Roar! Roar!
Dawn Sirett
- Reading
- Explore a page at your child’s pace: pause for touching and naming, then follow their interest in colours, shapes or patterns without needing to cover every feature.
- Themes
- Wild animals and their young: Images feature a lion and cubs, a gorilla and baby gorilla, and a polar bear with a cub. The book presents these animals as subjects for looking, touching and naming; no broader message about family relationships is established.
- Touch and early concepts: Textured pictures are presented alongside opportunities to notice colours, shapes and patterns. These features make sensory and visual exploration part of the book’s intended activity; how much each concept is developed is unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The featured animals include a lion, gorilla and polar bear, shown with their young. The actual wording and detail of each animal page are not clear.