Thursday, April 6, 2017

Books for kids

Title of Book:  BIllions of Bricks

Author:  Kurt Cyrus

Author Bio is in the back of the book

The cover of book loks like a construction site, stack of bricks on pallets are everywhere.

There were no specific characters introduced or named

The setting is a contsruction site of a new brick building.

This book teaches counting by twos, fives, and tens.  It rhymes on everypage and the apporiate number of bricks on each page.  A little boy is seen with a single brick every page.

Any animals? no
use rhyme? yes
Teach a lesson?  yes
use monsters? no
have kids as characters? yes
have adults as characters? yes
use humor? no
have illustrations? yes
use colour? yes
use actual photos? no
have a sentimentl tone? no
lots of word per page? no
one word or phrase repeated? yes

favourite/ most interesting sentence: Slop it one

What ages do you think this book is for? 3-5 year olds
it's around the age of a beginning learner.

would i have liked this book as a kid? no
it doesnt appeal to me

Author Bio

Audrey Cahill is a solitary writer and illustrator who lives in Springfield Missouri with her two pet Chihuahuas. Audrey grew up reading lots of fantasy and Horror novels and says she draws lots of inspiration from some of her favourite authors.