Search and Find: Animals

by Libby Walden, Fermín Solís (Illustrations)

Can you find a pair of birds playing badminton, a gibbon with a ribbon, and a starfish shining in the spotlight? In Search and Animals , young children are prompted to search six busy foldout scenes to find the illustrations highlighted on the large flaps. Each colorful spread features 20 things to find, plus additional amusing animals on a farm, in the Arctic, under a jungle canopy, beneath the waves, across the savannah, and in the nighttime woods. As readers explore the pages and find the animals, they will encounter other creatures scampering about—so parents can help children identify and learn the names of even more animals.

Genres: Childrens

12 pages, Hardcover

Published September 13, 2016

Reviews

[Stacie · Rating 5 out of 5]

When our children were younger, they loved these types of seek and find books. They were the perfect book for long car trips (or short ones), long wait times, or church. They never got tired of looking through them and finding the specific item on the page.

This hardcover, tall, and skinny book would easily slip into a backpack or diaper bag and could be pulled out while your toddler is in a stroller, car seat, or shopping cart. The pages are sturdy and resistant to tearing, but not too heavy for a small child to hold.

Each page offers two flaps that feature animals to look for. It doesn't just name the animals but gives them a creative adjective that is often funny like a blind bat wearing dark sunglasses and holding a cane. Once you open the pages, then you are offered a full scene of animals to find your specific creature or item you are looking for. One spread is full of farm animals. Another is a scene from the Arctic. It finishes out the pages with scenes from the jungle, the safari, the ocean and the forest. It's extremely comprehensive including numerous animals in their various habitats. You child will find the artistic octopus with his calligraphy pen and ink quite silly.

Even though this is made for younger children, older children will find the humor on the pages and notice that the hedgehog in a ball is different from just the walking hedgehog.

I'm giving this book huge praise and I can't wait to give it to my great-niece and look for all the cute animals with her!

[Vera Godley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Children absolutely love search and find books. No matter the subject matter, they become engrossed in finding the most minute detail in books of this type.

In Search and Find Animals by Libby Walden the fold out pages make this very durable book even more fun and the amount of interesting critters to find is fantastic. Going from the barnyard to the tropical forest, the young reader will be engaged in this unique opportunity to find the animals. As the books is opened, you see that on the left is a flap and the instructions direct the child to search for what is hidden under the flap. This continues with cold climate animals (penguins, etc.), jungles, the sea, the African savannah, and the forest.

And there is more than just the specific animals for which the reader is to search. There are more animals and objects that can capture the child's attention and become a focused learning point.

The colorful illustrations are cute and whimsical and easy for the child to identify. This can be a fun, entertaining, and educational exploration into the animal world.

I highly recommend for the home with young children.

I received a complimentary copy to facilitate a review. Opinions are my own and freely given.

[Courtney Hatch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great illustrations. Next generation of I spy! But even better.

[Nafise Beheshti · Rating 5 out of 5]

عالیه
من و کارن عاشقش شدیم😍

[Magila · Rating 4 out of 5]

My kids got a little loud in the pew on Sunday and someone handed this to my boys. It's an "I Spy" style book but had a few innovations worth note. The pages had flaps that you could fold out for a larger art display, and as each page folded out the animals on the opposing side were the ones you sought. The art is nice, and the pages are busy enough to be interesting but not too difficult for younger kids (2.5-3ish).

[Mrs Mommy Booknerd http://mrsmommybooknerd.blogspot.com · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a bright, beautiful and interactive book that will keep kids busy for a long time. There are heavy duty cardboard flaps that have lots of animals, in a variety of locations, doing funny things. With rhyming text you open the flaps and find the animals within the scenes. This book is fun and allows the kids to learn the names of various animals and to talk about all the places they live. There are so many ways to use this book to interact with your child and to teach them about all the wondrous animals from across the world. I cannot wait to share this book with the kids in my classes. They will love it!!!