Can You See Me?

by Bob Staake

A charming Beginner Book about a lovable--but sometimes hard to see—lizard by award-winning illustrator Bob Staake!

This bright, cheerful early reader about a giant lizard hiding in unlikely—and un-lizard-like—places combines Staake's trademark high-energy graphic style with the classic appeal of Dr. Seuss, P. D. Eastman, and Robert Lopshire! With simple rhymed text and illustrations that provide visual clues to the meaning of the words on each page, it's exactly what Dr. Seuss had in mind when he launched the Beginner Books series in 1957 with The Cat in the Hat!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

40 pages, Hardcover

Published May 7, 2019

About the author

Bob Staake has authored and/or illustrated more than forty-two books, including The Red Lemon, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year. His work has graced the cover of The New Yorker a dozen times, and his November 17, 2008 Barack Obama victory cover was named Best Magazine Cover of the Year by Time magazine. He lives on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

First sentence: I am yellow.

Premise/plot: Can You See Me? This Beginner Book stars a chameleon playing hide and seek. The again again question of the day is, “Can you see me?” This one is repetitive and silly but may prove entertaining to young readers. Color words are often among the first sight words children learn to read.

My thoughts: I am not the ideal audience for this one! I liked it well enough, but didn’t love, love, love it like I have some other early readers. (For example, Go, Dog, Go; Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb; Are You My Mother.) Still recommendable to families with young ones ready to read.

[Katherine Bowman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book for children that are learning to read because the words are simple and easy to follow. I feel that the pictures are both well illustrated and go along with the story extremely well which makes it easier for kids to figure out the words on their own and start to understand what things are and what colors they typically are. This book is one that would be go to build confidence in a reader as it is an easy picture book but still some of the pages have a good amount of words.

[Barbara]

It will be fun to learn about colors and discover the hiding places of the loveable googly-eyed dinosaur in Bob Staake's new early reader Can You See me. Kids age 3 - 6 will enjoy reading it with you and to you again and again. Look at the end papers of the book. Can you count how many blue dinosaurs there are? How about the red or green ones?

[Kifflie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This has the feel of some of the classic "Beginner Books" from when I was a kid. The one nice upgrade is that there is a girl of color featured in the illustrations. Kids will have fun finding the lizard as he tries to camouflage himself in all sorts of situations.

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is silly and cute and the rhyme has an excellent rhythm for a read-aloud.

[Robert Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and well illustrated, the rhyming doesn't quite work for a read-aloud, making the reader stretch syllables in odd places

[Kelly]

Sorry, but this is not as good as Put Me in the Zoo. It's semi cute but also seems forced.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A preschool and up easy reader about an animal hiding in different colored objects.

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

My new readers will love this one.

[Julianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like this book because I like hiding.😏

[Lydia M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

All that Suess-esque charm without being Suess? SIGN ME UP

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

I know it's for very young kids, but I wish it was a little harder to find the character.

[Jay DeMoir · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bed time story with the twins 🖤

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

You gotta love a big dinosaur who thinks he’s inconspicuous. 😁

[Terresa Wellborn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kids will have fun finding the hidden lizard throughout the book.

Themes: lizards, colors, stories that rhyme
Ages: preK-1st grade
Pub year: 2019

[Shim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good reading practice and fun for kids too.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun search and find for toddlers..... follow the dinosaur around town as he changes colours and hides like a chameleon.