From Publishers Weekly
Clad only in a diaper and multicolored cap, the smiling baby in Asch's engaging book examines a box of blocks. He then empties the box and climbs in, and is soon joined by a fox. When they climb out to play with blocks, an ox appears and he takes a turn sitting in the box (he barely fits). Grown-ups--and perhaps even toddlers--can anticipate what happens next: baby, fox and ox all end up in the box, which topples over and knocks down the blocks. Eventually, we say "Bye-bye" to fox and ox, and to baby, who climbs back into the box. Asch's rhyming text and luminescent pictures are perfectly simple, making this an ideal read-aloud. Ages 2-4.
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-- A simple but creative story with a rhyming text that explores the concepts of in and out. Baby throws his blocks out of a box, and fox and ox soon join in the fun. When the trio crawls into the box, over it goes, toppling the tower of blocks and bringing the story to an end. The spare text is matched with undetailed watercolor illustrations. Against a white background, the diaper-clad baby (who wears a baseball cap), along with the fox and ox, cavort with colorful blocks and a purple box, all of which are outlined in vivid orange. Barbro Lindgren's The Wild Baby Goes to Sea (Greenwillow, 1983) sports a similar plot, told in verse, of a toddler's creative play with a box. A humorous look at some of the favorite preoccupations of toddlers. --Susan Nemeth McCarthy, Arlington County Pub . Lib . , VA
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