All About Animals!: A Lift-the-Flap Book of Fun Facts

by Hannah Eliot, Pete Oswald (Illustrator)

Overview

Learn all about your favorite animals with this nonfiction lift-the-flap board book!

Did you know that bees have eyes but they don’t have ears?
Did you know that chickens can’t fly?
Or that zebras sleep standing up?

Filled with tons of cool facts about all of your favorite animals, plus colorful flaps to lift, this nonfiction board book is fact-filled and interactive!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534411357
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	05/01/2018
Series:	Did You Know?
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Hannah Eliot is a children’s book editor who lives in Vermont. Her favorite activities include editing (of course), writing, drawing, and spending time with her family!

As a seasoned professional in the animation industry, Pete Oswald’s credits include traditional animation, CG, and stop motion. Pete’s work as an illustrator and designer includes Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Madagascar 2, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, ParaNorman, and Hotel Transylvania. His short film, The Story of Walls (2009), earned him an Annie Award nomination. Pete and his family live in Santa Monica, California.

Editorial Reviews

Winter 2018

PreS–Fascinating details about anatomy, habits, and habitats abound in this look at 11 animals, accompanied by goofy cartoon images. It's a perfect choice for curious fact hounds who enjoy the fine-motor challenge of flaps.

School Library Journal

2018-06-11
This busy board book is full of facts and flaps to open. In this informational board book that collects snippets from the Did You Know? series for preschoolers, the 11 featured animals are all over the map, from the common (chicken and rabbit) to more exotic (elephants, hippos, zebras, and kangaroos). Some, such as sharks and jellyfish, live in water. Salamanders represent amphibians, and ants and bees round out the critters included. Each two-page spread includes wordy text, often in the form of questions, about each animal's particular characteristics. Many of the concepts (such as size, weight, size of litter, number of teeth) and much of the vocabulary (such as "dense" or "colonies") is too advanced for the board-book audience—unsurprising given the book's provenance. Most of the spreads include two or three flaps. The pages about rabbits and ants have five flaps each, while the elephant, zebra, and jellyfish each warrant only one large flap, so children may find themselves scraping vainly at several unyielding spots. The cartoon illustrations have the look of toys designed to highlight stereotypical features of each animal. Both too complicated for board-book readers and too limited for older readers, this adaptation does not live up to its title; a more accurate one would be Too Much About a Few Animals. (Board book. 2-3)

Kirkus Reviews