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Lots of Dots
In this exuberant book, acclaimed graphic designer Craig Frazier does more than simply showcase a vast variety of dots, he encourages young readers to look closely at the world around them. Through his energetic images, the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Buttons are dots. Wheels are dots. Ladybugs have dots. And so do the fried eggs on your plate. Lots of Dots is lots of...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
September 22nd 2010
by Chronicle Books
(first published September 1st 2010)
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This bright and fanciful book takes dots to a new level, celebrating all of the ways that dots and circles are in our life. There are dots that are buttons, dots as flowers, dots as scoops of ice cream! All in bright, vivacious colors that add to the joyful nature of this picture book. The rhyming text is very simple, allowing the emphasis to be on the illustrations that are colorful, graphic and very fun. This is a book that will have readers and listeners smiling at every page.
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Whimsical dots, dots for licking, dots for snacking and even dots on shirts. In every color and size dots make up many of the things in the world around us. There are dots everywhere, if only you know where to look.
In the recent past there have been numerous books based on how we interact with common things in our environment such as shapes and colors. Dots have been a popular choice as of late, but it’s obvious why. Children love them! We’ve reviewed Dot by Patricia Intriago, now Lots of Dots b...more
In the recent past there have been numerous books based on how we interact with common things in our environment such as shapes and colors. Dots have been a popular choice as of late, but it’s obvious why. Children love them! We’ve reviewed Dot by Patricia Intriago, now Lots of Dots b...more
Title: Lots of Dots by Craig Frazier
Summary: A playful rhyming celebration of dots.
Rating: Yes
Age: 2-4 years
Pros:
A perfect concept book for toddler or preschool storytime.
The book has graphic bright illustrations that are colorful and easy to see.
The book focuses on different types of dots, which provides a great opportunity to talk with children about the existence of circles everywhere. (This book would couple nicely with Alphabet City by Steven T. Johnson.)
The book is written in rhyme, wh...more
Summary: A playful rhyming celebration of dots.
Rating: Yes
Age: 2-4 years
Pros:
A perfect concept book for toddler or preschool storytime.
The book has graphic bright illustrations that are colorful and easy to see.
The book focuses on different types of dots, which provides a great opportunity to talk with children about the existence of circles everywhere. (This book would couple nicely with Alphabet City by Steven T. Johnson.)
The book is written in rhyme, wh...more
An absolutely brilliant book by graphic designer Craig Frazier. This is a book about dots, and all the ways they appear in the world around us. This book is not illustrated--it is truly graphic design in picture book form.
Admittedly, I love learning about and looking at graphic design. But this book truly is amazing! You can make a flat, 2D circle look heavy or light, build on other things, have depth and meaning and significance just through design principles.
This book is bright and colorful a...more
Admittedly, I love learning about and looking at graphic design. But this book truly is amazing! You can make a flat, 2D circle look heavy or light, build on other things, have depth and meaning and significance just through design principles.
This book is bright and colorful a...more
'Lots of Dots' is a colourful, whimsical rhyming tale that contrast, collects and connects dots of all kinds. Parents, teachers and librarians will have great fun with this one. If you do not show the kid/s the pictures as you read, each sentence is turned into a riddle. Children will have great joy guessing what the different dots represent, for example, "Some dots are heavy", "What can heavy dots be?". Once they've racked their little brains for answers, you can show them the image of a strugg...more
Some books just radiate with energy and smiles. Lots of Dots, by Craig Frazier, is such a fun, bright book that it just makes kids (and adults!) want to create their own artwork. This playful book grabs your attention from the very beginning, with its joyful cover and wonderfully colorful endpapers. Bold silhouetted figures encounter dots in all shapes and sizes, in all sorts of places and things. The figures are in bright single colors, with happy smiles. They see dots in everything from drums...more
I read this today to a group of preschoolers, and they really enjoyed it. The colors/illustrations are bright--- and easy for a group to see. I used it for the theme "Get Creative"...because I needed a 3rd book to fit the theme. It would probably fit more closely in a "shape-themed" storytime, but it was fine here. I will add it to my storytime repertoire! We did a related craft where the children used stick-on dots (colored stickers used for filing)and cupcake liners to make garden pictures.
Here comes a book illustrated entirely in Adobe Illustrator! Pretty cool, if you ask me, and the illustrations are legitimately fun. I'm not sure if Frazier thought, "Hmm, how can I make a children's book in Adobe? I know! I'll use the circle feature!" and along came this book, but whatever the case, it's cute. The text is simple, rhyming, and the illustrations invite little eyes to notice all the circles and dots. Overall, quite a fun book.
