This novelty book probably won’t last long, but it’s worth it for the fun little ones will have with it while it does last!
On the left side of the spread is a list of foods and pictures, starting with “human” foods and getting progressively more “animal”. On the right side is an animal whose head lifts up to reveal a gaping mouth and the titular words.
So one spread says “Little Crocodile has a hungry smile. What does she want to eat? Chocolate-dipped donuts, an ice cream float, a bucket of worms that fell of a boat? Then below the pictured delicacies it says “Which would you choose?” and then readers can imagine Little Crocodile nom-nom-noming her treats. It gets progressively sillier until it ends with a purple alien.
The pages are thick cardstock, with the flaps being the same thickness, and the cover is just lightly glued on, another sheet of the same thin cardstock. If it had been made as a board book, with the flaps made from cardstock, you could have reinforced the flaps for a longer-lasting book.
Verdict: The colorful pictures and silly text will make this popular, but the flimsy construction puts it solidly in the “gift” category. I am starting to add more novelty books to my board book collection and will probably add this, but I don’t expect it to last more than a handful of circulations.
ISBN: 9781665900102; Published October 2021 by Little Simon; Review copy provided by publisher
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