Children's Book Review: Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?

Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?
Written by:  Susan A. Shea
Paintings by:  Tom Slaughter
Published by: Blue Apple Books, 2011
36 pages

from goodreads.com:
A duckling grows and becomes a duck, so can a car grow into a truck? This beguiling book about growth will sparks kids'imaginations, as gatefolds playfully transform a watch into a clock and a shovel into a plow. The interactive format of question and answer will entrance young readers as living things that grow are compared to inanimate objects that don't. Ingenious!

* This is a great book!  Told in rhyme it asks children to answer yes or no, as to whether certain objects will grow.  The kids had a great time trying to guess what the objects in the second part of the rhyme were.  I think this would be a great book to use in the classroom when teaching young children living vs. non-living.  With thick-papered pages that lift and brightly colored illustrations, the book is eye-catching and engaging.  I think that the only down-side to this book is that after the first reading, the kids know all of the answers.  It was nice to read a couple of times together, but not a book that I feel like we need to own.

Family Rating: 2 thumbs up.