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Kindergarten-Grade 2 - Attempting to offer information about animals and suggest related activities, this poorly executed picture book fails at both. Brief rhyming couplets describe a creature and its behavior, using words that force a rhyme. The rhythm is also problematic, which makes reading the text aloud more like a collection of tongue twisters than a lighthearted exercise game. The rhymes appear on full-color but muddy paintings that span two pages, and the two animals shown on each spread are more often than not out of proportion - a kingfisher, for example, is the same size as the adult white-tailed deer that shares the scene. A line of text below each picture expands on the idea conveyed by the verse and the illustration, but it is not enough to save the book. The three stiff children who appear at the beginning and end are supposed to be mimicking the activities of the animals, but they are barely shown doing so and they appear a little too old to be playing this game. Children are better served by Michael Dahl's Do Goldfish Gallop? (Picture Window, 2003). - Susan Oliver, Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library System, FL
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Can you imagine what it's like to be a curious spy hopper or a sleek belly flopper? You are invited to take a tour of field and forest to see how foxes keep a vigilant lookout, how otters play, and how a host of other wild animals communicate and survive in their natural world— and why. Lynda Graham-Barber and Brian Lies intertwine playful rhymes and fascinating facts with luminous artwork, transporting readers into the world of some of nature's most fascinating creatures.
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Kindergarten-Grade 2 - Attempting to offer information about animals and suggest related activities, this poorly executed picture book fails at both. Brief rhyming couplets describe a creature and its behavior, using words that force a rhyme. The rhythm is also problematic, which makes reading the text aloud more like a collection of tongue twisters than a lighthearted exercise game. The rhymes appear on full-color but muddy paintings that span two pages, and the two animals shown on each spread are more often than not out of proportion - a kingfisher, for example, is the same size as the adult white-tailed deer that shares the scene. A line of text below each picture expands on the idea conveyed by the verse and the illustration, but it is not enough to save the book. The three stiff children who appear at the beginning and end are supposed to be mimicking the activities of the animals, but they are barely shown doing so and they appear a little too old to be playing this game. Children are better served by Michael Dahl's Do Goldfish Gallop? (Picture Window, 2003). - Susan Oliver, Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library System, FL
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Product Description
Can you imagine what it's like to be a curious spy hopper or a sleek belly flopper? You are invited to take a tour of field and forest to see how foxes keep a vigilant lookout, how otters play, and how a host of other wild animals communicate and survive in their natural world— and why. Lynda Graham-Barber and Brian Lies intertwine playful rhymes and fascinating facts with luminous artwork, transporting readers into the world of some of nature's most fascinating creatures.
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If you like to wiggle, hop, and stomp, Read the first page New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me!