Peep Through Adventures

Three lovely Little Tiger stories filled with peep through fun.

Yawn

Just looking at the front cover of this picture book makes me want to go to sleep!

In this lovely bedtime story, a yawn travels out of the house, down the street, around the world and even into space before returning to a little boy, tucked up in bed and fast asleep.  

This is a perfect story to read at bedtime. It encourages lots and lots of yawning, but it's also funny and full of things to delight in. 

Yawn has been beautifully designed, with peep-through pages and cut outs. The house at the beginning is really clever and eye catching, and my son loves turning the pages. Even planets, comets and aliens aren't immune to the "viral" yawn. Cats of roof tops, and elves at the north pole are also caught yawning. There's so much to see and enjoy on every page. 

Yawn is written by Patricia Hegarty and illustrated by Teresa Bellon

Home

 

The peep-through fun continues in Home, a beautiful rhyming story which explores and celebrates the homes of woodland creatures. 

Discover dens and burrows, nests and dreys in this beautiful picture book, which has been superbly designed and is filled with Teckentrup's wonderful illustrations. My children loved the busy rabbits' warren and the wolves' snowy, moonlit scene. 

The writing is lyrical and lovely to read around. The repetition of 'wherever we may choose to roam, we need a place to call our home' gives this story a comforting, cosy feel. It's a perfect story for cuddling up with at bedtime, though in a very different way to yawn. 

Home is written by Patricia Hegarty and illustrated by Britta Teckentrup

Moon

Moon is a celebration of night-time around the world. From parrots in the jungle, to jellyfish bobbing in the waves, the moon shines down on all of Earth's wildlife in this lovely, board book version of Teckentrup's peep through story.

This is a beautifully designed, sturdy little book which will survive exploration from the smallest (and roughest!) of fingers. 

Moon is filled with Tecekntrup's trademark beautiful artwork. It has everything from snowy skies above puffins and penguins, to bursts of vibrant colour, despite the night-time setting. 

The soft, rhyming words are lovely too, making this a wonderful, soothing bedtime story.

Moon is written and illustrated by Bretta Teckentrup

Thank you Little Tiger for sending me copies of these stories to review.