Peek-a Choo-Choo!

Peek-a...

by Nina Laden

In this fourth title in Nina Laden's Peek-a series, young readers play the classic game of peekaboo with vehicles! Colorful pictures and lively, rhyming text—featuring trains, planes, and a bonanza of boats—help children predict what is peeking through die-cut windows. Read the clue... guess the rhyme...giggle wildly...and repeat!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Transport, Fiction

22 pages, Board Book

Published August 16, 2016

Reviews

[☼Bookish in Virginia☼]

~ received as a review copy

PEEK-A CHOO-CHOO1 is a cute board book.It features sturdy pages and a darker, richer palette than other boardbooks.

There are four pages to every vignette. The first page is a solid color with the words 'Peek a' on it. The second page features the main part of a picture BUT there's a cut out so you see part of a picture on the fourth page. The third page has a word that 'connects' with the picture construct. So...

PEEK A...
Choo-choo!
Canoe!
Shoe!

And more.

The boardbook offers details in the pictures that an adult can talk about. Here's a duck, waterlily, cattails, goose, and a dog in a canoe :]

I found it fun to read aloud. I thought there was variety to the images and it wasn't always clear what the mystery object on the fourth page was going to be. So fun and different from the standard boardbook themes. It ends with a 'mirror' which babies and toddlers, in my experience at least, always love. (Be sure to take off the protective sheet and throw it away before giving the book to a young child.)

[Dianna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Save yourself the trouble. Peek a Who, the first in the series, is great. No need to bother with this and the others, they're just not as charming.

[Chinook · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was fine - pointing out the clues and trying to guess what would be behind the cut-out page. But it wasn’t a huge hit with either girl.

[Samantha · Rating 2 out of 5]

A rhyming read aloud in which readers are encouraged to anticipate the image that will be revealed following the page turn. All images rhyme with choo-choo, though the die-cut illustrations that give readers a sneak peek at the next page don't always guarantee that readers will guess the right answer.

I like this series, but this isn't my favorite title. Toddlers.

[Terry]

A fun twist on Peek-a-boo that toddlers are sure to love. The first question is set up by the title of the book which “models” what happens for the next four scenes. Sturdy, thick pages are perfect for little hands that want to play with the book on their own.

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

Laden Bins #4
Peek A #4
This time we start with Choo-choo not train as you would think, but anyway then we get some strange options to rhyme with Choo-choo, all very loosely based around transportation.
Even in this lazy series this one is really lazy!

[kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

good toddler read-aloud

[Miss Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

A simple board book with cut outs for the reader to find the next item. like the ending mirror. baby and up

[Trevor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Peek a Who! is better...

[Shelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really cute my daughter smiled at the end.

[Adrianne Rosal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute book!!

[Chelsea · Rating 4 out of 5]

The inclusion of a CHOO CHOO makes this the most beloved installment of the "Peek-A..." series at our house.

[Hope · Rating 3 out of 5]

Checked out at Reedsburg Public Library

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This little board book has cut outs that show part of the next page. The way it is set up is a funny trick for the reader who might not expect what each page reveals.

[Tracy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sadly, far inferior to "Peek-a-Who?"

Added 25 May: Seriously, some of these rhymes are a real stretch.

[Kid Lit Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Young children will love this colorful board book, perfectly sized for their little hands, and with sturdy pages they can turn and not tear. Parents will not only like the theme and thought behind Laden’s book, they will appreciate the glossy covers and pages, which easily clean up after dirty or sticky little fingers have the pages. The last spread, meant just for young children, shows only a shiny silver surface through the peanut die-cut. What, or who, will your little one find staring back at them . . .

Originally reviewed at Kid Lit Reviews. To read the FULL review and see interior illustrations, go to: http://bit.ly/PeekAChooChoo

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cleverly-positioned windows that resemble footprints provide clues to what readers will find on the next page, whether it's a canoe, a shoe or something that flew or blew through the air. Fans of peek-a-boo games with little ones will enjoy sharing this with their young charges and reading it over and over again. The colors are vibrant and eye-appealing, and the text is brief and sure to hold the attention of youngsters. Although I don't necessarily like the pages that show a bird, a plane, and a hot air balloon, most young readers will like the surprises they provide.

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

EXCELLENT! Each set of pages starts with "Peek-a..." and then there's a cut-out of the opposing page. When you turn that page, you see the object that was only revealed in part. Fun! And of course our fam loves trains, so the title grabbed me. It just feels like a perfect-length board book to share with my little one, and the cut-outs are easy for him to grab to help turn the pages, and it's fun!

[Kathryn (Dragon Bite Books) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Originally published on my blog Nine Pages .

This little board book hasn’t got much of a plot. This might be considered a primer for transport methods. Peek-a choo-choo. Peek-a flew. Peek-a canoe. Peek-a shoe. Peek-a I see you. It all rhymes. But that’s the extent, really, of the text.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute board book. I can imagine reading to toddlers and having them enjoy it.

[Heather Jo]

lily summer reading 2018, board book, rhyming, peek-a-boo,

[Elissa]

This book could go under the historic fiction, as it tells you about all the ways of transportation. I chose this one because it is a good way to actively engage the children in the preschool room. We could make masks to wear during the peekaboo story, that will allow them to go along with the book. We could also talk about the different types of transportation and what types they have all taken. This book could even work for the kindergarten age as well!