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Though I picked this up suspecting it would be good homonym/homophone/homograph book, it turned out to be something very different yet equally enjoyable. With rhyming verse, each page asks the reader to answer a multiple choice question about some obscure aspect of the illustration, like a Where's Waldo or Spot the Difference with a standardized test overlay. Being that I'm a teacher and therefore despise multiple choice standardized tests, you'd think that I'd be opposed to this book on principle, but I actually liked it a lot and would probably use it with kids in a lesson on noticing. It's a fun read and finding the answer to the questions forces the reader to look closely at the illustrations, i.e. notice little details that they might otherwise overlook in their haste. Cool book. Good thinking by the author.
This would be a good way to get young children to describe something that they see in an illustration. Often, they want to point at something they see in an illustration rather than describe it. This forces them to "use their words," a refrain that I've found myself saying to children for years.
This would be a good way to get young children to describe something that they see in an illustration. Often, they want to point at something they see in an illustration rather than describe it. This forces them to "use their words," a refrain that I've found myself saying to children for years.
