Woodland Creatures by Aunt L

Book Description:  Every child wonders about the world around them but many never get to experience the wildlife mother nature has placed on this planet. Utilizing simple rhymes, this book invites youngsters to learn about various creatures of the woodland. This book combines a child's love of rhyming with facts about animals. Each witty rhyme contains an entertaining characteristic of a woodland animal in its natural habitat. It is filled with life-like full color illustrations to fascinate and spark the imagination of any girl or boy. They'll discover how a raccoon washes its food before eating, or how an opossum pretends to lie dead when confronted. They'll ponder how a chipmunk fills its cheeks with acorns or how an owl hunts by the light of the moon. Learning about nature has never been so fun. This book is as amusing to read for adults as it is for children. It is an ideal bed-time narrative or a great primer for children just beginning to read. A perfect addition to any youth's library.

My Review:  Aunt L is a wonderful new author that has written this gorgeous book, Woodland Creatures, for young children ages 4-8.  Each page depicts a a different woodland animal. The animals in this book are the bunny, grey squirrel, bull frog, chipmunk, garter snake, butterfly, porcupine, bluejay, raccoon, white tailed deer, horned owl, beaver, woodchuck, hawk red fox, opossum, mallard duck, brown bear, badger, river otter, puma and skunk.

The book has short, rhyming poems about each animal.  Little ones are sure to love not only the poems but the absolutely beautiful illustrations.

The butterfly page shows two pretty butterflies and three caterpillars on a tree branch.  The poem says, 

"FLOAT FLOAT FLOAT

LOVELY BUTTERFLY

SHINING BRIGHT AGAINST THE SKY

FROM A CATERPILLAR YOU ARRIVE

COLORS AND SHAPES HELP YOU SURVIVE"

As you can see the poems are learning poems too.  This is an excellent book for a baby shower or as a gift for a young child.  

What I love most about this book is the attached CD.  The child can listen to Aunt L read the poem when mom or dad's voice is tired.

Preschoolers will love turning the pages of the book as Aunt L reads and soon the preschooler will have memorized each woodland animal and the related poem.  

This is a definite 5 star paperback book that will grow with your child.

*I received this beautiful book to review from Readers Favorite.com*