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Frost contributes another eye-catching and extraordinarily
durable volume to this series for the very youngest of readers.
The aptly named Indestructibles series is the perfect
marriage of form and function: books that are colorful enough to engage a baby and
tough enough to withstand all the drooling, chewing, grabbing, tearing, and
spilling a child can throw at them. The paperlike miracle substance on which
these books are printed is nontoxic, won’t tear, and has a grain that makes the
colors on the pages really pop. The minimal text offers the lyrics to the familiar
round (the companion volumes in this release are The Itsy Bitsy Spider and Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star). The illustrations are peopled with appealing animals
and insects enjoying summer scenes; the simple, clean images are surprisingly
rich in detail, affording ample opportunity for conversation beyond the rhymes
in question. Family scenes abound—a parent dog and puppy go rowing in the park,
both clad in their requisite floatation vests, as two adult squirrels, their
child, a frog, and a family of ducks and ducklings enjoy the day. Roller-skating
bears, bicycling foxes, a raccoon on a scooter, kite-flying cats, and bunnies
painting en plein-air are also on hand. The dogs row into the sunset, arriving
home beneath a moonlit, starry sky, ready for bed.
Read, sing, discuss, and even spill milk on it. (Board book. 6 mos.-3)
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