mat_tobin's review
3.0
There is currently a great swathe of 'animal' books for young children and they all happen to be beautiful if not always accurate - this one is, thanks to the writer, Anna Claybourne. It's a great size too: a little larger than A3 when opened, so perfect for sharing. With its world map at the start that indicates the habitats and places covered, each double-page spread becomes a look and find affair filled with different creatures from that area and the reader is invited to search and spot all sorts of creatures. Although this format may seem simple, a lot of thought has gone into the presentation - I liked the tiny fact-snippets attached to each creature; enough to give us some detail.
I usually groan at animal books which rely on cute drawings rather than photographs (I want children to see the creature rather than a cartoon of it) but my boys were hooked on this book (3 nights of consecutive exploring) and I found that we would head off to my animal books or go online to see what they really looked like when their interest was peaked.
I usually groan at animal books which rely on cute drawings rather than photographs (I want children to see the creature rather than a cartoon of it) but my boys were hooked on this book (3 nights of consecutive exploring) and I found that we would head off to my animal books or go online to see what they really looked like when their interest was peaked.
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