September 2017, Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 32 pages, Hardback, Review copy
Summary from Quarto
Join in the hunt and help look for Ladybird! Daisy's pet Ladybird goes
missing, so she visits super-sleuth Basil, the best detective in Plant
City. Can he help her find Ladybird? Follow Daisy and Basil as they look
for Ladybird all over Plant City. Is he in the museum, the fun fair,
the train station, the school, the concert or the restaurant?
Nayu's thoughts
This book is exactly my kind of search book,
with so many characters to find. Each page has the same animals
to search for, then within the story for that page more animals need
to be found. I didn't hunt for everything because it really would
have taken a few hours (more if I then decided to find other animals
eg see how many monkeys or crocodiles there are), but there is an
answers guide on the back page if you get stuck.
Everything including
the atmosphere in the various animal places are vibrant and teeming
with life. The way scenes are set is clever, using the environment to
incorporate everyhing that we take for granted
in life to be available for animals. My favourite scene is the The
Restaurants-I loved the juice bar and the root pizza area which is
sheer genius in terms of imagination, and also The Riverbank where
everyone seemed super happy and occupied with having fun by the
water.
The only part I had a problem with was that there are quite a
few snakes, which sucked becaiuse even though they were brightly
coloured I was still afraid of them. That's why it didn't quite get
full marks, which it does deserve.
Find out more on Katherina's website.
Suggested read
If you enjoy search and find books try the less cute Dinosaur Detective's Search-and-Find Rescue Mission by Sophie Guerrive (Children's, Activity book, 8/10E)
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