Books For Keeps
  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Articles
  • Past Issues
  • Latest Issue
  • Authors and Artists
  • Latest News
  • Search
  • Menu Menu
January 1, 2006/in Novelty Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant /by Richard Hill
BfK Rating:
BfK 156 January 2006
Reviewer: Vincent Reid
ISBN: 978-1905117024
Price: £62.43
Publisher: Happy Cat Books
Genre: Novelty
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 16pp
Buy the Book

Whose nose?

Author: Jeannette Rowe

 

Review also includes:

Whose teeth?, 978-1905117031

 

Rowe has produced a whole series of Whose books. Whose tail? Whose baby? Whose ears? Whose feet? and even Whose poo? In each book a flap hides the body of an animal. All that protrudes is  the body part named in the title, such as the nose. We lift the flap and find  out who owns the body part. The process is repeated with six different animals  until the end of the book, where the final animal, without a flap, is a human  child.

Animals are one of the first categories that  infants learn to differentiate. When combined with the fact that most babies  and toddlers love a book that uses bold colours and stark contrasts, then the Whose series looks like a sure hit. So  when the target audience (9-18 months) interacts with these books, why do they  lose interest so quickly?

Perhaps the problem lies with the subject  matter. Small children love repetition, but not when it becomes tedious or  overly predictable. Perhaps by the time Rowe was getting to Whose teeth? she had used up all the  obvious body parts. Rowe’s artistry is certainly bright and bouncy, but in Whose nose? the mouse and the dog’s  nose look exactly the same. For this age group, such errors in design make all  the difference between a child’s personal favourite and yesterday’s recycling  paper. No doubt this series will help infants to learn how to relate to books,  but at the end of the day there are many books in the marketplace that just do  the job better.

Share this entry
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on WhatsApp
  • Share on Pinterest
  • Share on LinkedIn
  • Share on Reddit
  • Share by Mail
http://booksforkeeps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bfklogo.png 0 0 Richard Hill http://booksforkeeps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bfklogo.png Richard Hill2006-01-01 16:39:022023-04-14 16:50:53Whose nose?

Search for a specific review

Author Search

Search







Generic filters




Filter by Member Types


Book Author

Download BfK Issue Bfk 273 July 2025
Skip to an Issue:

About Us

Launched in 1980, we’ve reviewed hundreds of new children’s books each year and published articles on every aspect of writing for children.

Read More

Follow Us

Latest News

Debut Authors and Interrupters – the 2025 Little Rebels Award Shortlist

July 17, 2025

The School Library Association Announces Honours Lists for 2025 Awards

July 14, 2025

Margaret McDonald and her editors Alice Swan and Ama Badu win the 2025 Branford Boase Award

July 9, 2025

Contact Us

Books for Keeps,
30 Winton Avenue,
London,
N11 2AT

Telephone: 0780 789 3369

ISSN: 0143-909X (this is our International Standard Serial Number).

© Copyright 2025 - Books For Keeps | Proudly Built by Lemongrass Media - Web Design Buckinghamshire
Opposites I Wish I Were a Dog
Scroll to top