Sizes (My Very First Look At) - Softcover

Ages 1-5. Bold and pleasing in design, books in the My Very First Look series offer very young children a chance to name familiar objects and older ones an opportunity to learn basic concepts or words that identify the items pictured. On each page, colorful photographs of objects appear, clearly defined against a white background. Colors, with about a dozen different things on each spread, features all the usual suspects, as well as pink, brown, white, black, silver, and gold. Most objects, such as grapes and boots, are readily identifiable, while others, such as shrimp (looking rather orange on the "pink" page) and crystal, will stump most preschoolers. The design of Numbers helps make counting easier through the clarity of its photos and the grouping of objects. There's a bit of crossover among the concepts in the books, but off-topic questions (such as in Colors, "How many apricots can you see?" and "Can you count the round things?") extend the text. The books on sizes and shapes carry out the visually dynamic format. Carolyn Phelan
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