City

by Abi Hall (Illustrator)

Overview

Run little fingers along these chunky, die-cut shapes and guess what created the tracks! Lift the flap to find out if you are right! Develop observation and prediction skills by exploring tracks that can be found in a variety of settings. Did a tractor leave this trail? Or a duck? A rewarding and tactile experience, full of surprises.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786284143
Publisher:	Child's Play-International
Publication date:	09/01/2020
Series:	Making Tracks 2 , #4
Pages:	12
Product dimensions:	7.12(w) x 7.12(h) x 0.62(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

Editorial Reviews

2020-09-01
Take a tour through an urban environment by following variously shaped tracks.

In this book with a little bit of everything, readers can manipulate flaps and touch debossed areas and die cuts. The left-hand page poses the question “Who is making tracks?” along with a shaped, indented track. Little fingers can touch and follow the various paths; folding out the flap on the right side reveals what hidden animal, person, or vehicle made the print. It’s a simple concept that invites plenty of audience participation as toddlers use clues to make guesses about the track’s origin. This simplicity extends to the minimal, stylized art. Chunky, rounded, collage-style illustrations with no shading or outlining are effective enough, if on the garish side, with a typical page showing a plump gray mouse running atop a matte violet background while a few golden dandelions and the lime-green mouseprints round out the page. Two human children appear. Both have dark skin, and one is a wheelchair-basketball player. Shaped flaps are solid and easy enough to fold out, though confusingly, while some of the die cuts provide clues, such as a bicycle sign near a single-lined tire track, others, like the oval, yellow center of a red-petaled flower, are cryptic. The series also travels to the Desert, Jungle, and Mountain.

An amiable enough combination of tactile elements and problem-solving practice. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews