It's busy down in the woods today Friends to meet, places to explore, and over 100 things to find

Rachel Piercey

Book - 2025

"Discover how the animals of Brown Bear Wood spend their days and search for over 100 hidden things in It's Busy Down in the Woods Today Enter the charming world of Brown Bear Wood. It's a busy place! Visit the school, the bakery, the grocery store, and many more exciting places in this classic picture book that teaches little ones all about what goes on in their communities. Find out how Bear, Professor Owl, Mama Fox, Grandpa Toad, and more beloved characters help Brown Bear Wood run smoothly every day. With delightful read-aloud poems and hidden items to search for in every page, It's Busy Down in the Woods Today holds the attention of young readers and creates an immersive, cozy world that encourages them to step into... imaginative play. Features 12 fully illustrated scenes 100 things to search and find Hours of fun! Other books in the Brown Bear Wood series: Grand Old Oak and the Birthday Ball If You Go Down to the Woods Today The Great Easter Egg Hunt I Love You Always A Search-and-Find Coloring Book"--

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Subjects
Genres
Stories in rhyme
Picture puzzles
Picture books
Histoires rimées
Jeux d'observation
Published
New York, NY : Magic Cat 2025.
Language
English
Main Author
Rachel Piercey (author)
Physical Description
32 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 32 cm
ISBN
9781419777004
9781915569776
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

The denizens of Brown Bear Wood keep busy, from morning to night. Right away, readers meet the jovial, all-animal cast, learn about their important, specialized jobs, and are invited to play challenging seek-and-find games. Writing in engaging verse that scans well, Piercey introduces each location, from the Honey Pot Library, where librarian Papa Bear reads stories to a host of rapt young animals, to the Woodland Hospital, where Dr. Deer, Nurse Pigeon, and the rest of the medical team gently tend to their patients. The seek-and-find element is a rousing success; kids will have a blast attempting to locate Grandma Toad in the market or the baby mice blowing bubbles on the playground. Ideal for honing visual skills, these puzzles are quite detailed; each is accompanied by a lengthy key listing objects or characters for readers to locate. They may prove more diverting if shared with a group--and perhaps easier, as the items are quite tiny. In any case, this bouncy offering, originally published in the U.K., will keep readers as busy as the characters. Drawn in pencil and colored digitally, the charming woodland scenes call to mind Richard Scarry's work, particularly the intricate cutaways. A final page includes several job-related questions for readers to ask the adults in their lives: "Where do you work?" "What is a typical day like for you?" Entertaining, immersive fun.(Picture book. 3-7) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.