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From road signs around the neighborhood, like "School Crossing" and "Playground," to signs you zoom past on the highway, this hefty reference board book highlights and explains 35 road and highway signs for the youngest readers on the go. The shaped pages make each sign tactilely memorable, and the carefully crafted one-sentence explanations will easily guide young readers as they contextualize the world that zips past their backseat windows.
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March 2, 2021 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780593225486
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Languages
- English
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July 1, 2021
Toddler-PreS-Backseat drivers will delight in this board book featuring 35 different road signs. Using tactile shapes, the title showcases unique and recognizable signs. Each sign has a short one-sentence explanation: "Firehouse/ Prepare to pull over if fire trucks come out of the firehouse." Children will catch on quickly and are likely to memorize the messaging and become sign decoders during long car rides and trips around town. A great purchase for most libraries.
Copyright 2021 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Starred review from May 15, 2021
Thirty-five road signs explained to toddlers in an extra-thick board book. Those ubiquitous universal symbols that decorate our streets and highways can be a mystery to kids buckled into their car seats. Explanations written in simple, direct language aim to demystify them. On the inside front cover and its recto page, a four-sentence introduction explains that signs "are a code to let drivers know how to stay safe." Bright orange text with key words printed in white stands out against the black background. The signs are organized into five increasingly specialized categories: "Everyday," "Neighborhood," "Highway," "Caution," and "Nature." All but eight signs are wordless symbols. A full spread is devoted to each one, with the sign on the right and a brief description in a clean black type on a gray page to the left. To adult ears these definitions seem obvious and even redundant, but explanations like "Yield / Let other cars go first!" are admirably successful at translating abstract concepts into concrete terms. Pages cut in the shapes of the signs both add playful variety and ensure small fingers can turn the thick pages. Clean graphics keep the focus on the signs. The final spread offers thumbnail drawings of all the signs by category. Around the neighborhood or on a road trip, pre-reading passengers will be ready to understand the signs along the way. (Board book. 1-5)COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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