Lit Lists Short Reviews: ABC Animals by T.L. Anderson; Everybody Poops by Justine Avery and Olga Zhuravlova; I Don't Want To Turn 3 by Gramps Jefferey
By Julie Sara Porter
ABC Animals by T.L. Anderson
ABC Animals by T.L. Anderson is a simple brightly colored fun book for children ages 2-6 to learn not only their alphabet but about different animals.
The illustrations are eye-catching with adorable animals with friendly expressions on their faces. It's hard not to smile when you see grinning dogs, dolphins, and deer.
The text is easy. It only features the letters and the names of animals so children can read and understand the words. The pages just say things like "H Horse Hamster Hippopotamus."
Anderson also chooses unusual animals to fit the letters, possibly to invite conversations between children and their parents. A child might wonder what an impala, an ibex, or a jerboa are and their parents could look it up or answer. The various animals could provide interactive conversation over the animals themselves.
ABC Animals is a bright fun and educational book that will teach children their letters and about the creatures with whom they share this world.
Everybody Poops by Justine Avery and Olga Zhuravlova
Kids like to laugh about disgusting things so they will certainly have fun with this book. It is funny and brings open something that people don't always like to talk about.
The book is repetitive reminding young Readers that everybody poops, children, adults, animals, even superheroes. It would be nice to explain why pooping is so important to the body for waste removal. But it is simple for children to read.
The illustrations are humorous showing characters in discomfort and then relieving themselves. Of course with a subject like this, they are bound to funny and they are hilarious.
Everybody Poops is a funny book that explains something perfectly natural and does it in a fun way.
I Don't Want to Turn 3 by Gramps Jeffrey
One can imagine this book originated from a conversation between author, Gramps Jeffrey and his children or grandchildren.
I Don't Want to Turn 3 is about Jordan who isn't excited about his upcoming third birthday. He is used to being treated like a baby and adults letting him have his way because he is so young. When he turns three, he will have to learn about rules, sharing, and responsibility. The more Jordan thinks about it, the more he is looking forward to his upcoming birthday and growing older.
This is a simple story which teaches kids social skills, getting along with others, and the advantages and disadvantages to growing up and growing older. It is written from a child's point of view with an awareness that kids can be selfish and bratty at times but are also capable of learning and understanding.
The illustrations are charming in a cartoonish way. Jordan is always at the center because kids often want to be the center of attention. He is often surrounded by toys and other people struggling with what he wants and what he has to do.
Kids will find I Don't Want to Turn 3 completely relatable and parents will be able to recognize the world from their child's point of view.
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