Why Cry?: A Lift-the-Flap Book about Feelings and Emotions

by Yusuke Yonezu, Yusuke Yonezu (Illustrator)

Overview

If you’re feeling sad, cheer up! This amusing and imaginative lift-the-flap book guaranteed to bring a smile to a teary face.

You’ve found the perfect book to put a smile on your face and turn a frown upside-down. Look at the rainbow of colors on every page … put them all together and you’ll find a happy surprise!

Little kids have big feelings! Lots of tears call for lots of reassurance that everything's going to be okay. What better way to cheer someone up and change the mood than with a lovely surprise! 

This little board book is perfect for little hands and sure to coax a smile from little ones—page by page the colors behind these crying faces build up into a wonderful rainbow. This clever die-cut design will have young children smiling in no time!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789888341047
Publisher:	Astra Publishing House
Publication date:	09/01/2016
Series:	The World of Yonezu
Pages:	18
Product dimensions:	6.63(w) x 6.63(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Yusuke Yonezu was born in Tokyo, Japan, where he still lives with his wife and children. As a child he loved to draw and make toys out of paper and boxes. He went on to study design and became the creator of many board books, puzzles, and toys beloved by children and their caregivers around the world.

Yonezu's board books are full of bold colors and help young readers master basic concepts, including counting skills, animals, foods, shapes, and more. The designs help readers of all ages see the world in a new way and discover new surprises with each turn of the page.

Editorial Reviews

08/22/2016
Japanese author-illustrator Yonezu packs tremendous angst into a tiny package as he introduces a parade of sobbing animals and children, each more distraught than the last. Semicircular die-cuts form the characters’ wailing mouths, and the jagged outlines and bold colors of the artwork all but shout peak tantrum. Comforting words are of no use (“Little pig, come have a hug!”), but the stacked-up die-cuts form a rainbow at book’s end, which does the trick. “Dry your tears and smile!” Yonezu writes. “After rain comes sunshine.” Luckily for parents, the sight of all of these crying creatures is more likely to produce knowing giggles than sympathetic sobs. Up to age 3. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

"Die-cut, wide-open crying mouths build up to a happy surprise at the end. This whimsical board book aims to bring a smile to the face of a crying child . . . . Sure to encourage toddlers to smile." —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2016-10-12
Die-cut, wide-open crying mouths build up to a happy surprise at the end.This whimsical board book aims to bring a smile to the face of a crying child. Starting with the cover, readers see a brightly colored purple mouse on a white background; its mouth is wide open, crying. On each successive right-hand page readers will encounter more crying creatures: a kitten, a rabbit, a monkey, a pig, a bear, and two children (perhaps a girl and a boy). Each one of them is brightly colored and boldly outlined in black, on a white background. The page at the back of the sequence of die-cut mouths is red, lending a dramatic effect to the wide-open mouths. The trick here lies in the perspective. Each successive creature looks closer, occupying more of the page, and the mouths growing larger, until the last face occupies the entire page. Meanwhile, each left-hand page has some consoling sentence: "Oh, little kitten, don't cry!" "Little pig, come have a hug!" But more importantly, each statement is set on a solid color: purple, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. Yes! The colors of the rainbow. When readers turn the page on the last crying mouth, they will find the colors and the layered die cuts make a rainbow! Sure to encourage toddlers to smile. (Board book. 1-2)

Kirkus Reviews