Play With Me!

by Satoshi Kitamura

On her way home Dottie Duck notices that all the other animals have someone to play with. Small children will love pulling the tabs of this colorful novelty book to find out just who is waiting for Dottie on her return home. Rabbit, butterfly, squirrel, honeybee, bat, frog, and mommy duck are all waiting to be discovered.

Genres: Picture Books

12 pages, Hardcover

First published June 26, 2007

About the author

Satoshi Kitamura was born in 1956. After dropping out of school to pursue art, Kitamura decided not to attempt a 10-year apprenticeship as a potter and instead worked as a graphic artist. He was not trained as an artist, but at the age of 19 began to do commercial work as an illustrator for adverts and magazines. He moved from Tokyo to London in 1979 where he worked mainly at designing greeting cards.
Satoshi Kitamura has won several awards, including the Mother Goose Award, the National Art Library Award from the Victoria and Albert Museum, and a Nestle Children’s Book Prize Silver Medal. He lives in Japan.

Reviews

[Mercy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely flap book that children will love to explore. A duck who seems lonely because everyone one else is playing with a brother, sister or friend. Dotie Duck finally gets a baby to play with and the wide smile on her face is so adorable.

[Zoe Wood · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an interactive book with movement on each page, for a young audience. A very sweet story with colourful images