Five beautifully illustrated spreads show a series of pets, including a goldfish, a dog, a guinea pig, and a cat hiding behind bright felt flaps. With a mirror on the final page, this is the perfect book to share with very little ones.
Swedish Ingela Peterson Arrhenius was born in 1967.
Art and design has always played a big part of Ingela’s life and before her career as an illustrator took off Ingela worked as an art director in Stockholm.
Ingela then moved on to study advertising and graphic design at an art school in Stockholm, In 1992 Ingela set up her own business as a freelance illustrator working on an international level cross advertising, design, publishing and editorial work.
She’s been commissioned for creating print patterns for fabrics, wallpaper, stationary aswell as packaging, product design, home accessories and toys.
Ingela’s posters and designer toys are spread all around the world. She’s passionate about retro style in general which is clearly reflected in her work as well as her joy for typography and colour.
She lives in Stockholm with husband and two boys.
You can follow her daily business at her Instagram: ingelaparrhenius
Another great title from Arrhenius. This one is all animals. They all end with a mirror, and I love the quality (especially the felt flaps). There are five page spreads with four animals (the last is the mirror).
These books are predictable, and that's their strength.
NOTE: I was provided this book in exchange for an honest review.
My son loves lift the flap books but he doesn't have any with felt flaps. Hoping these are harder to tear! So far he's obsessed with this book just from a texture standpoint.
This book features 4 pets: a cat, a goldfish, a dog, and a guinea pig. The flaps are also designed for the context, e.g., a dog hiding behind a sofa. A mirror hides on the last page, adding an extra surprise for the little reader. This book does not use 'Mr' and 'Mrs.' for the animals, which is better and less stereotypical than the other books in the series.