El libro sobre libros del conejo Mateo

by Frances Watts, David Legge (Illustrator)

Éste libro es una maravillosa introduccion al fascinante mundo de... los libros, upor supuesto! Interesante y divertido, este libro tiene como protagonista a un apuesto e inteligente conejo, y esta lleno de sorpresas, con solapas para abrir y preguntas para compartir. Un bello libro creado para que los mas chicos se diviertan a la vez que descubren el apasionante mundo de los libros.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Books About Books, Nonfiction, Animals

16 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Frances Watts was born in Switzerland and grew up in Australia. She has published 20 books for children, including picture books and books for younger readers, including Goodnight Mice!, the winner of the 2012 Prime Minister’s Award for Children’s Fiction, and 2008 Children’s Book Council of Australia award-winner Parsley Rabbit’s Book about Books. Her latest book, The Raven’s Wing, is her first novel for young adults. Frances lives in Sydney and divides her time between writing and editing.

Reviews

[Shane · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute, playful story about books and reading. A great tool to teach very early readers about the structure of books.

[Utopía - Ana Calatayud L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un libro que te explica las partes de un libro, qué tipo de libros hay y lo que puedes hacer con ellos. Supercuqui y recomendado para iniciar a los peques en el mundo de la lectura. ^^

[Freddie D · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a cool book! An awesome tool for teaching kids how books work.

[Chantal HK · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un album tout mignon sur les livres, qui explique toutes les parties du livre et le bonheur de partager la lecture. Vraiment mignon le lapin et son petit frère qui se cache dans les rabats!

[Andries van Wyk · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an absolutely fantastic book!!

[Sindy Castellanos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excelente para familiarizar, informar y motivar el conocimiento de los libros.

[Amy (Lost in a Good Book) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun, quirky book that is exactly what the title suggests: a book about books. From the very first page of the book Parsley Rabbit explains with little notes what each part of the book is called and how you read it; including end page to title page and the publisher's details. When you get to the main story the theme continues and the story is Parsley talking about books. He talks about what makes up the format of a book like page numbers and how the words are read from left to right and the different shapes and sizes books can come in. Each page is different, some talking about how books can be funny or sad, or have information in them, or even how some books have flaps that open that can hide things behind them.

It's definitely interactive with the reader, Parsley addresses you and instructs you to do certain things as well so it engages with kids and shows them how to interact with the book and how it often connects with reading the story. This isn't a book for toddlers teaching them to read, it's a book teaching kids all the different parts of a book and how reading works. It's quite clever, and Parsley Rabbit makes it fun and interesting even before the story has started to let you know this book isn't like other books.

What also makes this book great is that Legge has used Watts' words and made great illustrations to match. They are simplistic and often don't feature anyone other than Parsley. But Legge's drawings, Watts' words, and the layout of the book all work together wonderfully to not need anything other than Parsley Rabbit to illustrate the story.

This book was the winner of the 2012 Prime Minister’s Award for Children’s Fiction, and the 2008 Children’s Book Council of Australia and while the story isn't really a story, it is very clever and interesting and a great way to learn how books and reading works.

[Meep · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this when one of my students returned it and said a lot of the pages were ripped. The interactive flaps are really cute but a little but delicate for young readers. I liked the meta nature of the story and the way Parsley addressed the reader and laid out information, "these are endpapers," and so on. The main drawback for me was the uncanny valley illustrations of Parsley and his little brother, Basil.

[The Styling Librarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

– very cute, kid appealing book about books that is humorous enough to be informative but also readable. My son and I loved lifting flaps and “learning” about books. I’d recommend this one to anyone beginning lessons on book awareness.

[Sean Benson · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is quite comprehensive, explaining each part of the book in a fun way, narrated by Parsely Rabbit. His baby brother gets involved and there are folds out bits to explain more and add to the fun. An excellent book.

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love, love, love this fun book!!!!

I discovered it because of my grandchildren, but now have a copy in my own library. I believe we are never too mature to enjoy a good children's book. Life is too short to read books without pictures! :-)

[Judy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a brilliant picture book, deserving of its honours.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Flap Book
A great picture book describing what a book is about. Students really enjoy this book 'read to'.

[Tess · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the flaps and the wording