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Review #12609 - Dated: 12th of October, 2014 Author: CorrinaS |
Wow, was the first word that came to mind when I opened my review package and picked up this book. I was instantly in love with the pictures they were amazing! While a lot of kids book feature bright in your face pictures, which is sometimes a little too much for really young children as they get distracted easy, this book features the most amazing pastel pictures. Reading through the book I couldn't wait to read it to the children at work the next day. I just knew it was going to be a big hit!
The next day I sat down with a group of 5 nearly 2 year olds and pulled out the book. With that age groups I was expecting like normal to get half way through the book and have them lose interest and move away. They didn't happen though I had 5 at the start of the book and 5 still sitting asking for more at the end of the book! Of course we had to read it a second time once again I had children who didn't move. By the second time through they had picked up the pattern of the story and as I got to the page that said Bye, bye, bye they started saying it with me.
I was amazed with how engaged the children were with the book. Not only with the pictures but also the story. It's hard for a book to engage such young children for more than a page or two. Bye, bye, bye engaged them for three read through and even then there were a couple who wanted to keep looking at it. For the rest of the day every time books were mentioned I had requests for Bye. By the end of the day not only were they saying bye but a couple of the children were naming the animals in the book too, Pretty kitty and fuzzy mouse seem to be the favourites.
Juliette MacIver & Stephanie Junovich Have created the most amazing and engaging book I have introduced to the children I work with to in a long time. It has quickly became a favourite and I can see us revisiting it several times a day for a long time to come. I recommend the book to anyone with young children.
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