Thoughts
I was drawn to this book by the puppy on the cover and the fact that the author, Holly Rosensweig, is a speech-language pathologist. With an infant at home who is rapidly increasing his babbling and a dog that he is obsessed with, it was a perfect fit. I appreciated the parent’s guide at the beginning, which explains how to expand upon the text in the book by describing images, expanding the words into phrases, or acting out the pages. This isn’t something I do naturally with children’s books, so knowing that it’s built into the book’s concept is so helpful. For instance, there are subtle details in the images, like an apple tree, that allows me to have a conversation about apples. The phrases are common, like no, more, and all done, that I could even add simple sign language that we’re teaching to it. Overall, a cute book for infants learning to talk.
Writing Style
Writing style: Simple words and phrases, like “Ready, set, go!” The words are often repeated three times, and some sound words are also included, like a car going “beep beep.”
Lexile Information
- Lexile range (unofficial): 10L – 200L
- Decoding difficulty: 1/5
- Vocabulary difficulty: 2/5
- Sentences difficulty: 1/5
- Patterns difficulty: 4/5
Illustration Style
The illustrations by Emily Rutherford are simple in a good way. There are only a few elements per page to help a child focus on what is included. The color palette is on the pastel side, which is, again, not overwhelming.
Reality-based
Yes, the book describes a day in the life of a puppy. The puppy eats, plays fetch, walks, gets dirty, bathes, and goes to bed.
Thank you, NetGalley and Ninewise Publishing, for this title. All opinions are my own.
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