Say Hello to the Snowy Animals! by Ian Whybrow (Illustrated, 1 Oct 2010) Board book

Say Hello

by Ian Whybrow

"Take a trip to the north pole and join the little husky as he scampers off on the snow and ice to say hello to all his animal friends. Meet a polar bear, a snowy owl and a cute little seal too! Toddlers will love to join in calling out the animals' noises as they turn the pages of this beautiful book and discover the winter wonderland inside. The satisfying rhyming text by Ian Whybrow, author of the bestselling The Tickle Book, and the cuddly animals, beautifully illustrated by Ed Eaves, make Say Hello to the Snowy Animals the perfect Christmas present for young children and a book to be enjoyed all year round."

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Animals

Board Book

First published October 12, 2007

About the author

Ian Whybrow is a British writer of children's books, first published in 1989. He has written over 100 books for children, has been translated into 27 languages and is published in 28 countries. His books are humorous and range from picture books to novels, short stories and poetry.

Reviews

[Jem · Rating 4 out of 5]

WHOA! Big, bright pages. Too bad they're mostly blue--I'm a fan of red. My favorite part is when the owl says "Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo!" The seal kind of scares me when he says "Honk, honk, honk." While enjoy touching the animals, why do they all feel the same? (And kind of like a rough felt-type material.)

Finally, any book with Puffins in it will keep me reading!

[Jelena]

One for the book club

[Amanda]

Thought this was adorable. Read it with my autistic brother, and now I know we REALLY need to work on some reading with him. Lol

[Jade · Rating 3 out of 5]

Children will thrill over this sound-oriented tale saying hello to different arctic animals, led by a cute little husky pup. The shiny, arctic-toned, and fuzzy illustrations make the reading experience tactile and fun.

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A cute book for little ones.
Read it tonight for the first time with my little 9 months baby boy and he really liked it. The illustrations are big and lovely and it's very nice to touch each animal.
I am sure we will enjoy this book even more in the months and years to come!

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a typical say hello -say goodnight to animals books. The illustrations are reminiscent of Karma Wilson. What makes this book special is the tactile flocked animals on each page.

[Lara Bate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lara knows hello and goodbye so this was a good book to reinforce it.

[Melody Harmony]

Xx

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not really a story but a nice introduction to some polar animals with cute illustrations.

[Tracey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rather bland story

[Roberta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute rhyming book with a little husky saying hello to 'snowy' animals.

[Tera · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was cute, but sadly I wasn't able to read it during my snow/winter storytime

[Millie · Rating 2 out of 5]

A good book from my childhood

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute story with fuzzy feeling animals on every page. You have to be ok with a husky dog saying goodnight to all kinds of arctic animals. I am ok with that.

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

(30/9/24)

A fun, engaging winter book for early years vocabulary development.

Children especially enjoy making the different animal sounds.

[Greg Scowen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this for my daughter on the strength of the previous reviews. I can only confirm what everyone else has said.

The illustration is lovely and the light texture of the painted animals still gets even me to touch them. The verse is very nice and builds our daughter up to bedtime well. We have been using this as a bedtime book (swapping in and out with Goodnight Moon and a couple of the Noisy Noisy books) from 15mths to 22mths. I am sure it will still rotate into her schedule for a couple of years.

After meeting each of the animals, making their sounds, and performing some actions we invented together, my daughter gets to say goodbye to each animal on the last page. She loves this and formed a habit of kissing the book goodnight (now done with every book) before she would get into bed.

This is a perfect book for bedtime and introducing your child to some northern animals. How many kids under two do you know that talk about Caribous and Puffins?

Highly recommended.

[Maggie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ian Whybrow has done a great service to adults everywhere! THANK YOU! This book has wonderful, touchable illustrations and a great story line. I currently have this book memorized, due to reading it at least once a day for a few years now. It is a standby in our household and both the kids are overjoyed to hear the story each time. It also has an orca in it, and orcas are just plain awesome.

Say Hello to the Snowy Animals follows husky as he goes throughout the land of ice and snow visiting different animals... "Come with me and say hello, in the land of ice and snow!" All of the sentences rhyme, the text itself is large and easy to read upside down. There are animal noises which allow even the baby to participate. The pace is nice nice because it has movement, but the sentences are short so you can pause easily. Great book!

[Brandon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Overall, this book is pretty great. It has squirting whales, and it rhymes, which is always a plus. I gotta take points off for laziness though. In Ian Whybrow's haste to rhyme 'owl' with something, he chose 'fowl', presumably under the assumption "Eh, that means bird, right". And while yes Ian, that use has been recorded, it is more widely used to mean a specific kind of bird of which the owl is not a party to. You couldn't take three more seconds to think of the word 'prowl'? Owls do that shit all the time. It's , like, right there man.

Overall still worth a read, but buy it used or check it out from the library or something. Ian Whybrow should not be rewarded for such careless behavior.

[Eva Seyler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute. My daughter (who is 2) loves the fuzzy animals on all the pages and laughs at the noises they make.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a snowy day with adorable, snowy animals. And they're FUZZY. This is a pet-and-play book. Some kid or stoner is really going to love this.

[Scruffy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this to Isobel today - I felt very Canadian!

[Michelle Farella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great last book for a winter story time

[Ed Mitchell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Superb narrative arc

[Hammers_k]

if I illustrated this book, I'd be so proud