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Playdate
A perfect playdate, to read again and again.
A picture book with minimal text and maximum impact, as portrayed through both the well-chosen words and the fun-filled, evocative illustrations.
A picture book with minimal text and maximum impact, as portrayed through both the well-chosen words and the fun-filled, evocative illustrations.
24 pages, Hardcover
Published April 1, 2019
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August 18, 2021
Cute illustrations, not so busy pages, easy to identify words with the illustrations. A good place to start with kids learning language.
July 27, 2021
Wonderful! Charming illustrations, and simple text. A great opposites book, with a couple of complements thrown in for fun.
May 6, 2019
Opposites concept book; diverse characters
June 20, 2019
Terrifically illustrated concept book for the very young reader. Spare prose and a multicultural cast of characters celebrate time spent together as friends and family.
July 30, 2019
I love the simplicity of this story! Would be excellent for just about any age in storytime and could even win over an older audience by adding a layer of signing the book too.
September 2, 2019
Cute illustrations. Rhymes are simple enough for my newly four year old to complete. There's not much to it but it could be used for further discussions.
January 23, 2020
Adorable snuggle-up close book.
February 15, 2020
Adorable, with great retro illustrations.
February 18, 2020
Illustrations are beautiful and bright.
My son is struggling a bit in reading and he loved it.
My son is struggling a bit in reading and he loved it.
July 20, 2020
Great slice of life one-on-one read for toddlers making their first playdates
October 21, 2021
PLAYDATE is a picture book for very young readers (and/or their parents or older siblings to read to them). One reader/reviewer, Tatiana, captures the appeal of the book this way, “I read it to my two-year-old daughter when I got it and she's already made me read it to her again 3 times. We love it, Thank you!”
The book’s concept is four-word poems over 28 pages. Each word is complemented by a picture illustrating the word. The illustration for “stop,” for example, shows a girl pulling on her dog’s leash to keep the dog from running in the street against a red light. “Go” shows two children, one on a bicycle and one on a scooter. “Fast” is four children on a merry-go-round with a dog racing around it. “Slow” is a girl pulling a skateboard with her dog sleeping on the skateboard and two other children walking. The poem here is “Stop. Go. Fast. Slow.”
The illustrations are warm, crisp and colorful on a white background. A dog and a cat give children something else to look at.
Keeping in mind the book is for pre-schoolers, I’m rating it five stars. (It’ll also be a Christmas present.)
The book’s concept is four-word poems over 28 pages. Each word is complemented by a picture illustrating the word. The illustration for “stop,” for example, shows a girl pulling on her dog’s leash to keep the dog from running in the street against a red light. “Go” shows two children, one on a bicycle and one on a scooter. “Fast” is four children on a merry-go-round with a dog racing around it. “Slow” is a girl pulling a skateboard with her dog sleeping on the skateboard and two other children walking. The poem here is “Stop. Go. Fast. Slow.”
The illustrations are warm, crisp and colorful on a white background. A dog and a cat give children something else to look at.
Keeping in mind the book is for pre-schoolers, I’m rating it five stars. (It’ll also be a Christmas present.)
September 24, 2021
Beautiful, Colorful, Wonderful Messages, Perfect for Little Hands!
PLAYDATE - Authored by Maryann Macdonald and Illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell is a beautiful Board book with colorful pictures that would definitely gain the attention of any youngster.
This book is fun to read - with pictures and words that are simple – yet the messages it shares make a big impact. This is a perfect book for an adult and child to share together (especially before going on a PLAYDATE!)
PLAYDATE - Authored by Maryann Macdonald and Illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell is a beautiful Board book with colorful pictures that would definitely gain the attention of any youngster.
This book is fun to read - with pictures and words that are simple – yet the messages it shares make a big impact. This is a perfect book for an adult and child to share together (especially before going on a PLAYDATE!)
October 18, 2021
Read it to my daughters, the three year old and three month old both loved it! The three month old loved the pictures and obviously my voice reading to her, but even though it is a simple book (that would have helped teach my older daughter at a bit younger of an age she still loved being able to show off her smarts by pointing out things and she loved the dog and cat that were taking part in the play date too!
September 23, 2023
A book with precious illustrations, few words, and rhyming text. The only page that I didn't truly like was the "good" page, which shows a child sharing watermelon with another child, and the "bad" page, which shows the dog with a cookie in their mouth. The book could have been made just a little bit better, in my opinion, if there was a visibly disabled child amongst the group, too.
October 29, 2021
I was super shocked when I received a free copy in the mail of this book!
My son absolutely loves it though.
It's a very cute cute book.
Huge thank you to y'all for the free copy! My son loves books, so it was pretty amazing. 😌
My son absolutely loves it though.
It's a very cute cute book.
Huge thank you to y'all for the free copy! My son loves books, so it was pretty amazing. 😌
November 13, 2021
FYI: I won this book on goodreads.com.
I will be giving this to my 9 month old granddaughter for Christmas. Nice bright illustrations and solid structure. Thank you so much! I know we will get many minutes of enjoyment out of it together.
I will be giving this to my 9 month old granddaughter for Christmas. Nice bright illustrations and solid structure. Thank you so much! I know we will get many minutes of enjoyment out of it together.
October 28, 2019
A toddler and up book about a playdate where opposites are presented on each page.
March 6, 2020
Teaching opposites amidst a storyline represented by pictures.
March 23, 2020
This is a picture book, but the text is just 2 opposite words. "Good. Bad. Happy. Sad." The pictures enhance the words, making it easier for those learning to read.
April 11, 2020
A simple book of opposites, though I wonder if it would be better suited as a board book for toddlers.
May 8, 2020
Fun illustrations
January 19, 2022
A fun story about the ups and downs of friendships at an early age!
February 17, 2023
The pictures are adorable, the text is essentially non-existent: "Stop" "Go" "Good" "Bad" etc. It won't work for story time, but would be great as a lap read.
July 10, 2023
This is a fine beginning reader text. It rhymes and the text and the illustrations are well matched. Not much of a story to discern. One-word sentences describe scenes from a playdate.
September 24, 2023
A wonderful book to read with your child. The illustrations are very special.
March 7, 2024
Precious images!
June 27, 2024
Not super engaging.
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December 26, 2024Friendship, opposites, play: lots to unpack in this short book.
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