Review:
How absurd by Beck Wheeler.
Hachette
Livre
Books, 2007. (Lothian Books).
(Age 5-7) This delightful picture book will appeal to young children
and the young at heart!
Beck
Wheeler has put together in rhyme and pictures a story that
challenges the imagination about how absurd it would be if animals and
birds were combined. What would it be like if a dog and a bird were
mixed up? Or a sheep and a hippopotamus?
The story is very amusing and the rhyming language would be fun to read
aloud and sure to have children giggling. The humourous illustrations
and their delightful captions are really captivating and likely to
interest even reluctant young readers.
How absurd is a perfect picture book for reading to the very young and
encouraging readers to take their first steps to independent reading.
It would also be really useful for an art session where children of any
age could design their own absurd creatures.
Pat Pledger
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