WHO’S HIDING?
By Satoru Onishi
Kane/Miller, 2006
Category: Picture Book
Every year I find a picture book or two that are simply irresistible, and these become holiday gifts for all the munchkins on my shopping list. This year I will be giving lots (and lots and lots) of copies of WHO’S HIDING?
The premise is simple: twelve animals appear in the same arrangement on each double-page spread. But with each turn of the page someone changes: readers are challenged to find “Who’s crying?”, “Who’s angry?” and “Who’s hiding?” After pages and pages of this everyone knows which animal is where … a good thing because the pièce de résistance is the spread on which the lights go out: “Who’s who?”
This is a fun one to share with the younger set and even with beginning readers, like my daughter, who love to interact with their books. Check it out!