happy kiddo's mom 2008-03-31
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After seeing this book for the first time at a museum I decided to buy it. My son also remembered it after a short viewing at the museum, so it apparently had a good impact on him too.
I love the simple yet detailed illustrations - colorful & textured cutouts of each insect with no background noise. And the text has lots of info.
Not five stars because reading it feels kind of cumbersome. With the type of info presented, it would've been more effective in a more freestyle format w/ bullet-type text instead of trying to mimic a storybook. Simple text to match the simple pictures would've been nice.
There's also an odd statement in the book that made me wonder if the editing was done overseas or something... It states- "Crickets have long back legs for jumping" and "Grasshoppers have long legs for making music". uhh...isn't this switched around? I suppose it could work either way (but has anyone actually heard it that way?)
Anyway, this book is still a pleasure to look at and well worth the purchase. It's still much better & more comprehensive then the several other bug books we saw at the museum. And very preschooler-friendly.