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From School Library Journal Presthe First Book Offers Six Opportunities For Youngsters To Identify Animals Based On Specific Traits, Such As 'I Spy An Animal That Lives In A Shell.' Each Challenge Is Announced Inside An Outline Of A Magnifying Glass. Readers Then Must Scour The Adjoining Page For The Creature That Matches The Description. The Final Spread Shows All Of The Animals Displaying Their Aforementioned Qualities. Animal 123 Guides Readers In Counting From 1 To 10 And Then Back Again. Rabbit Drops The Birthday Card He Is Carrying When He Is Startled By A Fox. As He Evades The Predator, The Rhyming Text Counts All Of The Animals That Try To Alert Him To The Card'S Location. Once He Reaches His Friends, He Realizes That He Is Missing His Card. While The Text Counts Backward, The Animals Help Him Retrace His Steps To Find It. Both Board Books Have Padded Covers And Rounded Corners. The Mixedmedia Artwork Features Ink And Watercolor Animals Frolicking Over Photographs Of Grass And Dirt Atop A White Background. These Sturdy Books Are Great Selections For Little Hands.Laura Butler, Mount Laurel Library, Nj Copyright Reed Business Information, A Division Of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved. Product Description Animal I Spy Is A Fun Way For Young Children To Learn Characteristics Of Their Favourite Animals. An Illustrated Magnifying Glass Reveals A Clue To Help The Reader Search For A Specific Animal (A Giraffe With A Long Neck For Example), But There Are Penty Of Other Animals To Discover Before The Correct One Is Spotted. From Booklist This Attractive And Diverting Board Book Features Six Spying Games, Most Of Which Are Surprisingly Challenging. I Spy An Animal That Lives In A Shell, Begins One, And The Reader Is Met With A Twopage Collage. Photo Elements Make Up The Backdrop, And Drawings Depict The Animals, Jolly Little Cartoons Showing Everything From Snails To Dinosaurs. Its Fairly Busy For A Board Book, And Some Of The Taskslike Counting Legs On Bugs To Figure Out Which One Has Eightwill Take Some Time. This Will Result In Plenty Of Grubby Fingers Messing The Pages. Thankfully, The Thick, Glossy Pages Should Be Amenable To Cleaning. Preschool. Daniel Kraus Review School Library Journalth[Is] Sturdy Book [Is] A Great Selection For Little Handsbooklistthis Attractive And Diverting Board Book Features Six Spying Games, Most Of Which Are Surprisinglychallenging. I Spy An Animal That Lives In A Shell, Begins One, And The Reader Is Met With A Twopagecollage. Photo Elements Make Up The Backdrop, And Drawings Depict The Animals, Jolly Little Cartoonsshowing Everything From Snails To Dinosaurs. About The Author Kate Sheppard Went To The Same Art College As David Hockney. She Has Illustrated Well Over 100 Volumes. The Quirkier The Book, The More Fun Kate Has With The Drawings.