![]() The result is a paint spill and one very unique dog house!īeing able to read an entire collection of stories in one sitting about Biscuit allowed me to see how lovable he is. ![]() In the meantime, her young pup and his friends decide to help. His mistress diligently painted the doghouse yellow and prints Biscuit’s name on it in red. Biscuit wants to play, but his dog house needs to get repainted. Indeed, it’s his doggy antics that keep the innocent tales balanced or from becoming saccharine. While young children will relate to Biscuit’s zest for life, they’ll also appreciate that Biscuit remains all puppy. After all, why can’t everyone have a picnic together? When his young female owner tries to hold a picnic just for her human friends, Biscuit rounds up his critter friends and they all join the picnic. He makes friends with kittens, bunnies, ducks, fish, and neighbors both near and far. Other times, it means pretending with his mistress that a kid pool and a sand box are the same as going to the beach.Īnother way that Biscuit makes himself endearing is that he doesn’t have a mean bone in his small body. Sometimes that means trying over and over to learn to fetch a ball. He yearns daily to please his young female owner. In this case, the winsome character is an adorable puppy named Biscuit. (This book was reviewed digitally with 7-by-20-inch double-page spreads viewed at 53.3% of actual size.Characters often sell a story. Unfortunately, while most of the creatures from the seek-and-find appear in poses that match the illustrations in the challenge, not all of them are consistently represented. One page of backmatter offers a quick guide to eight easily confused pairs, and a second turns a subsequent exploration of the book into a seek-and-find of 15 creatures (and one dessert) hidden in the desert. As the story progresses, the colors of the sky shift from dawn to dusk, providing subtle, visual bookends for the narrative. Snappy back-and-forth paired with repetition and occasional rhyme enhances the story’s appeal as a read-aloud. Dark outlines around the characters make their shapes pop against the softly blended colors of the desert backgrounds. This picture book conveys the full narrative in spirited, speech-bubbled dialogue set on expressive illustrations of talking animals. As the ground squirrel (not to be mistaken for a chipmunk (even though Jack cheekily calls it “Chippie”) and Jack engage in playful discussion about animals, a sneaky coyote prowls after them through the Sonoran Desert. Jack is “no Flopsy, Mopsy, or Cottontail,” but a “H-A-R-E, hare!” Like sheep and goats, or turtles and tortoises, rabbits and hares may look similar, but hares are bigger, their fur changes color in the winter, and they are born with their eyes wide open. (This book was reviewed digitally.)Ī hare and a ground squirrel banter about the differences between related animals that are often confused for one another. While there's nothing groundbreaking here, there is opportunity for both learning and whimsy. The backmatter includes instructions on collaging-a meaningful and fun activity that builds upon the text. Endpapers with realistic labeled images of leaves provide an injection of information in this otherwise dreamy musing. A nod to winter and spring make this a year-round read. Collaged leaves against painted illustrations encourage play and imagination. A leafy parade to celebrate our favorite time of year." Rhyme rules the text but isn't forced in the least. ![]() Could a leaf from a tree become a hat, a Halloween mask, a hammock, or something else entirely? "It could be a horn that blows, announcing that we're here. The picture book's idyllic setting seems Northeastern in nature, with deciduous trees shedding leaves, which the child scoops up. And, with patience, adults can learn to enjoy it as wellĪ child with brown skin offers gentle, artful ideas about what to do with autumn leaves. The simplicity of the story makes it work, as it has since the beginning of the series: Dog. But no matter what the parents think, children will want to read it again and again, and that makes it a classic for them. ![]() The plot is slight: Biscuit spills birdseed in the garden. There are children’s books that are classics because they speak equally to children and adults. In some scenes, most of the dialogue is either “Woof, woof!” or “Tweet! Tweet!” Readers can imagine that the book is teaching them to talk to animals. ![]() This makes passages of dialogue very accessible to beginning readers but a puzzle to their parents. For example, there are no quotation marks. They’re missing the usual cues that help adults make sense of a text. The Biscuit books are spectacularly good at getting children to read, but, surprisingly, they also teach grown-ups how to read them. This book will not only make children want to garden, it will make them want a dog and a bird, too. ![]()
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