Animals: Hide and Sneak

by Bastien Contraire, Meagan Bennett (Designer)

One of these things is almost like the others...

Inspired by the picture book Undercover, a sixty-four-page masterpiece of spot-the-odd-one-out published in 2016, comes a series of odd-one-out board books for the youngest readers. Bastien Contraire creates spreads with four to eight images each - all of which belong together, except one that may resemble the others but has no business joining the lot. A teapot amongst sitting cats, a belt amongst snakes, and a feathered hat amongst birds are all hiding in plain site for the delighted toddler to discover giddily! Young readers will exercise skills of categorization and visual acuity in finding the 'poser', and bask in the preposterous silliness.

Genres: Childrens, Animals, Picture Books

26 pages, Board Book

Published May 22, 2017

Reviews

[Dianna]

My two-year-old giggled and giggled over this. Highly recommended.

[Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book*]

Contraire, Bastien. Animals Hide and Sneak, BOARD BOOK. Phaidon, 2017. $9.95.

Images hide in groups of animals that don’t quite belong. There is a hat along with tropical birds, a belt with snakes, and a bulldozer with large jungle beasts. The pictures all have similar colors to encourage the reader to look through each animal grouping find the one that isn’t really meant to be in the combination. This book will be good for readers’ searching abilities and distinguishing what makes things the same or different when sorting objects. This would book would be a wonderful conversation starter.

PRE-K- ADVISABLE. Reviewed by Shay, School Librarian
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2017...

[Melinda Christensen]

A cute little book for children who can make comparisons. For example, the page will show six pictures, five chickens or ducks and a teapot. Kids are supposed to chose the one picture that looks like, but is not the same as the other pictures. It's challenging for preschoolers. The yellow and blue colors used throughout the book get tedious. I would think little ones would prefer a variety of colors, however, the author may have used only two colors to make the comparisons more difficult.

[Peacegal]

Cleverly presented "find the odd one out" book using bold colors and an old-fashioned looking printmaking technique. (Although humans ARE primates, just like monkeys and apes...the last page may lead to some in-depth philosophical discussions with your toddler about the nature of humanity...or maybe not.)

[mg]

Very cute with lovely graphic design. I wonder how much enjoyment kids will have re-reading this? They might love that they can spot the thing that doesn't belong over and over, or they might be totally bored by the fact that they can find them all in no time.

[Marcie]

Wonder if this was ever on CLEL Bell list. Thanks to CPL for having Vehicles on the 2017 list of best board books.

[Sue Mosher]

Fun to try and find the one animal or object that almost fits but not quite.

[Kimberly]

Intriguing.

[Ethan & Isaac]

What a tricky book

[Trish]

Cute book for toddlers.