Open This Little Book

This book is such a fun surprise when you open it.  I have seen this title flit across the blogs and book reviews, but I didn’t realize its structure until I opened it up and began to read.  Inside you’ll find the first on many “little” books, this one being purple, where you meet a number of characters all reading different colored, smaller books.  Finally you reach the center, where the book turns almost inside out and each book closes making them a little bigger and a little bigger. 

I think young children will absolutely delight in such a fun and interactive story.  The distinctive artwork done by illustrator Suzy Lee, who also wrote and illustrated Wave, does an amazing and simple job of creating characters in a miniature world in pen and ink drawings.  Jesse Klausmeier, the debut author, certainly understands the excitement of miniature items and the idea of feeling BIG to small children.  I adored this book and re-read it a few times to enjoy the simplicity and complexity all at the same time.  I know this might be a slightly confusing and round-about review, but this is definitely a book that you to experience for yourself.  I’m thinking about how to use it in story time…

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Title: Open This Little Book
Author: Jesse Klausmeier
Illustrator: Suzy Lee
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Publication Date: 2013