Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings by Matthew Van Fleet Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings
Book Review: An interactive smorgasbord for babies and young toddlers!
Summary: 5 Stars
Matthew Van Fleet's, "Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings" is a twenty-page, touch-and-feel foldout book about shapes, colors, and animals. It measures approximately 7 ½" x 6 ¼" x 1", and is constructed of heavy cardboard with medium-weight cardstock for the pages and flaps. Fortunately, the pages are sealed on ALL three sides, prohibiting toddler renovations. Accentuated by glossy, white backgrounds the watercolor illustrations are expressive, colorful, and entertaining. The text is large, black, and very basic. It begins on the left side of the book, and consists of two-word phrases such as, "Fuzzy Yellow." On the right, is a "fuzzy" yellow CIRCLE, and the word "circle" is printed next to it. The reader lifts the flap, and sees six yellow ducklings incorporated into the texture. Printed to the side, is the word "ducklings." The book continues in the same manner with a "Bumpy" Brown TRAINGLE turning into twelve grumpy toads, a "Furry" Gray SQUARE becomes four koala bears, a "Scaly" Green OVAL turns into five playful iguanas, a "Woolly" White RECTANGLE becomes seven bashful sheep, a "Scratchy" Blue CRESCENT turns into six mischievous Sharks, and a "Sticky" Pink LINE becomes eight tongue-tied frogs. In addition, the finale is wonderful. It is a four-page, foldout uniting all of the shapes, colors, and animals together in an amusing parade of color and pattern.
"Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings" is a tactile treasure for infants and young toddlers! From the outset, this book captivates children with peek-a-boo flaps, differing textures, and beginner's text. Children adore this book, and learn by means of word recognition and sensation. One could include COUNTING as an extra feature, as we usually count the animals, and it may be the reason why the author/illustrator purposely depicted them in groups of 4,5,6,7,8, and 12. P.S. the grumpy toads are my personal favorite! I recommend this book for children one-year and up as the interactive feature, (lifting of the flaps) is too advanced for younger babies, however an infant would probably find the images, and textures captivating all the same.
Book Review: BEST touch and feel book ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is truly the best touch and feel book I have come across. My 18 month old daughter loves this book. She goes through each texture and opens the flap to reveal the animals inside. She loves to have me read it to her, but she also loves to sit with it by herself and experience the many textures. She NEVER gets tired of looking through it. I love it because it teaches her colors, textures, shapes and animals all in one, putting everything into context.Book Review: Beautiful and tactile fun
Summary: 5 Stars
Children can learn lots of things with this wonderful book -- colors, shapes, numbers, name of animals. There is a beautiful surprise on every page to be touched and petted.Book Review: Bound to be a classic!
Summary: 5 Stars
My son received this as a gift for his first birthday. He is a diehard Maisy fan and does not take to new books right away, but this one was an instant hit! This book teaches a number of different concepts such as shapes, colors and textures. What I especially like about this book is that it is interactive: It is a touch/feel book AND a flap book too! (There are flaps which partially obscure the animals, so all you see are shapes. Your child lifts the flaps to see what the animal is.) If your child likes touch and feel or flap books, you should definitely add this one to your book collection.Book Review: Compact, creative way to stimulate developing minds.
Summary: 5 Stars
Matthew Van Fleet's Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings is a delightfully fun way to teach children about touch, color, shapes, and animals. The book is very compact, yet it is filled with many different ways to entertain your child as you read.
Mr. VanFleet has taken the fold-out book to a new level by incorporating an idea into each turn of the page. What is a yellow round circle is also soft to the touch, and in a turn of the page--voila--the soft round circle becomes duckings! The book takes children from shapes to sharks and from blue to sticky. Truly a funtime for all. Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings is a book your children will want to read again, and again.