Let's Go Outside

Review also includes:

How Many Legs?, 978-1909263598

These two concept books in small, robust format will delight young children. The colourful illustrations have a bold line and are accompanied by a spare but clear written text. Let’s Go Outside helps young gardeners classify insects, fruit and vegetables, leaves and garden tools and ends satisfyingly with a spread showing all the objects in a garden scene. The first half of How Many Legs? shows items in numbers from 1 to 10 and then, in the second half of the book, children are asked how many mermaids, turrets, monsters and so on are pictured. Thus there is a lot of potential for interaction and the book not only helps with counting but also introduces children to some interesting vocabulary – ‘How many squawking birds?’ and ‘How many mischievous monkeys’.  There are a good many concept books on the market but these compete well with their imaginative and witty approach.