Bright Horizons Book Review: Splashes of nature’s bold colors brighten the pages of this board book that details the daily experiences of a little bird. Using cut-outs to invite peek-a-boo moments and build anticipation, the author strategically weaves words with pictures. In nature’s perfect sequence, each of the bird’s activities leads to a final nurturing act — to feed her babies in the nest. Made for very little hands to explore their emerging skills of holding books and turning pages, this book will charm children and adults alike. Ages birth to 3 years.

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Product Description

Vibrant artwork and a quick, compelling story will entrance little readers of this die-cut novelty book from an award-winning author and illustrator.

With his trademark glowing hues, simple shapes, and clever die-cut designs, the innovative Petr Horácek creates a new animal tale perfect for preschoolers. BIRD, FLY HIGH follows a brilliantly colored feathered friend as she hops, flaps, pecks, tugs, and flies away, quick, quick, quick.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #137794 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-10
• Released on: 2005-05-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Board book
• 16 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780763628239
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Petr Horácek's previous novelty books include A NEW HOUSE FOR MOUSE, WHEN THE MOON SMILED, WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE? STRAWBERRIES ARE RED, FLIP'S DAY, and FLIP'S SNOMAN. He lives in Worcester, England.

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Customer Reviews

Great for your budding bird lover
My 14 month old will barely sit through a book most of the time. We really like this one. All the things birds do--hop, peck, flap, etc.--are illustrated page by page. There are many ways to make this book interactive--several of the pages have holes (a bird house hole; a little hole pecked in the ground), and one page is cut along the bird's wing so you can flap it.

Loving it
I love this book. My daughter loves it especially for the little peep holes in it that she will look through. She just cracks up if I put my eye up to one to look at her through it. I recommend this book to anyone who has a child who loves birds or who wants to start a fasination in them.

EEEEK... A MOUSE!!! EEEK! A MOUSE! Clever Surprises and Excitement
The excitement starts on the very first page of this board book with illustrated flaps (smaller pages illustrated on both sides) between each full size board book page.

"Hurry, mouse! Run..."

(Look to the right and there's a flap showing the mouse scampering over a chair)

"over the chair,"

(Turn the flap, and there's a two=page spread of the mouse climbing up a table)

"across the table,"

And so on. I wondered if the mouse was the chaser or the chasee. He runs down the table (Horacek conveys movement through the mouse's outstretched paws and limbs, and a big trailing tail), and into a box of cookies! On this spread, Horacek gets a 3-D effect through the cut-outs in the pictured box, revealing something almost black on the next page.

That "something" is the mouse's hole, again cut-out for a sensation of depth. Good thing, too, because when you turn the page, there's a BIG black cat with green eyes, and a hungry look, just outside the mouse hole. Through the cut-out mousehole, we now see the little mouse safely inside. IT's almost magical--on one page the mouse is outside his hole, and on the next the mouse is inside! Couple the special effects (i.e., the flaps, the cut-outs) with Horacek's simple but revealing sentences, bright colors and patterns, and familiar objects (cookies!) and you've got yourself a treat for your infant or young toddler!