Colorful, graphic illustrations centered around the theme of dots provide opprtunity for discussion of colors, verbs, introduction to new vocabulary, and some fun opportunities to play act what is on the page. Yes, it is about dots, but also about so much more. Fun and engaging. Can be used for many different story time themes or great sharing with a small group or individual kids during reading time.
I wish, that instead of "dots", they were referenced to as "circles". For a preschool audience, which I assume this is the target, it can be confusing to refer to circles as dots and vice versa, especially while they are still learning shapes. While reading this to my 2 year old, I simply replaced "dot" with "circle". Other than that, this is a fun and interactive book for young children.
I loved the colors and visuals of this book--just beautiful. It's another one where I'm not sure it's best in toddler story time. I think it would be better with preschoolers where you can talk more about the different dots and what they are and what they are representing. I really want to try a spots and dots theme for preschool story time and will definitely use this book in it!
Age of readership: 4-8
Genre: Picture Book
Diversity: Circle recognition
Description of the illustrations: Colorful silhouette type pictures
Personal response to the book: Nice presentation of colors and shapes of different things we see everyday.
Curricular and programming connections: A story time book that can have children shape, food, and color identification
Genre: Picture Book
Diversity: Circle recognition
Description of the illustrations: Colorful silhouette type pictures
Personal response to the book: Nice presentation of colors and shapes of different things we see everyday.
Curricular and programming connections: A story time book that can have children shape, food, and color identification
This is another great book for introducing young students to math concepts and counting skills. Each page is full of dots, but the dots change in their purpose, from apples on a tree, to buttons on a shirt, to spots on a dog. Kids count the dots on each page. This would be a fun whole class activity for either pre-k or kindergarten.
Super-simple story - dots are everywhere. But it's fun to pair with "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds, or "The Big Orange Splot" by Daniel Pinkwater or "Dog's Colorful Day" by Emma Dodd, and then, for an open-ended art activity, give kids bingo dot markers or dot stickers and let them get creative. Great for a Dot Day celebration!
This book can create a lot of conversation with a group reading - what do you think this is? Interesting pictures perfectly portray the text. Used this along with some other books about eggs for a spring story time. Used dotters and plain paper to tie in a craft.
This book showcases all the different things in our world that are circles, yet it only touches the surface. Natalie enjoyed identifying the pictures. Nice colors. I particularly liked the stars page. Great pre-read to looking for shapes in the world around you.
Had such a fun time reading this with a skills group I work with. They range in age from k-6th grade. We read the pictures and they guessed what the dot was in the picture. Then we took large dots and made shapes. They were very creative.
A great book to show kids all of the dots (or more precisely round things) that they can find in their everyday lives, from tiny dots on ladybugs to egg yolks on their plates to the sun in the sky. I love the bold, colorful, simple illustrations.
Oct 16, 2010
Marcie
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommended to Marcie by:
Elizabeth Bird
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I can't wait to read this (or rather have the Kindergarten read it) with the Kindergarten where I volunteer. Art teachers will probably have a blast with it. I think I can get away with showing it as a rhyming picture book for a poetry class.
Literacy skills:
Print motivation: Bold colors and an exciting concept. This book will help children see the different "dots" in their world. This engagement between the book and their own world will encourage a love of reading.
Print motivation: Bold colors and an exciting concept. This book will help children see the different "dots" in their world. This engagement between the book and their own world will encourage a love of reading.
A wonderfully illustrated book about what simple circles can "become" with imagination. THe bold large-format book is great for large storytime audiences or memory care adults who have difficulty with too much detail.
This picture book provides a lively, colorful look into the many objects in our lives that are in the shape of dots. I recommend this one for storytime, as it is written in verse, and the illustrations really pop.
Dots, dots, dots! This fun and full-of-energy book is a great choice for a read aloud and follow activity for the preschool set. I loved the rhyming text and vivid illustrations.
Dots are everywhere and this book takes us on a journey to all of the wonderful places we find colorful dots in this wonderful world we all live in. This books screams early reader!
This book talks about a shape, a dot, and how it can be in everything. We could talk about how a dot is actually a circle and where else we see dots. We could make pictures out of circles.
My son loves this book. Every page is full of different colors and dots and even though he can't understand me yet, he is very intrigued by the dots and colors in this book!
Best book about circles I've ever read. Simple, reads aloud easily, intriguing illustrations. Toddlerrific, but would be great in a preschool story time as well.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the colors, graphics, simple rhymes and concept of this book! Can't wait to read it to the grands and play a game of "where do YOU see dots??"
Definitely lots of fun. I like children's picture books that have lots of color and this one certainly does! I plan to use this one for story time.
Simple words and colorful illustrations show different ways dots can show up in many places. Could be a good spark for an art project.
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