Overview / 简介: |
Who is driving . . . the fire engine?
Elephant!
He is driving to the fire station.
From fire trucks to convertibles and snails to elephants, here's a book that's full of toddler favorites! Kids must solve the puzzle: which animal is driving which vehicle? With bold illustrations full of funny details, kids will love readingÂ--and playingÂ--this simple guessing game again and again.
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From Organization / 国外机构评价: |
| Starred Review. PreSchool-K—This is a concept book with a difference: on every other spread, four animals dressed in various outfits parade across the verso toward a type of vehicle (fire engine, tractor, race car, etc.) on the right, and the text asks, "Who is driving?" The next spread reveals the answer as the correctly outfitted animal is shown taking off behind the wheel, accompanied by appropriate sound effects. Readers have to notice minute details of each animal's clothing in order to come up with the right answer. The vivid acrylic illustrations in primary colors have a three-dimensional look and will delight toddlers, although they might not be able to match all the drivers and their vehicles without a little help. The format is clear and simple with white pages as background for the animals, alternating with brightly colored pages for the full pictures. Children will love guessing who each driver will be as well as helping to make each vehicle's noise. A surefire winner for the youngest set.—Judith Constantinides, formerly at East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA
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Foreign Customer Review / 国外客户评价: |
| This delightful book works on so many levels. It's an early reading book, an imaginative picture book, a counting book, a vocabulary book, and a memory and problem-solving book all wrapped in one delectable package.
In each of the seven 4-page scenarios, we see three or four animals in clothes so stylishly unique that they seem almost exaggerated. These clothes, however, provide big hints to solve Timmon's titular question, "Who is driving" (...the fire engine, fancy car, race car, tractor, convertible, jeep, and airplane)? While clothes and accessories provide major clues, the size and even overall comportment (!) give valuable information as well. For example, is it the alligator dessed in garish leather, the large rodent mail deliverer, the T-shirted tiny mouse, or the "lady-like" cat in formal attire who will be driving the elegant 1940s-vehicle (complete with tiny yellow flag on the hood). Using early observational and reasoning skills, and perhaps with some discussion/guidance from an adult, a youngster will probably rightly conclude that the best fitting match is between car and cat. Turn the two-page spread, and voila--the answer!
"Cat!
She is driving to a tea party.
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(and the flag has her picture on it!).
The acrylic illustrations are extraordinary. The vehicles fairly jump off the page, an effect due to a mix of composition, color play, and the "personality" of the objects. Bold geometric shapes predominate, and the animals and "driveables" have energy and a kind of individualistic pizazz. The aforementioned "fancy car" is painted a beautiful lake blue with deco-like lines of chrome; the race car (driven, we discover, by the helmeted rabbit) is a striking orange with a fiery exhaust; and the hippopotamus, garbed in safari jacket, boots, and a backpack full of water bottles, drives a zebra-striped jeep with a canvas top. In short, these vehicles look like the kind of archetypal toys from some movie-inspired past--jaunty, old-fashioned, animated, and handmade-looking--some with colors that look good enough to eat.
I'm amazed at how well Timmers takes a simple premise and runs (drives?) away with it. The book both challenges and entertains toddler's minds in a format that will stimulate shared discussion and laughter. A deeply satisfying book!
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About the Author / 作者介绍: |
| Leo Timmers has written and illustrated several books for children, including Happy with Me, which was awarded the Bookfeather Prize for Best Upcoming Talent. His books have been published in Korea, Brazil, Spain, Denmark, France, the United States and Sweden. Leo lives in Brussels, Belgium with his wife Gina and their daughter Luna. |
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