steviepenn's review against another edition
5.0
This is a wonderful books for kids!! Teaches shapes, colors and animals. This was good for my 6 year old and my 3 year old
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
A clever art and shape book but definitely not a book for reading. And as a cutout book, I can't believe it would hold up to much use. Probably would work kind of as a child's art book though. But the pictures were a little stylized for that purpose. So flawed but quite interesting. 3.5 of 5.
calistareads's review against another edition
4.0
A beginning board book for young children about shapes. This is very clever. She uses cutouts of the shapes and colors to create animals inside each shape and then we see the shape. She will use 3 pages at a time to create an animal face and then as you turn each page it changes and we see how the shapes do this. This is too young for my kids, but for the level this is going for, it’s a great book. Lois is very creative and I enjoyed it.
The nephew thought this was neat actually and he gave it 3 stars. The niece didn’t read this.
The nephew thought this was neat actually and he gave it 3 stars. The niece didn’t read this.
rluczyns's review against another edition
3.0
Lois Ehlert does it again with this clever book on animals and shapes. With each flip of the page, there is a new and surprising animal! The design of the illustrations is truly lovely. There are even pages that hint at the shapes to come in the next few animals. At the end of the book, there is an "index" of sorts with the names of the shapes, colors, and animals!
wordnerd153's review against another edition
3.0
Fun way to present colors and shapes. No narrative, so some kids may lose interest.
fieldsla's review against another edition
4.0
This was a winner. Shapes, colors, animals, cutouts. Love it! Only thing to make it better would be a board book version.
amdame1's review against another edition
3.0
CIP: Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.
Review: The bright, bold colors will appeal to young children. While clever, it was a bit of a stretch to see some of the animals.
SLJ: highly favorable - "brilliant juxtapositions of vibrant primary colors"
ALA Caldecott Committee "masterpiece of graphic design"
Review: The bright, bold colors will appeal to young children. While clever, it was a bit of a stretch to see some of the animals.
SLJ: highly favorable - "brilliant juxtapositions of vibrant primary colors"
ALA Caldecott Committee "masterpiece of graphic design"
beecheralyson's review against another edition
4.0
Caldecott Honor 1990 - I probably read this shortly after it came out. Still amazed with how it ties so much together.