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The world of color and animals come together in this timeless classic. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? helps pre-readers learn different colors and animals in a fun way. Exploring Brown bears, red birds, yellow ducks, blue horses, green frogs, purple cats, white dogs, black sheep, and goldfish is exactly the right way to grab young readers’ attention. The illustration on each page is simple – one animal in one color with very little else marring the page, with a solid white (or black) background, the entire focus is on the colorful animal in the center. Each animal takes shape front and center in Eric Carle’s familiar drawing style with deep brush strokes and varying shades of the same color; readers clearly see the animals from page to page. The writing style is repetitive and easy to follow as both a reader and a listener of the story. Each page asks the new animal what they see and the animal replies with the next animal in the book. An excellent way to teach both colors and animals in an easy to read and easy to follow story.

Back again with another classic from Eric Carle, 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo is an easy-to-follow setup for those pre-readers to understand. Learning about numbers and animals is important for all youngsters, and this board book stands up to the task. With Carle’s notable illustration style, it’s not hard to find the similarities within his books. Large, bold brush strokes with vibrant shades of colors used for each picture, readers follow a train with a variety of animals aboard as it heads toward the zoo. No words adorn the pages, allowing the reader to express their own story as the animals travel, but there are numbers on each page to help readers see and hear the number associated with each cage of animals. By seeing the number and the corresponding number of animals in their cage allows readers to connect the number to the animals.

Animals are such a strong way to learn new things for children. Eric Carle proves this yet again with The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s ABC. Taking a character from another popular story, Carle creates a book that teaches pre-readers the alphabet with the use of animals. Each page contains a classic Carle illustration with bold colors, broad brush strokes and details associated with each animal or insect chosen for each specific letter. Between the animals and the colors, kids of all ages are drawn to the images on the page and with the help of an adult (if they don’t know the alphabet yet), they can easily learn new animals and the letters associated with each.

Vibrant colors, eye-catching plants, and a sleepy little sloth, what more could one need? What is a Sloth? shares fun facts about sloths as told by the sleepy sloth on the cover. Different animals ask it questions and the sloth helps them learn about what sloths actually are. The pictures are fun cartoon animals, and each page is a different bold color, showing the contrasts between the animals and the backgrounds. With the flip-out pages, children are able to participate in the reading process by interacting with the book in a new, exciting way. Under each flap is a fun fact about what sloths eat, how they move, how often they sleep, even why they have green fur! The writing is easy to read and uses easily understandable language for young readers to follow along and learn along with the other animals.