Friday, April 20, 2012

Book Review: Animal Spots and Stripes



Book #24
Book Image:
Bibliographic Citation:
Animal spots and stripes.
By Britta Techkentrup. Illus. by author.
2012. 18p. Chronicle, $12.99. (9781452109947)
 Age Group:
Baby –Toddler
 Genre:
Fiction
 Awards:
None listed.
Topics/Issues:
Animals
ELS promoted:
Vocabulary, Print motivation, Print awareness
 Format:
Lift flap book.
Author/Illustrator sites:
Categorization Tags:
E Teckentrup
 Annotation:
Illustrates the spots and stripes of different animals, including tigers, dogs, frogs, and lemurs.
Reactions/Observations:
The illustrations easily attract the attention of babies with their bold and playful colors. Each two page spread features various striped and spotted animals with a flap to lift to reveal another animal with the opposite pattern. All different kinds of animals are depicted including tigers, fish, dogs, caterpillars, frogs, turtles, zebras, bugs, lemurs, and finally the chameleon. The chameleon breaks the pattern because it's both spotted and striped. Babies and Toddlers will enjoy the interactive nature of the flaps as well as the simple yet colorful images. I especially liked the different die cut shapes of the flaps. It gave the book a peek a boo aspect which children will like. I think children will enjoy identifying the animals as much as lifting the flaps.



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