Animal Spotting Goes Like This!

Bear is a self-confident expert at spotting animals. But he rarely follows his own well-meant tips – stay alert, adopt a good posture, look underwater and in the sky – and invariably peers in the wrong direction. While Bear fails to spot a single animal from the start of the book to the end, readers will discover animals on every page. This sparks great hilarity among young readers. The book also invites them to interact; children will keep wanting to shout out to Bear, urging him to look again. Read-aloud pleasure guaranteed.

The illustrations by Portman are simple but powerful. With soft pencil lines in grey and blue, subtle shading, a playful orange accent and a restful white background, the animals come to life beautifully. An inquisitive squirrel steals the show on page after page – not to mention Bear’s thermos flask. ‘Animal Spotting Goes Like This!’ invites young readers to take a really good look, both in this book and in the natural world.