Magic Flashlight: Explore the Rain Forest: With invisible ink and UV flashlight

by Stephanie Stansbie, Fabrizio Di Baldo (Illustrator)

Young readers will love to explore the rain forest with this interactive book, which includes a UV flashlight and hidden animals to discover on every page!

Children can dim the lights and explore the Amazon rain forest with Clara and her dog, Sparks, in this interactive book, which comes with a UV flashlight to use to find hidden animals on every page! This journey through the rain forest includes fun facts about the animals that live there, such as tapirs, monkeys, sloths, and jaguars, as well as a number of birds and butterflies, from the snowy egret to the blue morpho. This is the ideal nonfiction book for budding nature enthusiasts.

28 pages, Hardcover

Published February 13, 2024

Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Curious youngsters will be thrilled to find a "magic flashlight" attached to the upper right corner of the back inside cover of this book [3.5 for me!] that will allow them to see some of the creatures hidden in the Amazon rain forest. Because they're drawn in invisible ink, they won't be visible to the naked eye, but with room lights turned off and the small handy flashlight nearby, they will be able to join Clara, a young girl, and her dog Sparks as they set off on their adventure. Including the opening page, there are 11 different scenes or double-page spreads to explore. Brief facts about the living things in this particular habitat are provided along the way with the animal, plant or even fungus identified in bolded letters. Clara identifies a blue morpho butterfly, a cacao tree, a pink dolphin, and even piranhas among other fascinating inhabitants of the rain forest. Since there is only minimal text and resplendent artwork filling the pages with natural beauty, readers will be filled with a sense of wonder as they move through the book. Add this one to a science classroom library, but don't expect it to remain on the shelf for long.

[Stephanie Tournas · Rating 3 out of 5]

A young girl and her dog are off to explore the Amazon rain forest. She’s equipped with a backpack and her trusty flashlight. Readers of this book get a small flashlight that emits UV light to follow along. Clara finds birds, monkeys, insects, and all sorts of plants. Readers will get a hint of the incredible diversity and fascinating nature of the Amazon rainforest habitat. Short descriptions of her finds are accompanied by modest cartoon artwork – not as detailed as a some, but fine for a younger audience. When you focus the flashlight on the pages and even the endpapers, additional creatures are illuminated in delicate red outline. This should be a fun draw to settling in for bedtime!

[Cherokee - Books With A Chance · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute, my kids had a lot of fun finding all the creatures on every page.
I need more books like this!