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Who Eats Orange?
CCBC Review:
An ingenious color concept / early science book repeatedly asks and answers the question “Who eats...?” as a means of presenting basic information in a pleasingly playful way. The striking illustrations of 24 animals from six different ecosystems, along with the colorful foods they eat, are set against a stark white background to make the colors pop. The narrative introduces familiar animals (rabbit, rooster, goat, and pig) before moving on to less familiar ones, and each grouping of animals not only eats food of the same color but also lives in the same ecosystem. Notes at the back of the book give additional information about each species, but the core of the text for preschoolers sets up a strong pattern that will invite prediction, observation, and scientific inquiry. The predictive pattern is broken with two of the animals, which will cause young children to stop, observe, and think in order to puzzle it out. ©2019 Cooperative Children’s Book CenterIllustrated by Robin Page
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-5
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Animals (Informational)
Colors (Concept)
Publishers:
Beach Lane, Simon & Schuster
Publish Year: 2018
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781534404083
CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 591 White