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Klop Klop Klop (2013)

by Lucy Cousins(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Leopold

review 1: When the children learn how to use crayons (or felt-tip pens) they just want to draw everywhere, and don't we all know (well, many of us) what a mess that can make on the wallpaper! Little woodpecker in this book is just the same. It has learnt how to peck and his father sends it off to practise, not imaging for a second (well, one hopes) that the youngster is going to peck through a whole household of belongings.I had great fun going "Oh no!" and laughing my way through this fun book for pre-schoolers. It has bold colours and easy rhymes (rather than strict, which is good because I've seen some dreadful books recently with the most tedious (but perfectly correct) rhymes). And if we want to get all boringly schoolish and think of the educational aspects: there is a ton of ... morevocabulary that can be explored through the different rooms of the house, there are holes to be counted (the holes are actually through the pages, but they're strong enough (the pages, that is) to withstand little fingers and their prodding), and there's the lovely caring male role-model for the father.
review 2: We loved this one. It's a fun, silly story about a little woodpecker whose father is teaching him how to peck. The little woodpecker goes out into the world and pecks everything in sight. And then he tells his father how much he loves to peck. The story is complemented by little die-cut "peck" holes in the pages, which are sure to delight toddlers. I know that mine loved them. She touched all the different holes. She also liked identifying the different objects that had been pecked. I had a lot of fun reading it. The first time I stumbled a little bit, because I was expecting a strict rhyme scheme, and instead Cousins plays it a little loose. But, I ultimately liked that. Reading the perfect rhyme-y stuff can feel a little tedious after a while... this kept things from getting predictably boring. I guess it's what I would call "just enough rhyme". less

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