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Would You Like to See Something Bigger?

By Bruce Junvik

An interactive read-aloud picture book with engaging clues has the youngest readers guessing about what animal may be hiding on the next page.

Stunning photographs and illustrated footprints provide a fun learning backdrop to a charming story. 

Storytime will have preschoolers and early elementary children chiming in with this fun and informative animal guessing book. Expertly written by Bruce Junvik, the book features full-color photographs throughout and gives a fresh and lively approach to the much-loved category of children’s books that provide clues to various animals and their characteristics.

Through vibrant and beautiful photographs, each clue starts with a homed-in area of the animal such as a deer’s ear or a chipmunk’s tail, and includes written clues of its behavior. Each lead-in page is followed by a full spread of the animal and contains several interesting and simple facts, perfectly portioned for the youngest read-aloud listeners and readers. Every animal vignette, starting first with small animals and gradually getting bigger and bigger, ends with the pleasing proclamation that its mommy loves it always.

Black and white footprints of each animal adorn each page, providing another clue and asking the question, repeated throughout, “Do you know what animal this is?”and “Would you like to see something bigger?” Children will enjoy waiting for the opportunity to participate in the reading with the recurring question and the endearing mommy phrase.

In the spirit of beloved classics, Caldecott Honor book What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? and Eric Carle’s Do You Want to Be My Friend, families and educators will delight in sharing this informative and inviting guessing game read-aloud, and its heartwarming ending message, with preschoolers and early elementary readers.