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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.73
EAN num: 9780439787291
ISBN number: 0439787297
Label: Cartwheel Books
Manufacturer: Cartwheel Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 40
Printing Date: May 01, 2005
Publishing house: Cartwheel Books
Age index: Ages 4-8
Sale Popularity Level: 15725
Studio: Cartwheel Books
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Product Description:
Thirteen amazing photographs filled with fun objects to search and find! Contents includes 'Blocks,' 'Toys in the Attic,' 'Odds & Ends,' 'At the Beach,' and more! There are more than one million copies of I Spy: A Book of Picture Riddles in print!
Amazon.com Review:
I spy... a little baby's footprint, a heart-shaped box, a silver jack, a train track, a comb, a button, a pine cone... and hundreds upon hundreds of other small, interesting objects. Here is the original I Spy picture book, the one that launched the very popular series by rhyme-ster Jean Marzollo and photographer Walter Wick. Each sizeable two-page spread features an assortment of crisply photographed items, along with a rhyming litany that serves as a riddle for readers to solve: I spy a snake, a three-letter word,
And flying underneath, a great white bird;
Nine gold stars, a blue tube of glitter,
One clay cat, and a six-legged critter.
The beauty of these books, which include I Spy Funhouse and I Spy Gold Challenger, is that when the initial riddle is solved, there are still extra credit riddles in the back, as well as countless other games of varying degrees of difficulty any imaginative parent or child can create. Readers of all ages, distracted by the bright, eye-catching objects, may find the challenge surprisingly difficult, and will delight in finding something new with every reading. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter
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I love this series. I gave this book to a woman to celebrate her very first grandchild. It's a wonderful series for children and grownups and even better when used together. Very creative.
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I ran across this book (figuratively, not literally) in my dermatologist's waiting room. Thanks to a moderate wait, and a book of only forty pages, that are mainly photographs, I was able to get a good look at it. I had not before seen one of the I Spy books, of which there is a series, although I knew of the game, and had played it. I was impressed with the book, although I initially had reservations about where it would be of most use.
As to the book's features, it is forty pages of large, colorful photographs, most covering two pages, with a large collection of various items scattered across each picture. Each picture is accompanied by a short riddle or rhyming phrase, that tells you what to find in the picture with which it is paired. The objects could be just about anything small, with many being small children's toys, like marbles or little animal figurines. An example of a riddle or clue phrase is:
"I spy a snake, a three-letter word,
And flying underneath, a great white bird;
Nine gold stars, a blue tube of glitter,
One clay cat, and a six-legged critter."
The suggested age range is four to eight. While I did not have the time needed to adequately tackle the challenges, I will say that, for the one I focused on, it was indeed a challenge. I could not find the rabbit!
As to the physical qualities of the book, it is an over-sized hardcover, measuring 12.1 by 9.2 by 0.3 inches, which allows the pictures to be very large. The cover is glossy and thick, and the pages are not flimsy, all of which adds up to a forty-page book weighing well over one pound. Physically, the book should last quite a while, despite regular usage. That is a good thing, for a book aimed at young children, and also contributes to its suitability for doctor's waiting rooms.
At first, I thought this book might be the kind that parents buy for their small children, their children initially love it, and, three weeks later, it will sit on a shelf, accompanied by a growing collection of dust bunnies. After looking it through and trying it out, I think I was wrong, and that the book will have sustainability. The level of difficulty is one key to that. In the very first two-page collection, I was challenged to find eight objects. I found six fairly quickly, but then that darn rabbit kept eluding me! It was there, but it was a quick and sneaky little thing. I can imagine a parent using the book as a read-along, with a four-year-old, and the child will find the very first four or five items, the parent-child tag-team will hunt down two more, and the remainder will have to wait until tomorrow. Those elusive items will eventually be found, and then you turn the page, and get to start over. There are also extra credit riddles at the end, which will further extend the book's attention-lifespan in the family. Meanwhile, the three-year-old will want to see what all the fuss is about, and so it goes. Also, given the separate puzzles throughout the book, it is very aptly fit for a waiting room.
The bottom line is that this is a good book for children, and I believe it will stand up to time, use, and the challenge of childhood attention spans.
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Looking for things to do with my Mother who is in the realms of Alzheimer's Trying to tickle the mind with fun things. These books are great. I enjoy too.
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I spy books are always fun and this book is great. I used it as an example for a photography class that I teach at our middle school. The students loved it
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I saw the book "I Spy" in a house where I was visiting and had to have it for one of my grandchildren. I found the items they asked you to find, sometimes hard if not impossible for me to find. But I figured that my 10 year old grandson could handle it and find them.
I would recommend it to anyone.
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