This was the perfect book to use to introduce this week's story time theme -- "Fairy Tales". (It would also work well with a "Shadows" theme or a "Fair" theme.) On each page you see a shadow outline on vellum accompanied by the phrase "What can this be in the foggy, foggy forest?" Turn the page and see the subject in color and described in rhyme....a little elf all by himself...a unicorn playing a horn...Goldilocks with a candy box...etc.It ends with them all finding a traveling fair. Fairy tale characters and fantastical creatures are hiding behind vellum pages in this unique novelty book. For those who like I Spy games, they will love this new take on the hide and seek format. Creatures such as a unicorn are hidden in silhouette on the right side, but when you turn the page, the creature that was hiding is show in full color. I am interested to see if Nick Sharratt finds another creative use for this technique.
Really cool how this is a shadow-puppet show in book form! Very fun!
—natasa
cool picture book with a guessing game in it. picture book
—carso
Definitely a favourite in our house.
—tedymedy