ELMO'S LIFT&PEEK ARO - Hardcover

Mathieu, Joe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679871888 ISBN 13: 9780679871880

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 1996

Synopsis

On every spread of this larger-than-life flap book, kids can explore the neighborhood that's just around the corner from Sesame Street.  From the hilarious guests in the Furry Arms Hotel to the treasures in the delightfully cluttered Finders Keepers shop, there are flaps aplenty to lift and glorious surprises to discover beneath them.  Each sumptuous spread teaches an important basic concept--such as counting, matching, or opposites.  

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Review:

Wander through the Sesame Street neighborhood; around every corner is a new surprise. Whether counting from 1 to 12 with the help of numbered flaps, matching objects in mailboxes, or peeking behind windows to see who lives in the "Furry Arms" apartment building, kids will love lifting, looking, and learning with this big, busy board book. With more than 60 flaps to peek behind, children will want to spend lots of time exploring. It's fun to learn about books (Three Little Pigs, Alice in Wonderland) and opposites (light/heavy, asleep/awake, slow/fast) when Big Bird and Bert and Ernie are behind the flaps to help! Created in cooperation with the Children's Television Workshop, producers of Sesame Street, this book, though somewhat overwhelming in color and activity, will appeal to lively little eyes and hands. Joe Mathieu's illustrations, based on the well-known Sesame Street characters, are familiar and inviting. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter

From Publishers Weekly:

Elmo, the popular red resident of Sesame Street, barely makes an appearance in this large lift-the-flap board book that bears his Muppet moniker. Kids tackle such early-learning topics as numbers, opposites and matching as they lift flaps on the loudly colored, chaotic-looking pages. One of the trickier spreads focuses on storybook characters and familiar objects from their tales. And another layout, spotlighting guests staying at the Furry Arms hotel, seems out of place amid the educational content of the other scenes. Strong character recognition will likely carry this title to success, but there are better offerings in the Sesame Street line. Ages 2-6.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0679871888
• ISBN 13: 9780679871880
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 10