Flip, Flap, Fly!: A Book for Babies Everywhere

by Phyllis Root, David M. Walker (Illustrator)

Overview

“Root and Walker introduce readers to a whole springtime full of babies taking that first thrilling step toward independence.” —The Horn Book

Come join these baby animals as they fly, swim, wiggle, and slide, all with the help of their mamas. But what these babies like best, of course, is spotting other baby animals! With Phyllis Root’s buoyant rhythms and David Walker’s sunny illustrations, here is a guaranteed favorite for babies and toddlers, who will love shouting out the rhyming word sure to come on the next spread.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763653255
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	02/08/2011
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 5.76(h) x 0.68(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

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Editorial Reviews

The cleverness of the design combines with the animals' toddler-friendly round shapes and smiles to provide a developmentally appropriate visual accompaniment to the well-paced text.
—Kirkus Reviews

Engaging verses and winsome illustrations encourage little ones taking those first steps into the world.
—Washington Parent

The soft, warmly hued, acrylic art cheerfully invites young listeners to participate. Ready made for chubby hands to reach and point - and sure to bring requests of “Read it again!"
—Booklist

From the Publisher

An adorable assortment of baby animals flap, wiggle and splash their way through the forest, spotting each other in turn as they play with their mamas. Human babies and toddlers will love guessing which animal comes next as they follow clues from Root's contagious, rhyming text and Walker's bright and warm acrylic illustrations. Onomatopoeic verbs-"flip flap fly," "splish splash swim"-array themselves in playful swaths descending down the page, leading readers' eyes through the choreographed page turns, which piggyback on the rhyme scheme to prompt readers and listeners in the identification game. The cleverness of the design combines with the animals' toddler-friendly round shapes and smiles to provide a developmentally appropriate visual accompaniment to the well-paced text. This story begs to be enjoyed over and over again by both babies and their grown-ups, who will find themselves chanting it rather than reading it by the second time through. Despite its slightly smaller-than-average size, the large animals in uncluttered compositions will make this a hit for group as well as individual sharing. (Picture book. 1-5)

Kirkus Reviews