Whose Tail?

by Sam Lloyd

Artist Sam Lloyd gets inestimable entertainment and educational mileage out of angles, spikes, and spots -- all done in her minimalist fashion. Here Lloyd's humor and action center on who's pulling whose tail -- and how it feels to pull and be pulled! A colorful board book. What's that cheeky monkey up to? Whose tail is he pulling? Follow the chain of tail-pulling and guess what animal is coming next in this perfect board book for little learners.

Genres: Childrens, Animals

14 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2003

About the author

Sam Lloyd studied at Brighton University where she gained a BA Hons in Illustration. Now Sam is the author and illustrator of many successful picture books for children. Her picture books include Happy Day, Sad Dog which won the Sainsbury’s Baby Book Award in 2003, Mr Pusskins which won the Booktrust Pre-School Award in 2006 and the V & A Illustration Award. Most recently Calm Down Boris published by Templar in 2006 has been chosen by Richard and Judy for their Christmas Picks.

As well as writing and illustrating books, Sam also enjoys yoga, swimming, camping and doing outdoorsy things. She has been all over the world, including travels to India and Australia. Sam also does a lot of voluntary work with children, painting murals.

Reviews

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A toddler and up book about animals pulling each others tails until the last animal is revealed. Each page shows a tail and animal but not that animals tail.

[Kai · Rating 3 out of 5]

✤ OPENING:

The cheeky monkey
pulled the tail of
the stripy...
zebra

✤ CLOSING:

And the lion woke
up with a great big...
ROAR!

☰ REVIEW:

Love the illustrations!

[Huda Fel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I guess I read another book with the same idea but I'm not sure what it was

[Sara Mccord]

This book teaches children about some animals, specifically ones with long tails. It also lets children learn to anticipate and guess what is on the next page.

[Katy W · Rating 3 out of 5]

This encourages children to guess the animal on the next page. It has hard pages which are easier for little fingers to turn over. The illustrations are bright and appealing to very young readers.