Genre
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Tone
Feel-good
Sweet
Illustration
Big and bold
Subject
Birds
Houses
Woodpeckers

Een jonge specht leert van zijn vader hoe hij een gaatje moet kloppen in een boom. Waar kan hij allemaal nog meer in kloppen? Prentenboek met eenvoudige, zwartomlijnde illustraties in felle kleuren en tekst op rijm. Vanaf ca. 3 jaar.

A young woodpecker gets a lesson in woodpecking from its daddy before heading out to practice around the neighborhood with the zeal of someone who has just mastered a new skill. Chunky illustrations painted in bold primary colors provide an enchanting amount of detail. Kids will surely delight in the wee woodpecker's destructive accomplishments and the fact that it leaves behind actual holes in the book.

I do find myself stumbling over the rhyming text at some points and struggling to keep a steady cadence. On this page, for example, "I peck, peck, peck a magazine / a picture of Aunt Geraldine / an armchair, a teddy bear / and a book called Jane Eyre," I found a better flow by altering the last line to "and even a book called Jane Eyre."

Opportunities for action and interaction: teach the ASL words for "bird" and "tree," practice pecking with fingers on forearms or legs, point to the holes in the page, identify the objects encountered throughout the house and garden, identify the color of objects the woodpecker finds.

A dad woodpecker teaches a young woodpecker how to peck holes, then sends him on his way; he proceeds to peck holes in EVERYTHING, including the book itself. Fun. ( )

Plot: A juvenile is educated in the ways of home invasion and vandalism. :)