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stefhyena's review
2.0
There's nothing wrong with having this book as one of your numeracy texts. I do like to count backwards with very young children but dispute the idea that this is a concept you have to really "work on" or have a lot of resources for, nevertheless there is nothing wrong with having that in songs and stories.
I felt that the refrain between some of the counting pages was sort of a nice touch. I also felt that this was a predictable and somewhat tired concept. The prey animals escaping the predator. A trope really. The pictures were nice, the poem was nice. I question the need for the adjective "fat" but maybe it illustrates that "fat" is not always a negative word. Maybe?
At the end there is the predictable reunion with mother.
I suppose part of my problem as a reader is my Australian context where this is feral animal vs feral animal, also that since I was a kid I was just as concerned for the starving wolves/foxes in stories as the scared rabbits (in the animal kingdom one or the other has to die...but I don't like it when this gets anthropomorphised because it is not a fair parallel to people (in my opinion). And yes I DO think small children overthink such ethical dilemmas (I used to stay awake all night worrying about it and I don't think I was exceptional).
However, when I read this to a small group of 2-3 year olds they enjoyed it. So...it has some aesthetic merit.
I felt that the refrain between some of the counting pages was sort of a nice touch. I also felt that this was a predictable and somewhat tired concept. The prey animals escaping the predator. A trope really. The pictures were nice, the poem was nice. I question the need for the adjective "fat" but maybe it illustrates that "fat" is not always a negative word. Maybe?
At the end there is the predictable reunion with mother.
I suppose part of my problem as a reader is my Australian context where this is feral animal vs feral animal, also that since I was a kid I was just as concerned for the starving wolves/foxes in stories as the scared rabbits (in the animal kingdom one or the other has to die...but I don't like it when this gets anthropomorphised because it is not a fair parallel to people (in my opinion). And yes I DO think small children overthink such ethical dilemmas (I used to stay awake all night worrying about it and I don't think I was exceptional).
However, when I read this to a small group of 2-3 year olds they enjoyed it. So...it has some aesthetic merit.
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