Read & Ride: Magical Horses: 4 board books inside! (Toddler Board Books, Unicorn Books, Kids Horse Books)

by Chronicle Books, Liz Mytinger (Illustrator)

Overview

Ultimate book and play set for the youngest horse fans!

Combination of hands-on learning and imaginative play: Two horses, a unicorn, and a Pegasus gallop and trot in and out of three play scenes, spreading kindness and magic to everyone they meet. When playtime is over, all four horse-shaped board books fit snugly back together inside the larger book for easy storage.

• Each sturdy board book is a simple 5-page story
• All-inclusive activity perfect for quiet reading and playing on the go
• Horse-shaped books can gallop, prance, and fly around the play scenes

Part of the Read & Ride series of play set books.

A mess-free combination of hands-on learning and imaginative play.

• For kids ages 3-5
• Great books and play set for toddlers and preschoolers

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452165479
Publisher:	Chronicle Books
Publication date:	03/19/2019
Series:	Read & Ride Series
Pages:	5
Product dimensions:	10.30(w) x 10.40(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Liz Mytinger is a designer and illustrator residing in Atlanta, Georgia.

Editorial Reviews

"A sweet hands-on reading experience." —Imagination Soup

"A sweet hands-on reading experience." —Imagination Soup

From the Publisher

2019-01-28

Four mini board books about magical horses fit inside one larger board book with playscape pages.

Flicker, Chestnut, Blizzard, and Cloud are four magical horses, each with their own mini board-book featurette. The four books—roughly 3 inches square, with die-cut shaping—fit inside a larger board book that has three play scenes with roughly figure-eight tracks. The idea is that the mini books (with a front and back cover that is just the image of each horse) double as manipulatives that can stomp and trot along the paths around the castle, farm, or winter scenes in the larger book. The horse books have short, declarative statements about each horse's abilities and character traits: "Cloud is kind"; "Chestnut trots through new paths." There is no story, no interaction among the horses, nothing imaginative, and it's unclear what the horses even do that is "magical," excepting Cloud's ability to fly. Mytinger's illustrations give some personality to each of the horses, with such details as tiny flowers in Blizzard's mane or woodland creatures in Chestnut's story, but they're not enough to flesh out their characters. Because the entire middle section of the large book is a storage container for the mini books, the play scenes feature sparse illustrations. This one is firmly more toy than book. Not a lot of substance.

Is it cute? Sure. Does it tell a story? Definitely not. (Novelty board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews