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Review #16854 - Dated: 21st of August, 2016
Author: melissaandchloe |
My daughter is obsessed with birds and my daycare children absolutely love birds too, spending lot's of their days making bird feeders and bird watching so when I saw this book was available for review I was sure it would be a hit with them.
The picture of the bird on the front cover demonstrates what the other birds in the book look similar to they are all decorated with geometrical looking designs and patterns on them, they reminded me a lot of patterns that you find in adult colouring in books, which is exactly what my Mum said this book reminded her of when she was reading it to Miss 3. In saying that I actually love that the birds have been decorated this way, as it show's children different ways in which patterns can be used to fill a animal or the likes and also demonstrates a great use of creativity. Each of the birds are bright and colourful, full of so much character and life with the main focus on each page being on the birds. The lettering in the book is also different than most books as instead of being your usual black and white text it is written in a colour which matches the colouring s used on the bird on that particular page. The text varies in size and in layout, for example the saying "some birds swoop" is written on a downwards slant to emphasise what is being said... very clever. The teachers I work with loved the patterns on the birds and have since used this book to get children to create patterns of their own.
The children loved this book, and like Miss 3 loved sitting outside bird watching with the book in hand trying to see if they could find any birds which replicate those shown in the book, sadly we didn't come across anything as bright or colourful as int he book however we did see birds doing such actions used in the book, which was a great point for discussions. This book brought up a lot of discussions amongst staff and children about animals being held captive and whether this was a kind thing to do, as some children were a tad concerned by this we talked about how sometimes it is okay to be in cages for pets as long as they are well cared for and can go outside for fresh air in their cages, a great way to talk about caring for animals and the importance of this.
A much loved book at home and daycare which celebrates the need to be different and free, it has already been read over and over and i'm sure it will continue to be a hit for some time. The price is a little steep however, and probably a bit more than I would be happy to pay for a book, though you need to take into consideration that it is a hardcover book which means it will stay in a good condition for longer than a paper back book.
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