ISBN 1576574598 - Nancy Parent, who wrote the less than fantastic The Tea Party Girls Play Squeak Toy Book makes up for it with this cute little book. Although it doesn't exactly have a storyline, or much of a point beyond fun, What Shall We Play? is one little book that little readers will enjoy.
The Frog wants to play, but he doesn't know WHAT he wants to play and his friends all have their own ideas. Finding everyone's suggestions good ideas, he thinks they should play them all, and they do.
A cut-out in the center of every page makes room for the squeak-toy frog that's attached to the last page. Yes, squeak toy, like a dog toy. The reader is supposed to squeeze it every time they see the word play in the text. This might help a child learn at least that one word, but since the word is in red every time it appears, it's sort of easy to look for red ink and not recognize the word. Still, who says every book needs to be educational? This one is fun and my only complaint is that the cut-out in every page detracts from the illustrations; seems to me the illustrators, Adam Devany and Brent Ford, could have found some better way to work around the gaping hole in every page.
- AnnaLovesBooks
The Frog wants to play, but he doesn't know WHAT he wants to play and his friends all have their own ideas. Finding everyone's suggestions good ideas, he thinks they should play them all, and they do.
A cut-out in the center of every page makes room for the squeak-toy frog that's attached to the last page. Yes, squeak toy, like a dog toy. The reader is supposed to squeeze it every time they see the word play in the text. This might help a child learn at least that one word, but since the word is in red every time it appears, it's sort of easy to look for red ink and not recognize the word. Still, who says every book needs to be educational? This one is fun and my only complaint is that the cut-out in every page detracts from the illustrations; seems to me the illustrators, Adam Devany and Brent Ford, could have found some better way to work around the gaping hole in every page.
- AnnaLovesBooks
