![]() ![]() Rabe follows a young girl through her first 12 days of kindergarten in this book based on the familiar Christmas carol. ![]() Children and parents keen to explore technological interactivity will delight in recalling the infinite possibilities of the picture book. Better read one-on-one to avoid the crush of excited participants however, all audiences will smile at this visual jolt of imaginative play. When all the dots very nearly float off the top of the page (readers may have blown too hard in the previous spread), he suggests what they will already have intuited: "Stand the book up straight / to make those dots drop down again." Clapping once makes the dots grow bigger "Whoa! Clap twice?" A frenzy of clapping brings readers round to the beginning again. ![]() He cues page turns with complete mastery of his audience. Compared to the squawking sounds and flashing lights of many toys, Tullet's simplicity is a breath of fresh air. Readers will clamor to press, poke, shake and blow the pages to find out what happens next. Now, three! What happens if you tap them? Or tilt the book on its side? Gleefully, the dots scatter like marbles. Underneath is the inviting command (affirming the reader's already intrinsic urge): "Press here." Turn the page now there are two yellow dots! Press again. One lone, yellow dot sits in the center of a blank, white page. ![]()
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