Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
A small boy follows a coded message to find his birthday surprise. PW noted that this book introduces ``pattern recognition, matching shapes, map-reading, and directional relationships in full-color pages that allow preschoolers to participate fully in the enticing adventure.'' (37) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by Horn Book Review
In this small board book edition, Carle's pattern-recognition concept book, which contains pages with cutout shapes, benefits from the sturdy die-cut pages. However, the story (in which a note using shapes as rebuses leads the reader to Tim's birthday gift--a puppy) is still geared toward preschoolers, not babies. From HORN BOOK Fall 1998, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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