Review Detail
Kids Fiction
151
Be a traveler in your own backyard
Overall rating
4.0
Plot
4.0
Characters
4.0
Writing Style
4.0
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
4.0
In this beautifully illustrated book, the spare text reminds young readers that there is a lot to observe and experience right outside their back door. From forests to hike to mountains to climb (that are really clumps of trees and piles of dirt), the outside holds all sorts of wonders. Whether out in the country or in the depths of the city, there is always something that can be explored and enjoyed.
Good Points
A wide range of landscapes are portrayed, and there is a clever use of exaggeration that children will love. Is the backyard pool really an ocean? No, but young readers can be encouraged to think about their own environment in a different way.
Childhood is all about looking at the world, sorting it into categories that make sense, and using this information to build the rest of a world view upon. This book offers great practice at that, and is a great book to have alongside other books that encourage children to observe the intricate details of the world around them, like Clark and Kloepper's Tiny, Perfect Things, Mikai's What the Garden Tells Me, Hunt's Up High, Turcotte and Crovatto's The Sun Never Hurries and Stumpfova's First Snow.
Childhood is all about looking at the world, sorting it into categories that make sense, and using this information to build the rest of a world view upon. This book offers great practice at that, and is a great book to have alongside other books that encourage children to observe the intricate details of the world around them, like Clark and Kloepper's Tiny, Perfect Things, Mikai's What the Garden Tells Me, Hunt's Up High, Turcotte and Crovatto's The Sun Never Hurries and Stumpfova's First Snow.
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