Book Review: Tails (toddlers, textures)

Tails, by Matthew Van Fleet (Harper Collins Clarion/Dragonfly Design, 2003, $14.99, 1-3 years, 20 pp), a board book for toddlers. Review by Skye Anderson.

Tails for Toddlers, A Touching Tale

Toddlers like yours simply love to touch (after they have put the object in their mouth, of course) so this book about tails is so touching (pun  intended). It starts with the cover, a cut-out with a shiny peacock tail feather, a soft tiger tail (both forming the 'T'), a clingy yet strong pangolin tail (the 'a'), a stringy warthog tail (making the 'i'), an old and bumpy alligator tail ('l'), even a fluffy tail (for the 's') and, of course, a long weasel tail.

Short Tails and Long Tales (Opposites, too)

Tails is a book that teaches counting, starting with the final page, but with an emphasis on common and not-so-common animals - all with tails to touch! 

The animals are cute, even the skunk with a scratch-and-sniff tail. Some tails will wag if you help them - with pull-tabs and fold-outs and flaps to lift.

But, sadly no dog tails. . . .

Tails look different. Tails feel different. Tails even have different functions. Your child will learn and remember 'all about tails'!