Whose Nose?

Whose Books

by Jeannette Rowe

This appealing and attractively designed "lift-the-flaps" book ends with the young reader being asked a question that personalizes the book: "Whose nose is the cutest nose? Your nose!" Color illustrations throughout.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens, Storytime

16 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1999

About the author

Jeannette is the ABC s best-selling Australian author and illustrator. She has sold well over 1.5 million books worlwide, into 19 countries and over 14 different languages. For more than fifteen years Jeannette has been working from her Melbourne based studio by the sea. She began her highly successful career with her award-winning book “Scallywag”. During this time, Jeannette has enjoyed working with many other wonderful authors such as Paul Jennings,Donna Rawlins, Duncan Ball and now, Louise Park. When Jeannette s daughter was born in 1995, her work changed from her previously more complicated watercolour and pencil drawings, to her new bright and bold drawing style. Wanting to create books for her new baby, Jeannette developed this vibrant new drawing style to accommodate her daughter s love of bright colours, animals and surprises. This winning formula resulted in over 50 very successful “Whose”, “YoYo” and “My” books being published with ABC Books. Jeannette s work as a writer has grown from a strong educational base. Originally she worked as an art teacher and curriculum writer encompassing all levels of primary education. Children find her books full of warm characters and fun learning opportunities. Counting, naming objects and learning about colours, size and shapes, are just some of the integrated concepts Jeannette weaves into her brightly coloured books. Her most recent book series, SmartyCat , has been published by Hardie Grant Egmont Australia. The first six new books, will delight parents and older preschoolers by helping to answer those endless tricky questions all young children love to ask, in a simple fun way. In each book, SmartyCat asks a question and one of his many friends helps him find the answer. Each book ends with a little joke and a theme related activity, that adults can try out with their child. The next six books in the series will be released in early 2009, with more to follow.

Reviews

[Milton Louie]

Quick little book on guessing noses of some animals. B

[Kym]

Just right for babies

[Amanda]

Short, vibrant book that is perfect for toddlers just beginning to show an interest in books. Fun to get them thinking and guessing who’s nose it could be!

[Fatima Seraj Alam]

Some of the noses were sort of on the nose (pardon the pun) so similar to the whose eyes book, took the fun away from guessing.

[Paula]

Great colorful and bold illustrations might be a little to easy for pre schoolers but keeping them guessing might make it interesting
This appealing and attractively designed "lift-the-flaps" book ends with the young reader being asked a question that personalizes the book: "Whose nose is the cutest nose? Your nose!" Color illustrations throughout.

[Kristie]

This guessing-game style book with large, repetitive text keeps the fun going until the very last page.

[Ruth]

I read this for a Baby Lapsit program and the group loved it. It encourages the audience to participate and it has a peek-a-boo like effect on the kiddies.

[Amanda]

Part of a great basic series (though some of the animal illustrations always fool the kids); using this today for story-time.