Customer Reviews

Picnic

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The original edition of this book was wordless, allowing a child and grownup to explore and discuss all the little details together. While it's nice that the author and publisher decided to publish this book in a slightly larger format, so that it was available for a new audience (and libraries could replace their well-loved copies), the addition of text makes the experience of the story so much more limited. They should at least label it clearly, and make both versions available.

This book is a good book to use to encourage children to make up their own story using the illustrations. The book has very simple illustrations that will not confuse the child. This book is fun for children because the characters are mice that go on a picnic. Another good wordless picture book is First Snow written by the same author. It also has some great illustrations that are easy for children to understand to create their own story.

"Energetic line drawings" and "lush watercolors"? Are we talking about the same book?

This is a nice book, but I wouldn't say that either of the above descriptions accurately portray the artwork of Ms. McCully in "Picnic". But you can come to your own conclusions based on the front cover and the 'look inside'.

Also, I would disagree with the suggested age range. My daughter (5) is lukewarm about the story where as my son (just turned 3) has asked me to read it over and over.

Three to Four Stars. Nice pictures. Very little text (text is in cursive so beginning readers won't be able to read it easily). A cute book for the 5 and under set, though nothing spectacular.