Animal Babies like to Play

Animal Babies like to PlayAnimal Babies Like to Play by Jennifer Adams, Mary Lundquist
Published by Balzer + Bray on February 5th 2019
ISBN: 0062394479
Pages: 32
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three-stars

This is an alphabet picture book with the letters identifying animals for each entry.  Children in animal suits that zip up to the chin while sporting ears, tail, trunks and whiskers are the illustrated animals.  Each page presents a sentence with the letter and the action of the story follows a romp in the park, sandbox, ice cream mishaps and an ongoing game of hide and seek.  Animals include an Iguana, Jaguar, Narwhal, Quail and Reindeer.   U is represented by Ulysses butterfly, while V is represented by Vulture baby and X by X-ray tetra baby.  The color scheme is soft pastel colors and the cast exhibits multiple skin colors with the same small eyes and cartoon red circle cheeks.  Preschools needing alphabet and animal books for story time will find this alphabet book useful.

Reviewed by Sheila Dube, Springvale Public Library

three-stars