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Fuge, Charles
5 Reviews
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Fuge offers one fact about each of the baby animals in this book: "Daddy sea horse has the babies, without any fuss. / A baby humpback whale is as heavy as a bus." The rhymes have an uneven gait, but no toddlers will avert their eyes from the parade of adorableness, culminating in a grand finale–type illustration of baby alligators rollicking with the human kind.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(4)
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Dinosaur friends Scratch, Lofty, and Sniff want to fly more than anything, so they climb a volcano to take to the air. After a tumble to the bottom, Terry Dactyl lifts their spirits with a soaring ride home. The weak text makes for a bland tale, but the finely detailed pictures featuring unintimidating prehistoric creatures will captivate preschool dinosaur enthusiasts.
Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden
(4)
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Rowdy dog, guard dog, itchy dog, and a host of other pups do some barking, scratching, and sniffing in this rousing book. Expressive double-page-spread illustrations pair with lively onomatopoeic text in a sizable, dynamic font, making this book well suited for group readings (though the rhythm does occasionally stumble).
Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden
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A young bear brags about and imitates his father's ferocity until the cub has scared away his friends, and he alone must face a terrifying noise. The images convey a surprisingly wide range of the bear's emotions, and the ending--the noise is only Daddy, who has come for his son--works because it subverts our expectations: Daddy may be large, but he's a pussycat (figuratively speaking).
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(4)
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Howl along with "Barking, growling, / Munching, snoring, / Sniffing, snapping, panting, / Itchy-scritchy scratching" dogs as they eat their suppers, guard their territory, and bay at the moon. Although a shifting meter makes reading awkward, the expressive, rhyming doggy sounds, the winsome illustrations of a variety of breeds, and the heavy cardboard pages all make this a good choice for very young listeners.
Reviewer: Patricia Riley
5 reviews
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