky, and the chickens of Boynton's barnyard are feeling “nervous.” Pumpkins shine “with flickering eyes,” witches and wizards wander the pastures, and one chicken has seen “a mouse of enormous size.” It’s Halloween night, and readers will delight as the chickens huddle together and try to figure out what's going on. All ends well, of course, and in Boynton's trademark silly style. (It’s really quite remarkable how her ranks of white, yellow-beaked chickens evoke rows of candy corn.) At this point parents and children know what they're in for when they pick up a book by the prolific author, and she doesn't disappoint here. The chickens are silly, the pigs are cute, and the coloring and illustrations evoke a warmth that little ones wary of Halloween will appreciate. For children leery of the ghouls and goblins lurking in the holiday's iconography, this is a perfect antidote, emphasizing all the fun Halloween has to offer.
An excellent, rounded effort from a creator who knows how to deliver. (Board book. 1-3)Pub Date: Aug. 23, 2016
ISBN: 978-0-7611-9300-5
Page Count: 24
Publisher: Workman
Review Posted Online: Sept. 18, 2016
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 2017
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