Bizzy Bear: Football Player

Bizzy Bear

by Benji Davies

Five easy to move sliders, a rhyming story and lots to spot and say in this series of bright, interactive board books for toddlers!

Bizzy Bear is a football player today and it’s time for the big game! Help him make passes to his teammates and score goals! A funny little story with loads of details to spot and chat about.

This story needs YOU! By pushing, pulling and turning the mechanisms, little hands can move the story onto the next scene and bring the rhyming text to life! The high level of interaction builds confidence and engagement with books, which is a key stepping-stone to reading for toddlers.

Illustrated by multi-award-winning Benji Davies, illustrator of The Storm Whale, and Grandad’s Island

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Soccer

10 pages, Board book

First published May 6, 2021

About the author

Benji Davies is the illustrator of the Bizzy Bear books, Bizzy Bear: Let’s Go and Play and Bizzy Bear: Fun on the Farm. As a child, Benji knew that when he grew up he either wanted to make films or draw pictures in books. He is still working out which he likes best, and currently divides his time between illustrating children’s books and directing animation.

He has worked on a huge range of subjects and platforms, with clients as diverse as such Waterstone’s, Sainsbury’s and Oxfam, and in countries as different as India and Australia. He’s illustrated for several major publishers and is pleased to be working on Nosy Crow’s start-up list.

He lives in Hackney in London.

Reviews

[Fausto Bailach · Rating 5 out of 5]

Magnífico. Un tema interesante para mis inquietudes actuales. Pum pum !!

[Tania · Rating 2 out of 5]

Me gustan los cuentos de Tito, pero en este es un egocéntrico y flipado que no sabe jugar en equipo.
Mal, Tito, mal.

[Kristi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fun board book with interactive sliding tabs of a soccer ball going between different animal players, goalie and the crowd cheering as the points on a scoreboard are changed from 0 to 1. This is a fantastic book for young soccer fans as you can explain the different actions. In addition, the rhyming text makes this an engaging read-aloud.

[Jenni · Rating 3 out of 5]

This addition to the Bizzy Bear series has Bizzy being a soccer player. The large thick pages allow for sliders and tabs for young readers to push and pull. It is highly colorful with clear illustrations and the sliders allow the young reader to interact with the book. This would be a fine addition to most libraries with Board book collections.

[Bud and Mama · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lovely library book with some fantastic moving pieces. In some ways even better/ more sturdy than lift the flap books.

The little rhymes are good too. Bud was quite engaged with this one and was determined to do the movements for himself.

[Kari Ivanova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Сладурска книжка за феновете на мечетата и футбола. Тук няма поучителна история или нещо кой знае какво, но децата се забавляват дръпвайки и плъзгайки различните елементи.