Happy Easter, Little Hoo!

by Brenda Ponnay, Brenda Ponnay (Illustrator)

Overview

Time for an Easter Egg hunt, Little Hoo! Help Little Hoo find all of the Easter Eggs in this sweet little book. Little Hoo looks up and down, over and under to find all of the colorful eggs.
Happy Easter, Little Hoo is part of the Little Hoo series featuring cute and reassuring texts for toddlers and preschoolers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781532409295
Publisher:	Xist Publishing
Publication date:	03/21/2019
Pages:	34
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.09(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Author and Illustrator, Brenda Ponnay, passionately believes that creativity is the secret to happiness. Whether she is blogging, instagramming, illustrating, baking up a storm or even doing the laundry, she believes in doing it creatively and if it doesn't work out it always makes a great story!

Editorial Reviews

01/01/2021

PreS-Gr 2—This little owl, referred to as "you" and never gendered, is constantly thinking that things are about them. They don't understand why friends are leaving them behind to do other things. The omnicient narrator reminds Little Hoo that those friends just happen to be playing soccer. Some of them are being called to dinner by their parents. Little Hoo needs to be counseled constantly that "It's not about you, Little Hoo," even being picked last for sports. "Someone has to be last." And after a long litany of mishaps that are not about Little Hoo, the caregiver says that there is one thing that is about Little Hoo—and readers see that the two of them are sharing this book. VERDICT This book is a great starting point for conversations about social-emotional awareness, and will find a home in many collections.—Amy Lukich, Tinley Park P.L., IL

School Library Journal

2019-01-15

A little owl goes on a first Easter egg hunt at home with mother owl.

The mother owl, wearing a pink apron, narrates the story as she encourages her chick to look for eggs she has hidden around their cozy, well-appointed home. Their house has brown, wooden walls and floors as if it might be inside a tree, but the owls enjoy all the features of a human home, such as lamps, a fireplace, and a kitchen. The mother owl gives Little Hoo specific hints on the location of each egg, with encouraging comments and praise at each step. The simple text is set in large white type against the brown backgrounds, with lots of exclamation marks to underscore the mother's cheerleading tone. Digitally produced illustrations use simple, bold shapes and feature brightly decorated eggs, each in a different pattern, and the two owls with their huge eyes exude a simple charm. Two glaring errors detract from the book. A recap of eggs found in the living room indicates one egg found behind a picture frame, but that frame is missing in the previous illustration of the living room. Another illustration issue is a spread with all the eggs lined up for counting, but the number of eggs shown does not correspond with the collected eggs shown in the previous spread; little counters will notice. In companion title Little Hoo Has the Flu, the mother owl nurses her chick through a little fever.

As consistent picture-to-text matching is a paramount value in picture books, these errors mar an otherwise pleasant story. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews