Title: Boy Meets Dog: A Word Game Adventure
Author: Valerie Wyatt
Illustrator: Dave Whamond
Date Published: August 2013
ISBN: 9781554538249
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Pages: 32
★★★★✰
Strange things happen
when you change one word into another, one letter at a time. A toy
becomes a boy, a cat becomes a dog, and together they discover a funny,
mixed- up world! Explore language and spelling on this wacky word game
adventure.
My goodness, the illustrations! The illustrations are amazing. So much fun! Here's the thing ... I'm a big fan of tricking your children into learning. That sounds horrible but kids are really hard these days. There are so many distractions around them and sometimes, it's hard to keep their attention on something that is learning related. They are like that dog in the movie, UP ... bird!
A child's attention span is about 5 seconds and that's if you're holding candy. If I can get something into our boys' hands that can teach them something useful AND they don't want to put it down, it's a home-run to me. This book has that.
My only issue with it is that it's a bit long. I know, at 32 pages, is that long?!? Well, it is to a kindergartener. Especially if they are the ones reading. But I found that if I only do a couple of pages with this book for our youngest, that he will stay engaged AND excited about it.
Cute book, awesome idea and amazing illustrations. I can't wait to see what else this author has up her sleeve because I'll definitely be interested.
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