Customer Reviews

Junglewalk

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This book was on my entering-kindergartener's Summer Reading List but I have to say that it was not our favorite `wordless' book. Still we did enjoy it and principally I would say this is because of the artwork and the fact that it allowed us to make up our own stories.

As the book opens, a young boy is in bed reading a book called "Jungles of the World." As he turns off the light to go to sleep, a faint shadow image of a hare appears outside of his bedroom window. His cat , which appeared to be dozing, sees the racing figure and stands up. And on the next page, vines are silently creeping into the window and the boy is the shadow figure while the jungle outside comes to life.

A beautiful tiger fills the next 2 pages, followed by Toucans, monkeys (I'm sorry at the moment I can't think of the type), a stork, crocodile, hippos, gorilla, parrot, elephant, and zebras. (Lots then to point out to young children.)

In the end, the tiger (cat?) and boy circle back on their tracks and see their home.

Our cat, Ling, thought that the boy's kitty had slipped into the night and *become* his inner tiger (LOL). My daughter thought that the boy was dreaming about a jungle walk.

Three and a half Stars. It's fun to make up your own stories and I think with the artwork and such that this book could easily be appreciated by a baby and toddler, as well as the preschool and up crowd.

Children as young as two may enjoy this book. It's the story of a little boy and his cat who fall asleep and enter a dream jungle world. A good choice to read with your little two to three year-olds as they begin to have real dreams themselves. Older children would also enjoy this book for Tafuri's colorful illustrations.

My daughter loves to read this book before bedtime. Because there are no words, it requires a little creativity from the reader, but that is the fun of it. Tafuri's illustrations of the jungle scenes are wonderful and the storyline captures any young dreamer's imagination.