Rating: 5 look-and-find stars
This past April our family headed to the beach in North Carolina, a five-ish hour drive from our home in Great Falls. I took 34 books for our kids. I'm not kidding. My husband even told me "Let's pack light." So I did. Knowing that there would be a washing machine readily available to wash our clothes every night if I wanted, I packed just two or three outfits for all of us. Knowing that there would be a kitchen full of pots, pans, and Tupperware, I packed just a few toys and puzzles for Lorelei and Ben.
For the record, we did read all of them many, many times.But for this past weekend's trip to St Louis to visit my husband's family, we took just one. This one.
(Ok, I cannot tell a lie. We packed two, In the Town All Year 'Round and Planes 
by Byron Barton that we had checked out from the library so we could read it on the plane. Then we bought two at the airport's bookstore: Lorelei chose Ladybug Girl at the Beach 
and Ben chose Five Little Monkeys Wash the Car
.)
by Byron Barton that we had checked out from the library so we could read it on the plane. Then we bought two at the airport's bookstore: Lorelei chose Ladybug Girl at the Beach and Ben chose Five Little Monkeys Wash the Car.)Anyway, back to this great book. It's a look-and-find, and is organized by seasons. There are seven huge, gorgeous pages chock full of little details for each season, and the scenes are the same for each season. They are, of course, altered according to what is happening in each season. For example, in the town square picture in Winter, everything is decorated for Christmas; in Spring there's a farmer's market and flowers everywhere; in Summer there are picnics and a flea market with a storm brewing overhead; and in Fall leaves are streaming throughout the picture and geese are flying South. You get the idea.
We LOVE this book. Is it bad if I hide it away until we go on our next airplane ride?
I am the author of the book and I want to thank you for this review and field-report. For me, it is so interesting, to have a feedback like this - because once the books are printed and delivered, particularly in foreign countries, I don't know, what is going to happen with them. Here in Germany and other european countries, the book is splitted into five different issues: winter, spring, summer, autumn - and there is also a book of night, which isn't printed (yet?) in the US.(Rotraut Susanne Berner, Nacht-Wimmelbuch) The difference is, that you cannot put the different books side by side, to compare directly the progress and differences of the single pages - but you have on the other hand, the advantage of having four books in one, which is easier to handle.
ReplyDeleteWith best wishes from Munich, Germany from Rotraut Susanne Berner
Ms Berner,
ReplyDeleteWhat fun to have an author of a book we love contact me! Thanks so much. If Ben could talk (and type) he'd thank you for the hot air balloons. He loves them. Having spent a little time in Germany (hence Lorelei's name) I really appreciate the town square picture the most. We'll look for your next book...and be hoping there will be a few hot air balloons in them.
Kate
Hiya! Is this book the compilation of all four seasonal books (Spring book, winter book etc) or is it commpletely diffrent?
ReplyDeleteI've never seen the other books--our library has just this one--so I'm not sure. And I'm not sure how helpful my answer is for you…!
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