Who Was That?

by Olivier Tallec (Illustrator)

Overview

This fresh, visually sophisticated follow-up to Who Done It? and Who What Where? tackles the topic of memory, as each page asks the reader to remember a detail about the characters featured on the page before. With die-cuts, clever folds, and imaginative illustrations, this book requires the sharpest readers' keen attention! The call to action on every page makes this a wonderful lap read or read-aloud, and kids of all ages will love the memory games.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452169903
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	03/06/2018
Series:	Who Done It? Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 11.50(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Olivier Tallec graduated from the École Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Duperré in Paris. His work has appeared in many newspapers and magazines, and he has illustrated more than 60 books for children. He lives in Paris.

Editorial Reviews

"An eye-opener for anyone who thinks that looking and seeing are the same thing." - Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2018-02-04
Following on Who Done It? (2015) and Who What Where? (2016), more visual tests of powers of observation and memory.In oblong cartoon scenes, some with die-cut holes, Tallec lines up a cast of children and animals. He then, after a page turn, asks which one had a yellow scarf or what color undies a figure was wearing, who in the new scene wasn't in the previous one, or another unpredictable question. Even at this elementary level (there are never more than seven figures in view, and usually fewer) grown-ups will have no advantage tackling these challenges, as the author changes the type of thing that must be noted and recalled each time. Thanks to lots of puzzled, pop-eyed expressions in the art and a certain amount of comical folderol—an instruction to tilt the volume to the right sends everyone on the next spread staggering in that direction, some clearly queasy—the game is as playful as it is tricky. Sometimes the details are just as much fun as as the game (if not more so): a lion wearing red rubber boots and a pink dog dangling by its teeth from the outstretched arm of an unperturbed bear will have children giggling. The human children are mostly pale, though one has brown skin and two others, (possibly) inexplicably, have green.An eye-opener for anyone who thinks that looking and seeing are the same thing. (answer key) (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews