Suitabook

Now You See It! Rainforest

Sarah Dellow

Reading: Let the child guess before turning each page, then name the animal together. Treat the pictures as invitations to investigate, and add a map or reliable animal book if habitat detail matters.
Themes: Learning through visual reveals: Die-cut openings change the visible form or texture as pages turn, while each animal is named simply. The book presents noticing and guessing as its central way of engaging with animal imagery.
The rainforest as a broad category: The book addresses the rainforest as a broad category; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The rainforest theme is informative in broad outline, but the grouping may blur the distinction between a habitat type and a particular geographical rainforest.
Worth knowing: Pause over the habitat idea. The rainforest label groups animals that may come from different regions, so distinguish “rainforest animal” from “animals found together in one rainforest”.