This brilliantly illustrated children's book will warm the heart of any child who wants to participate along with "Dad" as he prepares for the upcoming season. The reader learns why we hunt, how we hunt, hunting ethics and most important, respect for wildlife and the environment. Not to be overlooked is the bond created between father and son by the sharing of the adventures in the woods.
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Ages 6-9. Johnson, an avid hunter, tells his story through the eyes of a boy eager to start hunting with his father. Although neither especially well written ("When autumn comes and the leaves are turning bright yellows and red, Dad gets really excited because he knows deer season is coming" ) nor well illustrated, this is perhaps the only book available on the subject, and libraries in communities where hunting is popular may want to add it. The first-person text describes how father and son first practice shooting at bull's-eyes, then look for a special spot to hunt ("Dad says it is a game of hide and seek. The deer hide and the hunter seeks" ), and finally carry out the actual hunt. Although the illustration shows Dad in a camouflage outfit shooting an arrow from a crossbow at a deer, there is no picture of the dead deer. In the next spread, the boy is hanging up his coat, and the text explains how the deer is brought home, cut into food, and how the deerskin is made into gloves. The artwork, done in autumnal colors, is stiff, though the nature scenes are better executed than the ones featuring humans. The flap copy discusses how news media are antihunting and addresses the book's goal "to portray to children that hunting is a useful tool and an exciting sport." Ilene Cooper
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An excellent high quality production. This book will no doubt help educate future non-hunters about the importance and ethics of hunting -- Daniel Schmidt, Assoc. Editor, Deer & Deer Hunting
Hunting books for younger kids are all too scarce. This one's terrific. Aimed at the preschool to eight-year-old set, the book has much in common with better children's books on more general topics: excellent illustrations and large type, along with manageable and clear vocabulary and sentence structure. --Based on a young boy and his bowhunting father, the book gently touches on hunting ethics, a rationale for hunting, and hunting how-to, with a generous dose of natural history en route. If you're a hunter with young kids, this book is a must. Even better, buy a copy and donate it to your elementary school's library -- John Merwin, Contributing Editor, Field & Stream Magazine, January, 1998
It's amazing how simple hunting really is when it's boiled down to a 32-page kid's book. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL I'M OLD ENOUGH TO HUNT WITH DAD, Scott Johnson, Deer Pond Publishing, is one of those slim hardbacks with big type and illustrations that kids love. It also can serve well the hunter who is asked by his non-hunting friends, "What do you do out there?" Each of Karen Johnson's illustrations contribute to the accompanying text, showing as well as telling the essence of the hunt. This simple kids book could be a big seller -- Kent Mitchell, Atlanta Journal-Outdoors
The book doesn't try to convince a child to hunt but rather to understand it. The only criticism here is that it's entirely too brief. Otherwise the written word and colored prints are top notch -- Frank Sousa, All Outdoors, Union-News, Springfield, MA
Hunting books for younger kids are all too scarce. This one's terrific. Aimed at the preschool to eight-year-old set, the book has much in common with better children's books on more general topics: excellent illustrations and large type, along with manageable and clear vocabulary and sentence structure. --Based on a young boy and his bowhunting father, the book gently touches on hunting ethics, a rationale for hunting, and hunting how-to, with a generous dose of natural history en route. If you're a hunter with young kids, this book is a must. Even better, buy a copy and donate it to your elementary school's library -- John Merwin, Contributing Editor, Field & Stream Magazine, January, 1998
It's amazing how simple hunting really is when it's boiled down to a 32-page kid's book. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL I'M OLD ENOUGH TO HUNT WITH DAD, Scott Johnson, Deer Pond Publishing, is one of those slim hardbacks with big type and illustrations that kids love. It also can serve well the hunter who is asked by his non-hunting friends, "What do you do out there?" Each of Karen Johnson's illustrations contribute to the accompanying text, showing as well as telling the essence of the hunt. This simple kids book could be a big seller -- Kent Mitchell, Atlanta Journal-Outdoors
The book doesn't try to convince a child to hunt but rather to understand it. The only criticism here is that it's entirely too brief. Otherwise the written word and colored prints are top notch -- Frank Sousa, All Outdoors, Union-News, Springfield, MA
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