Be Curious (An oh joy! Book)

by Joy Cho, Angie Stalker (Illustrator)

Overview

Are you curious? Find out in this whimsical, stylish lift-the-flap adventure from noted design and lifestyle brand, Oh Joy!

The world is full of wonder — so much to touch, hear, smell, taste, and see.Each day is another chance for colorful curiosity . . .

Follow one happy cat as she goes on a sensory adventure full of animal friends, joy, and of course — curiosity! This book's simple, rhyming text fosters parent-child interactions and read-aloud fun. Detailed and adorable illustrations with exploratory interactive lift-the-flaps and peek-through holes ensure that little ones stay engaged and curious as they laugh, explore, and read this story!

Oh Joy! books: Little stories that surprise, delight, and nurture confidence and curiosity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338356342
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	04/07/2020
Series:	Oh Joy! Series
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.80(d)
Lexile:	AD460L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Angie Stalker is the lead visual and product designer at Oh Joy!, a design studio in Los Angeles, California. Angie loves working with her awesome team and designing and developing whimsical prints, patterns, and products. You can visit her at everydayisok.com.
Joy Cho is the Founder and Creative Director of Oh Joy!, a lifestyle brand and design studio that creates products and editorial content that celebrate everyday joyful moments in life. She has previously authored three books and consulted for hundreds of businesses around the world. For two years in a row, Joy was named one of Time’s 30 Most Influential People on the Internet and has the most followed account on Pinterest with almost 13 million followers.

Editorial Reviews

"The flaps are well designed and easy for small hands to manipulate. Stalker's illustrations make clever use of patterns that are sure to appeal to young, curious eyes." —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2019-11-24
A yellow cat leads readers through a world of color in this lift-the-flap book that is nominally about the five senses.

First, cat and readers follow a blue rabbit through a black "magical door" flap covering a die cut that leads into a room decorated for a birthday party, complete with a rainbow of hats, a ceiling crowded with multicolored balloons, and a speaker spewing a dancing pattern of musical notes. In this spread, the rhyming text asks children to talk about what they listen to that makes them dance and points out the color pink. This textual pattern continues, as the yellow cat smells and tastes cakes and cookies that are yellow, sees party hats stacked on the head of an orange squirrel, and feels a "cool breeze" blow through a blue sky. The flaps are well designed and easy for small hands to manipulate. Stalker's illustrations make clever use of patterns that are sure to appeal to young, curious eyes. While the text is musically written and the illustrations are beautifully textured, the book doesn't quite meet its educational potential. The color noted on each page, for example, is not always the dominant hue and therefore may be difficult for children to identify. The five senses are woven into most pages but not every page and therefore feel tenuously connected. Overall, though, the story is charming and the pictures enjoyable regardless of the educational message's execution.

This colorful and clever tale may miss the educational mark but nails the entertainment. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews