Book of the Week

February 1-7, 2010

 

 

By Michael Hall

Greenwillow, 2010

 

Ages 3 and up

 

Do you remember making animals from heart shapes in elementary school? Michael Hall does, too. Except his are perhaps a bit more elaborate than anything any of us created as young children.

 

The rhyming text of this debut picture book introduces wonderful new words like portly, gloomy, and bothered. The art, digitally prepared, is bright and simple. Yet, you and your child can spend hours looking for all the hearts Hall has used to create his elaborate zoo.