Disclosure: Many thanks to MM Publicity for the opportunity to review this book
A friend recently shared that her child is struggling to read. I shared a few tips with her and welcomed her to search my blog for some tips I've gathered over the years.
I suggested picture books. She was shocked as she never considered picture books for an older readers. Really? Who remembers the Where's Waldo books from back in the day? My sister and I would spend hours coming through our Where's Waldo books searching for the elusive Waldo among a sea of non-Waldos.
Bucketloads of Friends: A Look and Find Book by Mia Cassany reminded me of those Where's Waldo books. The book is perfect for new readers as it has a storyline and kids will have fun finding things all the way to the end of the book. Also, it's perfect as an interactive book you can share with your child and let them find the items as you read the text.
Bucketloads of Friends: Lucas is looking everywhere for a best friend: the park, the circus, by the lake, and at school. He meets a lot of people along the way. But what about a best friend? This entertaining and colorful book is full of details for kids to search and find. Every spread features line drawings that are humming with activity.
From an animal hospital populated with every kind of pet to an office filled with workers too busy working to give Lucas the time of day; from a restaurant that appears to serve only sandwiches and salad to a botanic garden where the visitors are just as strange as the plants. As Lucas travels around the city, he meets a lot of people, but will he find a best friend? Young readers will turn again and again to these drawings, discovering new details each time, and sparking their own ideas about how people interact in everyday situations. Many look and find questions will increase the fun and help to spot even more details.
Bucketloads of Friends: A Look and Find Book by Mia Cassany and illustrated by Miguel Bustos (ISBN: 978-3-7913-7357-7; Hardcover $14.95; Ages 4-8)
This fab read is available at bookstores nationwide and on Amazon.
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