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Richard Scarry's The Rooster Struts

The rooster struts is a simple and quick book for attentive children. The illustrations are quite true to reality, though every animal has some sort of personality all their own, and the text consists of matter-of-fact observations that are somehow comical. I was happy to find The rooster struts , as I already loved I am a bunny , and my boy G seems just as keen.

Rhymoceros, by Janik Coat

     This large board book is looks fresh and cool. Every page is clean and white with a centered blue Rhinoceros illustrating a word.  The rhyming words are simple but witty, as in the pages of "Shade" & "Lemonade" where the shade is provided by a lemon tree which our Rhino friend makes quick work of and has a pitcher of lemonade in the next page. Another one of my favorites are the juxtaposed pages of "Caring" & "Daring" where first we see Rhino walking his dog happily in the 'Caring" page and then we see him walking the tightrope with the frightened pup on his head. You thought this was a simple stupid book, but you were wrong. You see, the illustrations are funny and cute, often even featuring textures like for the words Mossy or Quilted.         In practice, my son loved Rhymoceros from age 1.5 and he still loves it at 2+. He has learned the story and is eager to see the book and touch the textured pages. Not only t...