Reviews for I took a walk

The average rating for I took a walk based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-09-30 00:00:00 Jeanine Narouski This book is about a boy that goes for a walk in the woods and all of the things he sees. He goes to the ferns and sees all types of animals such as a hawk, woodpecker,tiger beetle, and deer antler. There are many other animals behind the ferns too. It also shows images of all of the animals listed. Then he wanders to the meadow and he ask the reader who is watching, I think the birds are. He lays in the meadow to smell the clovers and sees , a male box turtle, a grasshopper, a wolf spider and many more animals. Then he begins to go to the meandering stream and ask who is watching him again, this time I see a bunny. He sits at the stream bank and look through the spicebush leaves. There he sees a bank swallow, a kingfisher, a mayfly, and many more animals. Then he begins to follow the stream until he reaches the pond. He ask who is watching him again this time I think it is the duck. He looked through the cattails and saw a rail, a dragonfly, a bluegill, and many more animals. Then he tells you to find a place to sit to watch and listen. I believe that this book uses imagery to inspire kids to get out of the house. Once they are done reading this book they will want to leave there house to go observe the environment. Many children will probably be very intrigued by the animals seen throughout the book and this could encourage them to be more active and free. At the very end of the book they also have a page that labels every animal so the child knows which animal is which. This is a very good learning tool for children to learn the specific name of some animals. It also labels the area so that they know what each one looks like. I believe that the author says "I wonder who is watching me?" so that the child will look around for more animals before he opens up the page flap. It may also encourage the kids to look around for these animals when they are near a pond, or meadow. The book is read in first person like you are the boy or girl in the book. That is why no character is ever seen. The illustrations in this book are very realistic. They look like they where based off of actual pictures that the illustrator had. Or maybe the illustrator when to an area with a lot of wildlife and drew these illustrations. I like how the illustrator did a cutout of each environment for you to open up. Each cutout revealed a lot of different animals. Then it listed all of there names on the cutout near the animals. The cover of the book describes exactly what the character is going to do from the beginning. It also has a little kid on the front so you expect him to be the main character but you are never sure.The back of the book ask you if you have ever just looked and listened which is exactly what you do throughout this book. Overall this is a great story for children that love animals or need to go outside more often.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-03-06 00:00:00 Kursun Gel This book is about a boy who decides he is going to take a walk. During his walk, he discovers many animals, insects, and plants. This book is an interactive book where you can move the pages and search for the animals, insects, plants he points out. At the end of book it includes an answer sheet to tell you were all the animals, insects and plants are in the book. The themes in this story are about curiosity and discovery. I enjoyed this book because it is interactive and I remember reading it as a child. Plus, the drawings in this book are very detailed which made it easier when trying to identify objects in the book. This can help kids build their vocabulary while having fun. Also, this book may encourage some students to go explore areas around their home and try to find some of these animal, incest, and plants.