Busy Horsies
by John Schindel; Photographs by Casi Lark
Published by Tricycle Press
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Reviewed by Andrea Sisco
It’s never too early to introduce your child to the exhilarating, educational and just plain fun world of books and stories. Toddlers are naturally curious little beings and are drawn to animals. What better introduction to books is Busy Horsies by John Schindel.
Busy Horsies is a board book for infants and toddlers. It’s the seventh title in the Busy Book series and introduces children to horses, young and old, in their daily life. “Busy, busy horsies. What are they doing?” They’re eating, talking, walking, rolling, racing, chasing, sleeping, leaping and nuzzling, that’s what they’re doing.
The book is filled with crisp, clear photographs and introduces toddlers to brand new names for things like running, eating, etc. It’s a vocabulary builder in rhyme.
The only criticism I have is that there’s not much color in the book and little ones are drawn to color. The photos are pretty much, green, brown, black, white with dabs of blues and reds occasionally.
Armchair Interviews says: Toddlers will love seeing horses doing the things that horses do.