Getting Ready

by Child's Play, Cocoretto (Illustrator)

Overview

It’s time to get up and get ready. There’s so much to do! What shall we wear? What’s for breakfast? And where will we go? Use all your senses to read this interactive book, developed with help from children and designed with every young reader in mind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781846438868
Publisher:	Child's Play-International
Publication date:	10/24/2016
Pages:	12
Sales rank:	500,364
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 5 Years

Editorial Reviews

05/22/2017
Enthusiastic narration and a bevy of tactile elements propel children through the steps involved in getting out of bed and prepared for the day. Simply defined objects sit against vivid, solid-color backdrops: purple corduroy pants appear against a yellow background (“Put your legs in. Pull up!”), while four pairs of patterned socks are shown on a later spread (“Tickle those toes! Choose your socks”). A few of the textural elements are especially novel and well done: Velcro teeth make very convincing toothbrush bristles, and a jacket comes with a working zipper. It’s a cheery guide to morning routines, just right for go-getters. Up to age 5. (May)

Publishers Weekly

2017-04-17
Readers are invited to follow a morning routine, from getting up all the way to leaving the house. On the cover a pair of human feet look ready to go into a pair of shiny red boots, but as readers open the book it will not be clear if the main character is human or of the teddy-bear variety. Regardless, this touch-and-feel book starts off by having readers touch the soft furry Teddy. This is just the beginning of a series of confusing discrepancies between text and illustrations. The book seems to ask children to help the main character perform a series of activities, such as getting dressed, holding the handles of a sippy cup, brushing teeth, or pushing and pulling the shiny red boots on. Yet in reality all readers can do is touch and feel the different textures. The only true interactivity is pulling the bed covers back, zipping up a jacket, and opening the door at the end of the book. It is doubtful children will find the zipper easy to operate. An easy-to-miss trail of raised dots starts at the bed and runs along every page until it ends at the beginning of a glittery yellow path on the other side of the front door. Misses the mark. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews