Face-to-Face Safari - Hardcover

Hewitt, Sally

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810942615 ISBN 13: 9780810942615

Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2003

Synopsis

Open the cover of Jungle Beasts Pop-up and . . . look out! It’s an elephant! And right behind that, a lion! A giraffe! A rhinoceros, a hippopotamus, and a chimpanzee! Six big, bright animals truly pop off the pages so children can get up close and personal with all their jungle favorites. Sturdy construction means many happy safaris ahead, while whimsical rhymes add to the fun in a book that will make young imaginations run wild.

About this title

About the Author

Sally Hewitt has written many books for children on science and nature. She lives in Great Britain.

 

Chris Gilvan-Cartwright studied at St. Martin’s School of Art, London, and has a postgraduate degree in fine art painting from the Krakow Academy of Fine Art, in Poland. Booklist called his work “vivid”; it has won many awards and has been exhibited internationally. He lives in Great Britain.

Reviews

PreSchool-Grade 2-Big, brightly hued pop-ups fully deliver on the title's promise, bringing viewers nose to nose with an elephant, a lion, a giraffe, a rhino, a hippo, and finally a chimpanzee whose head may be even larger than life sized. Hewitt's rhymes suggest just how close the contact is: "If a bristly chin scratches your cheeks,/If a huge yawn makes you see pink,/If your hair is ruffled/By nostrils that snuffle,/Then you are probably facing-/ a HIPPOPOTAMUS!" The pop-ups aren't exactly rugged, but they do fold in and out smoothly as spreads are opened and closed. Younger children especially will be startled, then delighted, by each in-your-face encounter.
John Peters, New York Public Library
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Edition details

• Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810942615
• ISBN 13: 9780810942615
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 14