ISBN: 9781877579998
Pages: 40 (incl 2 fold out pages)
Age Level: Early Childhood 0-6
Genre: Picture Book
Rating: 4 stars
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Standing in line can be really dull and booooring! Count down with these 50 different animals and find out why they are waiting in line. Will it be worth the wait?
Line Up, Please! has been translated to English and published by Gecko Press. It was originally published in Japan, in 2009, by POPLAR Publishing under the title Nanno Gyoretsu.
This is a fun picture book for young children. There are 50 animals with their names so you can learn to identify them. There is a number under each animal teaching children how to count down from 50. As the animals wait (patiently) in line you can follow their comments ... which are really quite 'human' and very humorous. As an adult there are a number of comments we have heard, or even made, while waiting in line ourselves!!!
The illustrations are bold and bright. Each animal is drawn simply and is easy for children to recognise. They have been given the cutest facial expressions, which are in keeping with their comments. Each page has the tail of the animal on the following page, and makes for a good guessing game.
There is a great surprise towards the end when it is revealed just why the animals are all waiting in line. There is a two page fold out spread so you can see all the animals. Then there is the fun of the ride. You can see the sheer joy on the animals faces! See if you can recall all the animals names!
This is a great book to share with younger readers. It will also make a great addition for maths sessions and learning what different animals look like, and are called.
I got my copy of Line Up, Please from the Taradale Primary School library where I work.
You can find a copy at Napier Libraries.
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