Brand new in the green start? series, include a 98% recycled chunky board book in an adorable, reusable totebox tower! Each of these ten stackable book?s comes with simple, enriching content and endearing illustrations! Kids learn about their favorite animals in 10 stackable block books! Each rhyme features a mini story about monkeys, koalas, kangaroos and more. Parents can read the books together with their child and then slip them back into the tote-along tower. Comes with ten mini 6 page board books;,Animals from alligators and elephants to penguins and turtles eat, play, move about, care for their young, and rest in their natural environments. On board pages. ,Animals from alligators and elephants to penguins and turtles eat, play, move about, care for their young, and rest in their natural environments. ,
From School Library Journal PreSchool-K—Maddy asks her grandmother for a story: "Tell me about the day I was born. Tell me how I was a hurrying child. And how you hurried across three states to meet me." This simple picture book tells that tale, relating how a young couple headed for the hospital after making a rushed phone call to Grandma, who then embarked on her own longer journey by train, knitting all the way. She arrived just in time to meet her new granddaughter. Details of Maddy's birth are presented side by side with highlights of Grandma's trip. The "meanwhile" narrative structure adds interest, as do certain visual details (especially the doll that is old and well-loved in the preschooler's arms, but fresh out of the box, curly hair intact, before that child is born). Some of the figures look a bit stiff, but Chorao's watercolors are pretty and accessible, and the poetic text capitalizes on children's interest in their own history. While not an essential purchase, this book will be useful i