¿Dónde estoy? (Where Am I?)

By staff -- Críticas, 1/15/2007

PreS–This toddler board book is brief, charming, and involving. Two clues are given for each location in which a droll, bald baby finds himself. He picks a flower for his mother and runs in the grass. Where is he? The park, of course! From riding on the back of his father’s bike to riding in the cart at the grocery store, from playing in the bath to getting into bed, the clues are just leading enough and the lift-the-flap format suitably intriguing to make this title a parent-exhausting favorite. The acrylic artwork is bold, bright, and childlike, and the fact that the book is part of a series [others are ¿Qué estoy haciendo? ("What Am I Doing?") and ¿Quién soy? ("Who Am I?")] is a solid selling point. For children who are not quite ready for Eric Hill’s “Spot” books, this bouncing baby is just the ticket. Although the fold-out flaps are not sturdy enough to stand up to library circulation, this is an excellent purchase for home use; recommended for bookstores.—Ann Welton, Grant Center for the Expressive Arts, Tacoma, WA