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van Hout, Mies
4 Reviews
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Bold, colorful paintings invite the youngest children to count from one belly on a bear up to ten whiskers on a kitten. The eye-catching color, sturdy construction, and friendly content make this Dutch import a solid choice for toddlers. A final spread includes activities for caregivers to further develop a child's early literacy and numeracy.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(4)
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"Yearning." "Hoping." "Expecting." "Marveling." One gerund describes each of twelve different stages of parenthood as experienced by one of twelve different birds; the journey concludes with "Letting go." Whether young readers will relate to this adult experience is doubtful, but what's certain is the strength of the artwork: the flouncy, feathery birds are in luminous chalky colors against black backdrops.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(4)
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Each of twelve spreads is devoted to a classic children's song or nursery rhyme, from the familiar (the title song) to the relatively obscure ("Swam Swam over the Sea"). The lush illustrations, featuring toddlers and animals enacting the lyrics, set the cozy mood, but collectively, the rhymes don't add up to more than the sum of their parts. A CD is included.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(4)
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Van Hout pairs each of twenty adjectives with a facing-page illustration of a fish embodying the word: the "sad" fish is all blue, the "curious" fish has bulging eyes, etc. The art--striking, brightly colored drawings against black backdrops--is noteworthy and stands out compared to the slight premise.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
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