Where’s Walrus?
by Stephen Savage illustrated by Stephen Savage
Bibliographic citation:
Publisher: Scholastic Press, ©2011
32 pages
ISBN 978-0-439-70049-8
Age recommendation: 3-7 years
Format: Picture Book/ Hardcover
Awards/Selection lists: Notable Children’s Books- 2012
Annotation: Follow Walrus on a journey through the city, as he tries on different hats to disguise himself from the chasing zookeeper.
Review: Where’s Waldo? Who? What we want to really know is Where’s Walrus? He’s fled from the zoo and the zookeeper is in hot pursuit. Will he find him amid lunching businessmen? the riverside painters? dancing ladies?
In this wordless adventure, the reader is gifted with highly stylized illustrations that bring to mind the artwork in Miroslav Sasek’s 1962 picture book classic, This is San Francisco. Blocks of fresh color, visual rhythm and bold lines of perspective make it visually pleasing to the eye. Young readers will enjoy the narrative at play and grown ups will appreciate the sensibility of promise captured with scenes of building and creating and community that takes place in many of the scenes.
Find that walrus. He’ll capture your heart!
Themes/Issues: Hats / Disguises/ Zoo keepers/ Stories without words
Early Literacy Skill Value:
Print Motivation: Young readers will enjoy the adventure through humor and visually exciting illustration.
Vocabulary: Encourages vocabulary learning through depicting clearly represented objects that encourage questions and discussion.
Print Awareness: No text in book.
Narrative Skills: Encourages narrative skills through brilliant use of expressive illustration.
Phonological Awareness: N/A
Letter Knowledge: N/A
Author/illustrator website: http://www.stephensavage.net
by Stephen Savage illustrated by Stephen Savage
Bibliographic citation:
Publisher: Scholastic Press, ©2011
32 pages
ISBN 978-0-439-70049-8
Age recommendation: 3-7 years
Format: Picture Book/ Hardcover
Awards/Selection lists: Notable Children’s Books- 2012
Annotation: Follow Walrus on a journey through the city, as he tries on different hats to disguise himself from the chasing zookeeper.
Review: Where’s Waldo? Who? What we want to really know is Where’s Walrus? He’s fled from the zoo and the zookeeper is in hot pursuit. Will he find him amid lunching businessmen? the riverside painters? dancing ladies?
In this wordless adventure, the reader is gifted with highly stylized illustrations that bring to mind the artwork in Miroslav Sasek’s 1962 picture book classic, This is San Francisco. Blocks of fresh color, visual rhythm and bold lines of perspective make it visually pleasing to the eye. Young readers will enjoy the narrative at play and grown ups will appreciate the sensibility of promise captured with scenes of building and creating and community that takes place in many of the scenes.
Find that walrus. He’ll capture your heart!
Themes/Issues: Hats / Disguises/ Zoo keepers/ Stories without words
Early Literacy Skill Value:
Print Motivation: Young readers will enjoy the adventure through humor and visually exciting illustration.
Vocabulary: Encourages vocabulary learning through depicting clearly represented objects that encourage questions and discussion.
Print Awareness: No text in book.
Narrative Skills: Encourages narrative skills through brilliant use of expressive illustration.
Phonological Awareness: N/A
Letter Knowledge: N/A
Author/illustrator website: http://www.stephensavage.net