Wings

by Katrine Crow

Overview

Whose patterned wings are these? A beautiful butterfly’s wings, of course!

Little ones will love to see the close-up photography and try to guess which animal the clear, patterned, bright, or large wings belong to. Animals featured:

• Dragonfly
• Bat
• Butterfly
• Parrot
• Flamingo

About the Whose Is It series: These photo-based, early learning nonfiction books use a simple question-and-answer format to provide a fun and interactive learning experience for very young readers. Readers will learn about the characteristics of several body parts of a wide variety of animals as they observe the bold text and stunning photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781486717927
Publisher:	Flowerpot Press
Publication date:	10/08/2019
Series:	Whose Is It?
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Katrine Crow has always loved words. Her love for writing and reading led her to study Journalism at the University of Missouri. After working as a reporter and magazine editor, Katrine moved from Missouri back to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a career in the publishing industry. She has since developed a passion for children’s books. In her free time, Katrine enjoys reading thrilling novels, spending time with her rescue dog, Bones, and exploring her favorite city with her friends and family one restaurant at a time.

Editorial Reviews

2019-08-26
Guess the animal based on its wings.

This board book truly is as simple as it sounds: It's a book about animals and their wings. The featured animals range from the eye-catching (monarch) "butterfly" to the brightly colored "parrot" (a scarlet macaw). A detailed, close-up photograph of part of an animal's wings is accompanied by a question asking who they belong to. A full-bleed, double-page spread follows, showing a different picture of the whole animal, which adds a bit of suspense. Younger readers might be expecting the colorful underside of the parrot's wing based on the close-up, but a turn of the page reveals the bird sitting wings closed at its side. Crow includes rich vocabulary words for young readers, like "wrinkled" and "patterned," as descriptors. The full-color photographs are beautiful and bold, and the close-ups are laid against a white background, helping details stand out. The other books in this series, Coats, Horns, and Scales, follow the same format. Horns impresses with animals uncommon to board books, such as the alpine ibex, markhor, and highland cow. The simplicity of the text and format suggests a younger reader, but the matching skills suggest a slightly older one. Overall, this one will appeal to both age groups thanks to its beautiful photography and the guessing element.

Stunning photography with high appeal for little animal enthusiasts. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews