Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too? by Eric Carle
| Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too? by Eric Carle | |
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Reviewer: Zoe Morris
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| Summary: A reassuring book for those who have questions that confirms gently that yes, every animal from a kangaroo to a lion has a bear too, just like you. | |
| Buy? Yes | Borrow? Yes |
| Pages: 32 | Date: February 2016 |
| Publisher: Harper Collins Children's Books | |
| External links: Author's website | |
| ISBN: 978-0007106165 | |
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Babies have mothers, mothers who may well be reading these books with them. And their mothers have mothers, or they used to at any rate. But what about other animals. Does a kangaroo have a mother? How about lions and dolphins?
Of course all animals have mothers, but it's reassuring to have this confirmed in this book. It is supremely simple. Each page introduces a new animal with the question does a whatever have a mother too? and the soothing answer, Yes, a whatever has a mother too, just like me and you. Good, sorted. Now on to the next one.
Just like there are primary colours, I often think there are primary animals and could reel off my top 5 most common pets, farmyard animals and zoo creatures. This book, though, decides to mix animal worlds and the result is a curious jumble from penguins to swans and bears to sheep. Don't worry, all of them have mothers, and we get to see parent and offspring interacting. The order is random but could follow a little one's train of thought, jumping from creature to creature that they have seen in person or read about in books.
The illustrations are beautiful and set the animals in their natural habitats, so the penguins are standing outside as snow falls around them, the kangaroos are hopping through the blazing sun and the swans are sailing majestically on the lake, not looking at all like a creature that might flounce over and break your arm.
This book is less about a story, more about answering questions and I liked that as someone who has spent a lot of time with little ones who keep asking why, why, WHY? This is still a book to read together, and you can guess the answer each time before you turn the page until they're old enough to either memorise the text or work out that every animal has a mother. Even then, you can look at the beautiful pictures and enjoy talking about them together.
I'd like to thank the publishers for supplying this book. It's another winner from Eric Carle, and sits nicely alongside The Very Hungry Caterpillar Pop-Up Book and What's Your Favourite Animal.
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