Animals Home Alone (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781934734551)

Part picture book, part game, and all fun, Animals Home Alone, introduces readers to fifteen animals who begin to act in unusual ways when the humans are away, . In wordless pages, each animal finds a unique activity or bit of mischief to get into. At the book's conclusion, readers are asked questions about what the animals have done.

When a little girl and her father leave their house, the animals left behind start to take over. The cat immediately goes to the phone to call a friend and the fish leaves his bowl looking for a new place to live. Dogs routinely look for shoes to chew, but this dog is looking for shoes to wear A bear climbs out of a painting on the wall and finds trouble when he turns the TV on. The elephant the little girl drew comes to life and starts to gather everything yellow he can. A pig gets hungry, a bird takes on irksome moths, a rabbit finds love, and cockroaches run wild in this imaginative book from an exciting young author.

A fun book for all that encourages children to spot and remember changes large and small, each re-reading of this book will yield new discoveries

Author: Loes Riphagen
ISBN-10: 1934734551
ISBN-13: 9781934734551
Publisher: Seven Footer Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2011
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 10.35h x 8.55w x 0.33d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/07/2011
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2011
School Library Journal 07/01/2011 pg. 77
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2011 pg. 328 - Recommended, Satisfactory