Customer Reviews

Summer

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My children all like looking at Gerda Muller's seasonal books. Our local library has "Circle of Seasons" which has all the books in one volume but the board books are a better format. Separating the seasons into separate books is less cluttered.

We have had all the books in this series for many years and they are favorites of ours. My children love the detailed pictures, and I enjoy being able to tell a new story each time since there is no text. The images include children of many races and ages doing many interesting summer activities, and the world of summer in nature: catching fish, swimming at the beach, thunderstorms, and more.

This is a lovely board book without any words. Although it only has 10 or so pages, there is a lot to see and ponder on each page. I find myself discussing something different every time we "read" this book. You can make up your own stories too. My 18 mo. old loves it as much as my 4 yr old. The drawings really capture many of the joys of summer. I imagine and hope it will be one of the books we save to share with future generations.

My son is being raised trilingual. Because this series of books has no text and the situations that they describe are universal, they are perfect for multilingual kids. I can talk about the scenes in whatever language I am talking to the child at the time, and am also able to present the same set of words in different languages.

The pictures are very detailed and realistic. There's also a nice progression in each season depicted. For e.g, summer starts with children catching fish at the lake for their aquarium, then children playing at the beach, flying kites, eating ice-cream, family time indoors and outdoors, and finally the first day of school signaling the end of summer.

I was unaware this book did not have text. I like the rhythmic simplicity of carefully chosen text. If I didn't want words, I could have just printed some pictures off the internet and looked at them.
The illustrations were lovely, and my son enjoys looking at this book from time to time, but it isn't a favorite.

My children enjoy this series very much, the illustrations lead you to tell the story as you see it, a wonderful opportunity for non-readers! The book moves through the months of summer via the children's activities and appears to end with them heading back to school, very cute! I would suggest these books for 1-6 year olds.

This series of seasons books by Gerda Muller were highly recommended by other parents. I can't be happier with them. There are no words/plot, just engaging scenes of children doing seasonal activities. My two year old can't get enough of them. The pictures are so active and full of detail that they capture his imagination and he pours over the pictures and talks about what he sees.

This is a wonderful way to introduce seasons to a child.

Amazing for kids! Mine is 4 and he loves to look at the book and to invent different stories about the season!!!
No written words but only imagination!