Little Pony, Little Bear, and Apple Tree

Author: Sigrun Hoek
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This is a classic German picture book first published in 1977. When we first open it, we are first attracted by its novel format. While the book also contains large images, surprisingly, small images are interspersed among the text, replacing the relevant text. What are they used for? Clearly, the artist Sigrun does not want only one reader to read this book; she hopes for adults and children to read it together. The ideal way to read it might be: adults point to the text while reading, pausing when they encounter an image, waiting for the child to decode the picture symbol and the other half of the text. How wonderful a game this is in itself!