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Moving Blocks
CCBC Review:
A book offering a plethora of possibilities for interaction (color concept, spatial reasoning, prediction, and types of transportation for a start) begins with a page spread showing a rectangular pattern of yellow, green, blue, and red blocks with die-cuts suggesting a shape. The text asks, “What are you building? What can it be?” A page turn shows the die-cut shape surrounded by white against the block pattern on the previous page to reveal a vehicle made of blocks: car, bus, train, ship, rocket ship. The full rectangle of blocks and two questions repeat on every other spread before the next reveal, giving a sense of pattern and order to the book as a whole that is also visually suggested by the repetition of the block shapes in this clever, developmentally appropriate board book. ©2015 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Yusuke Yonezu
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 1-3
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
Format:
Board book
Subjects:
Colors (Concept)
Prediction
Shapes (Concept)
Vehicles and Transportation
Publisher:
Minedition
Publish Year: 2015
Pages: 22
ISBN: 9789888240708
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Yonezu