jcpdiesel21's review
4.0
A clever introduction of both living and nonliving things to young readers with a fun interactive twist. My only minor quibble is that the material is presented in an extremely basic manner; I wish that the format had been shaken up at least a little so that the answers aren't exactly the same every time until the very end, and that living things other than animals had been included.
katymul's review
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
What a perfect picturebook! Rhyming verse that doesn't announce itself, just sounds perfect with the cadence of letting a toddler finish the rhyme and flip the picture art (a rhythm I still find fascinating and impressive, having no idea how to do it myself). The illustrations are deeply clever, and the smaller inanimate objects that the book imagines might "grow" into larger versions of themselves transform in a variety of clever ways on the half-pop-up-book pages. The use of cut-outs and flip-folds and just perfect placement makes this book not just fun for kids and parents but deeply impressive in the mechanics of text and images.
choosejoytoday's review
4.0
This will be fun to share in a storytime. I'm always curious to see how the reasoning skills are developing in the kids who come to storytime. I like how the nonliving items grow into bigger versions of themselves. Even though they don't "grow" like the living things do, it provides an opportunity to talk about the similarities and differences between say, a shovel and a plow.
pwbalto's review
5.0
Here's another fantastic holler-out-the-answer storytime book. "If a calf grows and becomes a cow, can a shovel grow and become a plow?"
Numerous things to like:
Giant bold illustrations that read from across the room.
Big fold-out flaps reveal surprises.
The author chooses animals for whom the baby word is less-familiar than the standard kitten and puppy - joey, kit, owlet, kid.
So extensible! I can see a kindergarten class reading this book and then going for a walk around the neighborhood.
Numerous things to like:
Giant bold illustrations that read from across the room.
Big fold-out flaps reveal surprises.
The author chooses animals for whom the baby word is less-familiar than the standard kitten and puppy - joey, kit, owlet, kid.
So extensible! I can see a kindergarten class reading this book and then going for a walk around the neighborhood.
tooamy's review
5.0
This book features interactive fold-out pages and beautiful illustrations. It asks "Do you know which ones will grow?" about both animate and inanimate objects. Very cute!