Do Baby Elephants Suck Their Trunks?: Amazing Ways Animals Are Just Like Us by Ben Lerwill, Katharine McEwen
Published by Candlewick Press on June 7, 2022
ISBN: 1536224049
Pages: 32
Genres: Animals
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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This title is attractive and informative for preschool age children. Ten animals (wild and domestic) are introduced to young readers in a simple and factual presentation. Questions are asked and answered in lovely illustrated two-page spreads for each animal. Children will identify with and see the similarities between humans and other animals. Colored backgrounds are perfect for the natural setting of each individual animal.

This is bound to become a lap book, one that toddlers will drag over to a parent or grandparent frequently. While the information is slight, the illustrations of the various animals are perfect. Each page offers opportunity to search for and identify a number of added natural items within the animal’s environment. Add to library collections where concept books are shelved. Consider for pre-K classrooms and nursery schools.

Reviewed by Jan Hamilton, retired Youth Services Librarian