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Toby, What Are You?

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When father arrives home after work, he finds Toby lying in front of their front door. "What am I", asks Toby? "Aha, a new doormat", answers his father. Now let the games begin. As the evening wears on from dinner, relaxing family time, to bedtime, Toby delights his family with his inventive guessing game, pretending to be among other things, a clothes tree, bridge, sandwich, flyswatter and even a mountain with snow on top..... Those who enjoyed William Steig's Toby, Where Are You, will be just as enchanted with this new addition to the series. His simple guessing game text is beautifully complemented by Teryl Euvremer's soft, quiet, homey artwork and youngsters can put their imaginations to work as they guess right along with Toby's mother and father and even join in this interactive game. Perfect for pre-schoolers, Toby, What are You is a charming and creative picture book you won't want to miss.

My granddaughter lost this book from the library so I had to buy a copy to replace the one lost. Then we found the lost copy and so we got to keep the book. Eventually I had to let my granddaughter take it home with her because she loved it so much, mainly because of the fantastic illustrations that make you want to live in Toby's house yourself. The story is good too.

My two year old loves this book and demands to read it 4 or 5 times a day. It is a story about a little dog who plays hide-n-seek from his parents who are eagerly searching for him all over the house. My daughter loves to "find" Toby as parts of him are peeking out on each page, much to his parent's apparently fruitless search. This is a really fun book which let's kids feel like they are in on something big in "finding" Toby when apparently his mommy and daddy can't! Great illustrations. A must have--HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommended.