Curious Critters by David Fitzsimons

Dominique Book Review Children's Book, Curious Critters

Curious Critters by David Fitzsimons in the first children’s book which I have reviewed that has great hi-resolution photos of the actual insects/animals.

This book for children 4-8 year olds really captures the attention of the reader through the stunning images of the insects and animals.

David’s photography is simply top notch as he is able to capture up close through his camera the “essence” of the individual insects and makes one take a second take at insects that we may not even give a glance at in our everyday life.

Through the brilliantly taken photograph one is able to see up close the minute details of an animal like a frog and observe the texture, colour and shape from the legs to the eyes.

There are snippets of information about the characteristics of each critter next to the insect/animal. There is even pages dedicated to informing you about their natural history.

I found this book very informative and it would really capture the attention of little ones who are keen to learn more about critters.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of Curious Critters for review. Opinions are 100% my own.

September 2, 2011

Astronaut Adventures by AdoraPet’s

Dominique Book Review AdoraPets, Children's Book, YiShaun Yang

Front Cover of the Book

Astronaut Adventure is one of the book in eight book the AdoraPets Children Book series by YiShuan Yang I was privileged to review. I read the book with Doggie boy and Monkey Boy and they both enjoyed it.

The book is simple enough for my four year old to read along to with minimal assistance. The boy love the vivid pictures of the solar system and the illustrations of the main characters- Prima and Pico.

I found the book not only a good read but extremely informative as it gave details about each different plant and the whole solar system as a comparative. There are also leading questions at the start of each book as prompts to what the book is focusing on. Ie: ” What do Astronauts travel in” and ” What rotates around the earth?”

Having this prompt allow the adult to guide the child reading the book and helps to create interest in the content of the book as the child would be curious to find out the answers to the questions.

Besides this book we also read through the books on Visit to the Dentist and Firefighter Adventure which the boys too enjoyed reading.