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Gibbs, Edward
6 Reviews
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Since the original edition already sported sturdy pages, rounded corners, and the same die-cuts, this smaller-size board-book edition is neither an improvement nor any more useful. Still, very young children will have success with this cheerful farm animal guessing game since Gibbs provides so many clues about the animal peeking through each die-cut hole.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2013
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What's not to like in the all-bird edition of this guessing-game series? For each of seven birds, preschoolers get two verbal clues and two visual hints, one through a die-cut spy hole. A flip of the page reveals the answer ("I'm a PEACOCK"). As is typical (and curious) with this series, the harder-to-ID animals appear early on in the book.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
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First we see the eye of a farm animal through a (fake) hole on the left and a glimpse of its body through a (real die-cut) hole on the right, while the text provides three clues to the creature's identity. Gibbs's digital art combines scribbly, brightly colored animals with more subdued backgrounds in clean cutout shapes. Extra-tough boards and rounded corners entice preschoolers to reach out and experiment.
Reviewer: Lolly Robinson
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2013
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To identify each of seven animals, readers get two clues ("something with silky feathers"; "I like to peck seeds") and two visual hints, one via a die-cut spy hole; turning the page reveals the answer ("I'm a CANARY"). Like this series' other titles, this is preschooler manna. Curiously, the easier-to-ID animals back-load the book (a dog is the big finale).
Reviewer: Nell Beram
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In this follow-up to I Spy with My Little Eye, die-cut pages with colorful art enable the reader to peek through a "porthole" and guess what marine animal is on the next page. Each animal provides a hint ("My arms are called tentacles"). The creatures count down from seven clownfish to one shark--ending the book with a toothy and thrilling (but not-too-scary), "I spy . . . YOU!"
Reviewer: Betsy Thomas
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"I spy with my little eye...something that is blue." A die-cut gives readers a peek, while a speech bubble provides a hint: "I am the biggest animal in the whole world." The blue whale, in deep-hued digital illustrations, appears on the next spread. The pattern and hints guarantee success for preschoolers, who will be richly rewarded with each page turn.
Reviewer: Sarah Novogrodsky
6 reviews
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