I spent the day
On the dock
And who zoomed up
At six o’clock?
A purple speedboat.
A day on the dock is never dull when boats of all shapes, sizes, and colors are zooming on by! Indulge your preschoolers love for boats while also subtly teaching them about colors and time! Who zoomed up at six o’clock? A purple speedboat! What boat will arrive next? What time will it be?
Victoria Allenby adds another kid-tastic instalment to the Big, Little Concept Books collection that has already graced story times with the Mathical Book Prize honor book Shape Up, Construction Trucks!, the sound-celebrating Listen Up! Train Song, and the most recent Look Up High! Things that Fly. Like its predecessors, this book features a closing note to caregivers with age-appropriate enrichment activities to extend both the learning and the fun. But they needn’t worry about handing the whole thing over to their children, since the padded cover, rounded corners, and extra-sturdy paper of this Toddler Tough format can endure many a rough reading.
Praise for Red Canoe Shows Up at Two!
“Eye-catching images help kids master time and colors….Useful and attractive introductions to several important concepts.”—Kirkus Reviews
“These books may exceedingly simple, but so much thought goes into them.”—School Library Journal, Fuse 8
“[E]very aspect of this book has child development in mind and is immensely approachable for the youngest of readers to grow their knowledge while enjoying the book.”—YA Central
“Crisp photographs flow across the gutter on the double-page spreads in this oversized board book which has a little bit of everything, with a waterfront focus. at 1:00 an orange tugboat comes by. At two a red canoe shows up. by 10:00 there’s a rainbow of boats. Each double-page spread features a short rhyme beginning with “I spent the day on the dock…” that will soon have readers chanting along. Each also features a color and a time of day while showing both an analog and a digital clock with that time. So you have time, counting up, and colors all represented here. Educational and fun, this will be an attractive choice for both children and their caregivers.”—Puget Sound Council for Reviewing Children’s and Young Adult Literature
