Hi-Five Animals! (A Never Bored Book!)

by Ross Burach, Ross Burach (Illustrator)

Overview

Kids will love hi-fiving their favorite animals in this silly, interactive board book.

Don't miss the companion title, Hi-Five Farm!

Named the Best Board Book of 2018 by Parents MagazineWhat's the best way to say hello to anyone you meet? A handshake? Too formal! A hug? Too scary! The answer is a hi-five, of course! With his flair for hilarious cartooning and charismatic characters, author-artist Ross Burach crafts a brilliant original concept board book that will have young children laughing and hi-fiving their way to developing critical social-emotional skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338245677
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	08/28/2018
Pages:	20
Sales rank:	742,828
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	9 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

ROSS BURACH is the creator of the riotously funny Very Impatient Caterpillar series that includes The Very Impatient Caterpillar; The Little Butterfly That Could; Goodnight, Butterfly; and Make Way for Butterfly. All the books combine humor with curriculum-friendly science topics and relatable social-emotional themes. Ross's other acclaimed books include the picture book Truck Full of Ducks, the board books I Love My Tutu Too!, Potty All-Star, Hi-Five Farm!, and Hi-Five Animals!, named the best board book of the year by Parents magazine, and the Acorn early reader series Bumble and Bee. Ross lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. You can visit him online at rossburach.com.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Very Impatient Caterpillar, by Ross Burach:* "Chunky characters, livid green and thickly outlined for easy group sharing, and speech-bubble dialogue make this a good choice for read aloud[s] with a histrionic bent... There's definitely some science lurking here among the laughs, and preschool and primary classrooms can jumpstart the life cycle units with this super-charged title." — The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review"Will delight fans of Mo Willems's "Pigeon" series... absolutely charming." — School Library Journal"Burach chronicles this miracle of nature in cartoon scenes as loud as the rapid patter... It won't be just adults chuckling at the interactions between the title character and its patiently pupating companions." — Kirkus Reviews"Burach's mixed-media digital artwork makes good use of the cartoon style to depict vibrantly colored caterpillars and the protagonist's overwrought emotions. Particularly humorous are the spot drawings showing the inside of the chrysalis, in which he rails against the measured pace of nature... a good choice for science edutainment." — BooklistPraise for Truck Full of Ducks, by Ross Burach:"Burach will have readers quacking up, both with the frequent repetition of the title — 'Did you call for a truck full of ducks?' is a funny line no matter how often it's read or heard — and over the illustrations... Sight gags and side comments in the pictures add further yuks to this ducky delight." — Booklist"Children will delight in the extreme silliness of this story and will repeatedly pore over the detailed, colorful, and quirky illustrations." — School Library Journal"Burach tells his story entirely through dialogue, packing it — and his exuberant, crayon-like digital illustrations — with visual jokes [and] an abundance of funny details to discover in each scene." — Publishers Weekly"Silly details decorate every spread... Storytime audiences will quack up." — Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Billy Bloo Is Stuck in Goo, illustrated by Ross Burach:2018 CBC Children's Choice Book Awards Finalist"Begs to be read aloud... Gleeful, errant nonsense." — Kirkus Reviews"Plenty to linger (and laugh) over." — Publishers Weekly"Lots of giggles and goo, and weird characters too, in this rhyming cumulative storytime read-aloud, make this title a must-have for picture book collections." — School Library Journal

From the Publisher

2018-07-24

The user instructions on the cover of this board book are simple: "Read, Hi-Five, Repeat."

Black-lined cartoon images of 12 different animals holding out various appendages for readers to slap are accompanied by rhyming invitations to play this greeting game. Burach assumes, probably correctly, that toddlers already know how to give a high-five, but any who don't will soon. His rhymes work: "STOMP YOUR FEET! / Hi-five a trunk! // Hold your nose. Hi-five a skunk!" But they introduce vocabulary that many toddlers may not yet possess, as in an elephant's "trunk," so caregivers will need to be ready to help interpret. Sometimes meaning becomes lost in the cleverness, as with "Belly slide, flipper flap! / Round the back, polar clap!" This rhyme is paired with a stylized penguin and an extremely abstract polar bear that's positioned back to, holding its paw behind its back. Each animal has googly eyes, and usually one wing, paw, or fin is extra-large to make a target. The exaggerated appendages that facilitate the game also make the animals look out of proportion and even less like the real thing. The book's sturdy construction and extra-thick pages will survive the repeated rough handling it invites.

Burach earns a fist bump if not an actual high-five. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews