ISBN
9781921720376
Reviewed
by Vicki Stanton
Baby Animal Farm is the perfect book for
younger children. Five toddler friends spend a day venturing through a farm
meeting baby animals along the way. The text is comfortably predictable and
simple with one animal and then the sound the animal makes. ‘Cuddle the
kittens. Mew, mew, mew.’
Of
course, there is a break for lunch (‘Munch, munch, munch.’). Karen Blair has
taken this book above the average baby animal farm book by injecting toddler
angst when the one of the toddlers asks, ‘Where’s my teddy? Where? Where? Where?’ A puppy which has
featured in the background of the illustrations saves the day to the delight of
the five. The day ends with them asleep in their strollers.
The
book is delightfully presented with the endpapers being utilised to their full
extent. Both are fully illustrated with the back ones showing the farm and the
baby animals asleep at night. Illustrations in pastel shades perfectly
complement the text. Baby Animal Farm is
a perfect book for carer and child to share.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Buzz Words Books would love to hear what you think.