When I Grow Up: I Want to Drive#: With 30 fun-filled flaps

by Rosamund Lloyd, Richard Merritt (Illustrator)

Overview

This bright and colorful board book is packed with simple facts and flaps to lift and is the perfect book for any child who loves all things that go!

Discover a collection of exciting vehicles in this fun lift-the-flap book. Packed with flaps and simple facts, this is the perfect book for any child who loves all things that go!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781680106121
Publisher:	Tiger Tales.
Publication date:	08/25/2020
Pages:	12
Sales rank:	644,945
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.80(d)
Lexile:	AD510L (what's this?)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Rosamund Lloyd lives in London with her two boys (one son, one husband). She loves visiting museums in the big city and baking cakes in her tiny house.

Richard Merritt has been an illustrator for 15 years after graduating from Central Saint Martin's college of Art and Kingston University. Richard has worked on many varied projects, from children's books and packaging to magazines and costume illustration for Hollywood films. When he is not drawing, Richard enjoys all types of culture. He takes in the wealth of art and theater that London has to offer on a regular basis, and is long suffering fan of Tottenham Hotspur football club.

Editorial Reviews

2020-07-28
Vehicles on the job are put into action with the lift of a flap.

Featuring children’s favorite modes of transportation, from tractors to airplanes, this lift-the-flap board book shows drivable machines at work. The format is simple. The verso of each layout shows a large picture of the vehicle against a plain background, the engine and insides viewable beneath a flap. The recto then shows the same vehicle in action in a larger landscape, with other vehicles typically found in that environment and more flaps. The flaps themselves are more sophisticated than in many other books with manipulatives. A wide trench runs about the perimeter, making it quite easy to grab, especially helpful for little fingers. Furthermore, once the flap is folded open into place, it alters the surrounding image slightly, often conveying movement. A lifeboat rushes down into the water, for example; a bullet train whizzes by; and a plane takes off. The illustrations are incredibly detailed, inviting readers to linger. Children will be delighted by the tiny tractor engine, a miniature fish skeleton being dumped with other refuse into the back of a garbage truck, the materials inside an ambulance. The text pales beside the illustrations, oftentimes stating the obvious—“The cement pours out of the mixer”—without adding interesting factoids. People driving and interacting with these machines are diverse. The companion title, I Want To Be…, similarly explores different occupations.

The text is dull, but the dazzlingly detailed illustrations and clever flaps make up for it. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews