Where I Live - Hardcover

PreSchool-Wormell is a master of the linoleum block print. His well-defined pictures of animals capture and hold viewers' attention. However, as concept books, the assembled series of images have some problems. The difficulties are most apparent in What I Eat. Some foods shown are those that are eaten in the wild: seals are paired with fish and elephants with leaves. However, a wasp is shown opposite a jelly jar, and a duck's food is bread. Even more curious is the fact that a dog is pictured on the cover, but not inside. Similarly, readers never learn where the mouse on the cover of Where I Live resides. In addition, there are large discrepancies in the size relationships. Viewers cannot get an accurate sense of the size of a crab, for example, as it appears to be larger than the tide pool opposite it. Marginal purchases.
Kathy Piehl, Mankato State University, MN
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