Pet the Pets: A Lift-the-Flap Book

by Sarah Lynne Reul

Overview

A lift-the-flap book that lets little ones pet the pets!

This interactive novelty board book encourages readers to help and play with different pets by lifting the sturdy flaps on each spread. Scratch the dog’s ear, help the hamster’s wheel spin around, and feed the hungry fish in this inventive and engaging book that teaches little ones how to be good pet owners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534409392
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	08/14/2018
Pages:	18
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Sarah Lynne Reul is an illustrator and award-winning 2D animator who likes science, bright colors, and figuring out how things work. After a number of years in science museum education and non-profit administration, she was lured back to school by the magic of making drawings come to life. She earned an MFA in 2D animation from the Academy of Art University and her thesis film, The Search for the Monster of Lake Quannapowitt, won Best Animation for Kids at Animation Block Party 2015. Sarah Lynne strives to pack all the dynamic energy of animation into each of her illustrations. Originally from Brooklyn, she now lives just outside of Boston with her husband and two little girls.

Editorial Reviews

2018-09-30

A collection of needy pets "all feel better" with a little help from their child reader friends.

It's a rough day to be a pet! There's an animal in mild crisis on each double-page spread. Poor kitty's yarn is a total mess. But never fear! Youngsters are told exactly how to touch the page ("swirl the yarn to wind it"), and with a gratifying lift of the flap, the kitten is now snuggling a "nice and neat" ball of wool. A direct address from the pet praising readers for the assistance that "saved the day!" taps perfectly into a toddler's deep desire to help. Among the instructions are a wide variety of ways to interact with pages, and while some, such as "open," and "push," will be familiar, others such as "pat" and "pinch" may build vocabulary. (These activities are mostly imaginary, as the physical interactions are confined to lifting flaps.) With their sketchily drawn bodies, the cartoonlike pets aren't the cutest critters on the block, but it's a genuine pleasure to watch pleading eyes and drooping bodies transform into perky, effervescent animals. If the concept is a sweet surprise, the book itself is not. The dots of its halftone printing are distractingly apparent, and several of the curved, not-particularly-substantial flaps catch and crease. Additionally, flaps and backgrounds share the same deeply saturated colors, making the flaps' edges frustratingly difficult to find.

Although the book's production quality leaves something to be desired, toddlers will adore helping out their new animal buddies. (Board book. 18 mos.-3)

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