Butterfly Butterfly: A Book of Colors by Petr Horacek (2007)
This deceptively simple book has some rich early literacy elements. A girl looks for a butterfly, but keeps finding other creatures instead, until finally she looks up and sees it. That last page when the butterfly appears is a pop up that always delights the kids. Meanwhile there's some rich Vocabulary with fun-to-say words like "wriggling," "scurrying," and "shimmering." It's strong on Print Motivation because of the very appealing illustrations, small die cuts that reveal the creatures the girl discovers, and a silvery 3-d cover. Kids want to get up close and touch and turn the pages and point things out. You could read this twice in a row and no one would complain. Many opportunities for Dialogic Reading: kids guessing or identifying the animals and colors, as well as talking about the animals and what they're like.
- Steven Engelfried
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