Little Lamb (Soft-To-Touch Books)

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Summary: An Easter book suggestion - could become a family classic!
Review: I read this book in a mall book store today. It has delightful illustrations, in simple but bright colors. Not one of those overly hectic try to impress the art world books. The story is simple, with those repeat sentences that young listeners love to echo...or shout out. The animals have a fuzzy texture. I am ordering this for the grandchildren for Easter! And can't wait to read it to them.

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Summary: Fun touchable picture book about a baby lamb's adventures
Review: Little Lamb is a nice large picture book for children with pretty watercolor illustrations. The story is a very common one; baby animal plays with others, wanders off while exploring and is suddenly lost. Kind of mediocre in my humble opinion.
But you don't buy this book for the plot! No, the big draw for Little Lamb is the fascinating flocked pages that give a fun, fuzzy feel and matte appearance to only certain areas of the pictures. Every page has something to discover as kids have to touch all over to discover what parts are fuzzy and which are smooth. The lambs are always flocked of course, and other bugs, flowers and animals that should feel furry or soft to the touch are flocked, too. This will help to teach very little ones about the textures of nature.
I thought this would be a great book to add to the Easter selection on our coffee table. It doesn't have anything to do with the holiday, but the lamb theme and the pastel colors fit in beautifully. Most importantly, our kids (2 and 5) enjoy it. I can recommend this to anybody whose tots like interactive picture books, such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle

Rating:
Summary: Fun touchable picture book about a baby lamb's adventures
Review: Little Lamb is a nice large picture book for children with pretty watercolor illustrations. The story is a very common one; baby animal plays with others, wanders off while exploring and is suddenly lost. Kind of mediocre in my humble opinion.
But you don't buy this book for the plot! No, the big draw for Little Lamb is the fascinating flocked pages that give a fun, fuzzy feel and matte appearance to only certain areas of the pictures. Every page has something to discover as kids have to touch all over to discover what parts are fuzzy and which are smooth. The lambs are always flocked of course, and other bugs, flowers and animals that should feel furry or soft to the touch are flocked, too. This will help to teach very little ones about the textures of nature.
I thought this would be a great book to add to the Easter selection on our coffee table. It doesn't have anything to do with the holiday, but the lamb theme and the pastel colors fit in beautifully. Most importantly, our kids (2 and 5) enjoy it. I can recommend this to anybody whose tots like interactive picture books, such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle