"Every day this week, Baby and her family are visiting animal friends at locations near their home. Family trips are fun, but she can't help napping. When she opens her eyes, she gets a glimpse, a look at an animal. The reader guesses, where are they? Where would she see a beautiful butterfly on a flower? Where would she see a dolphin swimming? Turn the page to see the entire scene. With clear, bright photographs and simple text, children are introduced to an aquarium, a nature center and other places they can learn about animals. At the animal shelter, Baby meets a special animal, a dog, that becomes part of her family! An added game for the reader is finding the baby doll and apple that are cleverly included in every scene. Part of the Look What I See! Where Can I Be? series."
-Barbara Kennedy, Children's Literature Comprehensive Database, July 2002
"Vibrant photos take a child through different series in their young life. Whether it is through the neighborhood, at home, or out with animal friends, the young reader will enjoy guessing where they are. The pictures move from one specific clue to a large vibrant picture that shows the family interacting with each other. Matching and recognitionskills development in the young child can be enhanced with this cute series of books.
This story rates 4 hearts."
-Jane Deskis, March/April 2003, Heartland Reviews, www.heartlandreviews.com
"A walk around the neighborhood seen through the eyes of a baby in a sling, this book is illustrated with attractive, glossy photographs, and written with interactive text. Each page presents a new day of the week, with baby waking up from a nap and seeing something: "On Wednesday, I fell asleep in my sling. When I woke up, I saw a fish. Where was I?" On the question page is a picture of a fish. The following double-page spread reveals a photo of baby and mom looking into a big fish tank... at the aquarium! Our children love the rhythm of the words and questions, as well as the photographs and the mystery of finding out where baby has awoken."
-Soltera Books
"With a very simple and "reader friendly" text by Dia L. Michels, Look What I See! Where Can I Be? With My Animal Friends is an ideal picture book for young children just learning how to read. Simple sentences, enhanced with gorgeous color photographs of beautiful creatures by Michael J. N. Bowles, ending with a happy trip to the animal shelter to adopt a canine companion, form the heart of this upbeat and highly recommended story. Also very highly recommended forpreschool, daycare center, elementary school, and community library collections is Dia Michels and Michael Bowles companion book, Look What I See! Where Can I Be? At Home."
-Midwest Book Review, November 2002
