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What Am I? Where Am I? (2013)

by Ted Lewin(Favorite Author)

2.97 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0823428567 (ISBN13: 9780823428564)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Holiday House

review 1: This Ted Lewin book features 5 animals: lion, reindeer, camel, sea otter, and tiger. Plus a single page at the back that shows a boy standing in front of the earth.Each animal gets 4 pages. The first page has a snippet of the image and the child is asked to guess what the animal is. The second and their pages feature a large image of the critter with a simple sentence giving their name --such as "I am a reindeer"-- and the question, "Where am I?"The last page features a sentence and an image that shows the animal in it's habitat. The camel is shown, for example, standing with another camel in a barren desert.The colors for this book vary. The cats are shown in brighter colors, while the poor sea otter and camel are quite drab. Which is one of the things I don't particular ... morelike in this book.WHAT AM I? WHERE AM I? is for older toddlers and preschoolers. At these ages they most of them love guessing games, and this book provides that opportunity. However, at this age they also tend to like a bit more color than this book provides. The sea otter is particular difficult to make out as he's lying in the water.In any case....I like the guessing concept. I love having the opportunity to discuss the environment of critters and how they adapt to it.I also like that because of the repetition of the questions, that this book can be used to 'pretend read'.What I don't like are some of the muddy images, and the fact that the BOOK IS ONLY 22 PAGES long.So Recommend Sharing. Don't recommend buying, unless you have a classroom or are planning on sharing this book with a succession of very young children.
review 2: It's hard to tear your eyes away from the pencil, watercolor, and liquid mask paintings of animals in this book. They are exquisite and offer early readers hints of what lies ahead. Readers see a portion of an illustration and must guess what the animal is and then where it is. Over the course of the book, they will have a close-up view of a lion, a reindeer, a camel, a sea otter, and a tiger. Not only do readers have the chance to practice their reading skills, but they can learn more about the wildlife in the natural world. less

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