Rhymoceros (A Grammar Zoo Book)

by Janik Coat

Overview

Rhymoceros is a fun and colorful, rhyming board book in the Grammar Zoo Book series.

In Janik Coat’s much-anticipated follow-up to Hippopposites, a blue rhinoceros unabashedly demonstrates 16 pairs of rhyming words. His ability to appear “stinky” and “inky,” or “caring” and “daring,å” oftentimes lands him in compromising contexts. Fortunately, he doesn’t seem to mind.

Surprising novelty features such as gold foil stamping and flocking enhance this unique, gifty, high-design-concept board book.

“Like its predecessor, this is a wide-ranging, stylish, and witty introduction to a key concept.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

“[T]here is plenty to enjoy in Coat’s straightforward approach . . . Charmingly simple.” —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

The Grammar Zoo Book series:
Hippopposites
Rhymoceros
Llamaphones
Comparrotives

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419715143
Publisher:	Abrams Appleseed
Publication date:	03/03/2015
Series:	A Grammar Zoo Book
Pages:	36
Sales rank:	248,199
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Janik Coat is an author, illustrator, and graphic designer. She works extensively with agencies, collectives, and various French publishers. She is a frequent guest speaker at fine art schools and regularly exhibits her work in galleries. She lives in Paris.

Editorial Reviews

★ 02/09/2015
Reprising the format of 2012’s Hippopposites, Coat uses a denim-colored rhinoceros to demonstrate more than a dozen pairs of rhyming words and phrases. Setting the rhino against minimal backdrops keeps the focus on how Coat alters the animal’s simple graphic shape: brown fuzz makes the rhino “furry,” while digital manipulation turns its outline “blurry.” Some pairings hint at cause-and-effect relationships (a rain “shower” appears opposite the rhino holding a pink “flower,” and a lemon tree creates “shade” while its fruit makes “lemonade”). Like its predecessor, this is a wide-ranging, stylish, and witty introduction to a key concept. Ages 2–4. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

"Preschoolers who were tickled by Hippo’s similarly understated performance in Hippopposites will be equally delighted with Coat’s latest offering."

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

STARRED REVIEW
"Like its predecessor, this is a wide-ranging, stylish, and witty introduction to a key concept."—Publishers Weekly

STARRED REVIEW
"[T]here is plenty to enjoy in Coat's straightforward approach...Charmingly simple."—Kirkus Reviews

"Preschoolers who were tickled by Hippo’s similarly understated performance in Hippopposites will be equally delighted with Coat’s latest offering."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

From the Publisher

★ 2015-03-17
A rhyming rhinoceros composes a most amusing doggerel. This large board book explores a variety of rhymes with a quirky rhino along for the ride. The big guy stands at the center of each page, rarely moving but always engaging little ones with his attitude and poise. The author isn't afraid to shake up the rhino's composure: some pages find him tossed in the trash ("stinky"), covered with marker scribbles ("inky"), or coated in solid gold ("gold," paired with a depiction of the rhino wearing glasses, carrying a cane, and sporting wrinkles: "old"). While there's no narrative to provide a storyline, there is plenty to enjoy in Coat's straightforward approach. Each couplet is presented with simplicity, words appearing beneath the illustration of the titular beast and provoking different sounds and ideas each time. A few of the pages have a tactile component ("bumpy"; "furry"; "mossy"), rendering the rhinoceros in different textures and encouraging little hands to reach out and touch. Charmingly simple. (Board book. 6 mos.-2)

Kirkus Reviews