National Trust: Big Outdoors for Little Explorers: Countryside

By Author / Illustrator

Anne-Kathrin Behl

Genre

Environment

Publisher

Nosy Crow Ltd

ISBN

9781839941788

Format

Board book

Published

03-03-2022

Synopsis

Explore the big outdoors in these action-packed animal board books with sliders on every page. Published in collaboration with the National Trust, this brand new series of board books will inspire a love of nature in even the littlest of animal lovers. With vibrant artwork printed on white board, robust easy-to-use mechanisms for tiny hands and a rhyming text with friendly animal facts, these are the perfect books to captivate curious little explorers time and time again.

In this first countryside book, there are hares to find in the grass, bees to buzz between the flowers, swallows to swoop through the sky and many more countryside creatures to bring to life with the moving parts. Other titles in the series include: Seaside

Reviews

It's time to discover the great outdoors with this first countryside book for the littlest of adventurers. Big Outdoors for Little Explorers: Countryside is another informative, interactive non-fiction book made as part of the National Trust's 'Big Outdoors for Little Explorers' series.

Push, pull, slide and turn your way through the busy countryside backdrops to discover the wildlife that awaits. Each tab moves in a different direction - a fantastic way of stimulating our babies' minds and challenging their fine motor skills. We meet adorable sleeping harvest mice, a striking kestrel, peeping hares and many more animal friends. The illustrations of the wild flowers in the fore, mid and background of each page are so beautifully eye-catching too.

As with the whole series, there is lots to appreciate, observe, learn and talk about. This series is a brilliant way of giving children experiences of places they might not have been to before. The depth of detail in the illustrations really does allow you to step into the book and feel like you are really there. It stimulates the senses and allows you to imagine what it might sound and feel like in these places of nature.

This non-fiction series is a great investment for any early years setting, too. Let's get children talking about the Big Outdoors!

Board book / Reviewed by Jessica Bunney, teacher