First sentence: Can you draw lines and curves? Can you open the backpack and find the matching pairs? Can you name the colors?
Premise/plot: This oversized board book is a concept book offering interactive learning opportunities with each page. Most of these interactions are through lift-the-flaps. (But not all! There are also things to slide.) For example, the "backpack" at the start of the page offers a lift-the-flap memory game. Varied concepts are taught--or explored in the pages. Shapes. Colors. Numbers. The last page features a clock with hands you can turn.
My thoughts: This board book is for older younger readers. This is not for those who still chew, nibble, or drool on books. This is also not for those who are rough on books. The book may be a board book, but ALL the flaps--all the "bells and whistles" as my mom would say--are mere paper in comparison. The flaps could easily rip and tear. The book is also one that is best shared one on one between adult-and-child.
I liked aspects of this one. But not all. On the "Can you name the colors?" page there are dollops of "paint." Lift the flaps and color names are revealed. I'd like to know who thought it was a good idea to print black on brown or black on dark purple. (The dark blue was also difficult to read though not as bad as the brown.)
© 2018 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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