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February 2010 |
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| Page 15 | Book Reviews - Children & Young Adults |
February 2010 |
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DVDs - Various touch
& feel FARM
What
colors?
COUNT
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touch & feel FARM is a companion book to the two small, but highly recommended books for the very young produced by Dwell Studios and Blue Apple Books. In this books little ones can further explore their sense of touch. The cover features a sheep and is wooly coat. Inside the roughness of wood is replicated in the corrugated cardboard barn, the tire of a tractor, the fur of a cow, even the ground on which chickens scratch for seed - not that too many such hens can be found running in a farmyard these days. But there are some and one hopes youngster who experience this little book and its simple rhymes will get a chance to meet all the animals in real life when they grow older. As the two volumes below, touch & feel FARM is distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books. November 2009
By Alidė Kohlhaas What colors? That is the simple title of a simple but, to me at least, important book for children aged two to five. It is produced by Dwell Studio. Measuring 7¼ x 7¼", made of board and boasting the outlines of various animals presented in relationship to distinct colors, these creatures are a perfect tool for teaching the very young about colors. It is different from its other three cousins from the Dwell series, Look, Count, and Touch & Feel in that it folds out in accordion-fashion. Yet it retains the feel of a book. And here is where I think the importance of books of this nature come into play for this age group. Instead of placing them in front of a TV screen to learn their colors and their ABC from puppets or cartoon characters, children learn to develop their tactile sense aside from their visual sense. They learn to spell in the simplest manner from the plain greeting stated to introduce each creature. They even learn to develop a sense of smell for paper, and one hopes a love for that scent. No screen of an e-book can do that for them. By Dwell Studio bringing out this small series of reasonably priced children's books it contributes to development, one hopes fervently, of youngsters who in later years will cherish the book made of paper. In COUNT, five differently colored birds help little fingers to count from one to five, just enough to touch each finger of the opposite hand. What's more, in COUNT, the child's tactile sense is developed through the glossy, raised color images of those birds, whose colors are now familiar to the youngster through the previous book. There is no need to worry that those little hands will harm this 10-page books. The sturdy cardboard is hard to damage. It is also important to note that in this economically challenged period these sturdy, moderately priced books from Dwell Studios make an excellent gift for the children we love. They won't break the bank. |
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