Product Description
This striking board book introduces patterns and shapes displayed in living things by featuring nine spotted, spiked, or spiraled creatures.
Animals and patterns are introduced with soft yet vibrant pencil-and-watercolor illustrations and three simple words: spot, spike, spiral. On the first spread, a scattering of black dots appears on a white background with the single word Spot. Three critters poke their way onto the next, framing Spike with needle-like beetle legs, barbed caterpillar growths, and a pointy insects horn. A shell and a curled tail and bug introduce Spiral. The pattern of words repeats twice more, illustrated with individual animals, until the rainbow-hued lanternfly demonstrates Spot and Spike, a furled Vietnamese rainbow millipede unites Spot and Spiral, and a veiled chameleon sports Spot and Spike. Toddlers will love the weird and beautiful animals, all identified in a final spread, and the repetition of the text, which will help them understand these patterns.
Julia Smith, Booklist (Starred Review), May 31, 2019
