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    By Taro Miura

    8-11/16 x 8-11/16 in; 52 pp;
    full color throughout, ages 2-6
    Hardcover
    Published in July, 2006
    ISBN 9780811855198
    ISBN10 0811855198

    SKU# 9780811855198

    1 Review(s)
    $15.95
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    Who do you think of when you see a hammer and a saw? A carpenter! What about a shovel and a watering can?In Taro Miura's deceptively simple book children will discover more than sixty different tools, both familiar and new. Even the youngest reader...

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    Who do you think of when you see a hammer and a saw? A carpenter! What about a shovel and a watering can?

    In Taro Miura's deceptively simple book children will discover more than sixty different tools, both familiar and new. Even the youngest readers will find the striking images engaging, and older children will be fascinated by the chance to guess which profession uses each set of tools before they turn the page. A wonderful tour of a variety of jobs and the tools they use to fix, build, and create.

     

    Taro Miura is a multiple-award-winning illustrator and graphic designer. He lives in Japan.

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    Encourages abstract thinking

    10/11/11| Jeni Paltiel
    This book is great on so many levels. For starters, it's beautifully and simply illustrated. I love being able to give kids books that feature good design. The interactive aspect of the book is fun and gets kids thinking creatively as they try to guess who would use the set of tools depicted. Of course, once you've read it a few times, they'll know the answers, but we found they continued to enjoy looking at the accurate pictures of everyday objects (from simple words like "hammer" to more complicated things like "bent-nose tweezers") and their associated words. Seeing the words and pictures together is good practice for early readers. And the variety of occupations depicted (from chef to electrician) appeals to kids, who always seem to be interested in the way things and people work.