Shake to Assemble

by Calliope Glass, Ron Lim (Illustrator)

With a simple shake or tap, the readers help the Avengers assemble into action! In this truly hands-on interactive picture book, the readers play a part in the storytelling. Through instructional text, children learn numbers and directions such as up, down, left, right, clockwise, and counterclockwise. Kids will enjoy the feeling of creating the story and the element of magic and wonder.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Storytime, Superheroes, Humor, Marvel

48 pages, Hardcover

First published May 6, 2014

About the author

Calliope Glass is an editor and the writer of several popular titles for licenses like Star Wars, Marvel, and the Disney Princesses. She lives in New York City with her family.

Reviews

[Kaye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Similar to The Monster at the End of this Book!, Shake to Assemble encourages child participation for a minimal story line. While not too exciting for the adult reading the book, my 4 year olds loved it!

[BiblioBeruthiel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Big fan of this one! Lots of fun actions for kids to stay interested and engaged. I think I can adapt the actions for storytime so I will try it for a superhero theme.

EDIT: This went SO WELL at storytime. The kids just loved it!!

[Linda Atkinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

lol!

[Blair · Rating 3 out of 5]

My daughter liked this book because it was fun and interactive. My son liked it because of The Hulk!💚

[Great Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

Little Avenger fans will enjoy this interactive book. Following Hawkeye’s directions traders will tap and shake the Avengers into action. Basic concepts of up and down, right and left add to the learning experience. The Avenger characters react to the readers actions to make this fun and add to the experience of wonder of the Avengers. Reviewer 19

[Bethany · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is brilliant! It's absolutely perfect for my three year old, who isn't quite old enough for superhero violence but is REALLY into the characters. We read it together two or three times, and he remembers enough to be able to "read" it to himself!

[Brooke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book went well because at the time I read it, there were only 2 boys there. I let them do everything the book asked, and they had a lot of fun with it. It probably wouldn't have done as well with a bigger group.

[Clare · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was so much fun for the grandchildren and I got a kick out of it also. It is an interactive book because in order to get each member of the superhero team together with the group, the book instructs the readers to do different things such as rotate the book counterclockwise.

[Kristin Fletcher-spear · Rating 4 out of 5]

think Press Here for the superhero fan. though not as good as press here for sure.

[orangerful · Rating 5 out of 5]

CUTEST THING! I'm trying to figure out how to turn this book into a storytime activity.

[Vicki · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book fits the Summer Reading theme for this year, in hard to find lower level book. The illustrations are great.

[Martha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very fun interactive book about a super heroes on a very easy to read level.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hmm, a gift idea for my nephews? FUN! Actually one of the better interactive picture books out there.

[Jaime]

This is the cutest thing in the world. It's also wonderful.

I will definitely be reading this to my nephew (& any little kid I can find).

[Bookjeannnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh my! The younger kids are going to LOVE this book! I ordered it for my grandloves immediately after reading. Both hubby and I were following the directions to shake, poke, yell, turn, etc.

[Whole And · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interestingly interactive collection of super hero book.

[Maria Waltner · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kind of bossy but as interactive a book as I've ever seen.

[K Morlando · Rating 4 out of 5]

We really enjoyed this book!

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like Press Here or Tap the Magic Tree, but with AVENGERS!