The content of this book is unique in how it engages the young reader. I am not an expert or educated in the area of literacy training or education of small children, but I found this technique to be interesting. I am interested primarily in knowing if this method is helpful in training young readers, as I have a budding reader in my family and would consider buying books like these if they are effective. It reminds me of those games with the picture of a farm animal and you press or pull and it makes the noises out loud. However, it's sort of like something that encourages readers to engage with the text visually and linguistically. I would be interested in knowing more about how children/parents/teachers like this sort of thing.

The book is 13 pages long, but is somehow difficult for both a child and an adult to follow. The book used small pictures to prompt the child to develop their speech, an interesting idea that had a lot of potential. Unfortunately, the words the child is encouraged to use are sometimes quite linguistically difficult, particularly for younger children. But, the book does include decent illustrations, and the inclusion of activities for the child, such as a map of the farm for children to trace with their fingers, are a great way to make literacy slightly more engaging for children who become easily distracted by their environment.

This is such a great picture book, using images within the writing to allow children to follow and read along for a fun and interactive reading experience for very young children.

Each page is brightly illustrated with bold colouring and the story evokes learning of colour, size and identification and sounds of animals. There is also a maze for finger tracing and logic learning.

I really loved the look and find section of the book for a fun together activity.

I think this book is a really well rounded learning tool for children 30 month + My own three year old was really taken with the activities particularly matching the animal sound with the correct animals and he loved that he could read along with the story by identifying the pictures in the text.

My only amendment would be the text on the colour backgrounds. I felt they were harder to read than the text on white backgrounds.

I wouldn't hesitate to buy this as a physical copy for my son for a really interactive and fun reading experience.

Using photo icons interspersed throughout each sentence, this book is designed like an app and is designed like a literacy game. It’s a fun interactive story. The photo icons will help emerging readers engage in the story independently or with help. They’ll have fun finding the goat in each scene while also learning vocabulary.

This is a fun and interactive picture book wonderful for young readers... As a digital review book not so much.

I would buy this in a heart beat for my baby brother!

Thank you to NetGalley and Clavis Publishing for a copy of "Little Goat. Playing at the Farm" in exchange for my honest review.

This delightful book with adorable, colourful characters is meant for children ages 30 months and up.

Little Goat has gotten lost. There are pictures to use as visual aids to the actual words to help with language development. Mommy Cow tells Mommy Goat that she saw Little Goat by the Red Wagon. Mommy Chicken and her chicks saw Little Goat by the Green Barrel. This facilitates discussions about colours not just learning animals and their sizes.

In the "Look and Find" section children are able to trace with their fingers the route that Mommy Goat takes while looking for Little Goat. In the "Hide and Seek" section children can look at the pictures and find where Little Goat is hiding in each of them.

Children are introduced to new animals. Little Goat tells Little Lamb, pig, rabbit and Little Calf that there are new animals at the Farm. From the clues that Little Goat gives, children can guess who has arrived at the Farm.

There is a section where the different sounds that animals on the farm make are in thought bubbles and children can match them to the animals in the pictures. Children can also be encouraged to make the sounds as they look for the animals.

In "Long and Short, Big and Small" children can find which animal fits into each category. They can find which one Little Goat belongs to. They can also decide what animals don't belong on the Farm. Children can also be encouraged to think of other animals that fit into the categories.

Little Cat is stuck in the tree and the animals come together to help. Children are asked to figure out what the largest animal on a Farm could be.

There is a "Maze" at the end of the book where children can trace with their fingers how the Little animals can find a path to the Big ones.

A wonderful for tool for parents and caregivers to use with children. The colourful and fun characters will appeal to children. There are many avenues of discussion that can be opened up by this book.

I like this a lot! I could see this becoming a much-beloved book for a toddler. The images are bright and eye-catching and there are endless opportunities for interaction between the reader and the child. This would make a great book to begin a transition to independent reading as well since kids will be able to repeat the activities on their own after several repetitions with a reader.

Animal and color identification are covered, as well as comprehension/"what happened" questions and imaginative/"what if?" prompts. There are also multi-sensory exercises (tracing a path with a finger, etc.) that could be useful to kids with divergent language processing methods.

Aside from being a great read-with-me book, this would be a great addition to a classroom bookshelf or a reading specialist's collection.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

This is a really charming little book about a host of animals on a farm. It includes brief narratives about events happening, such as finding Little Goat, new animals coming to the farm, and Little Cat getting stuck in a tree. The book also includes questions and activities on the pages for you and your little one to interact with.

I really enjoyed this book. The characters and stories are simple but fun and the illustrations are charming. I think it is really clever how the author uses pictures in the text to help your little one "read" with you and be more drawn it. I love that the stories include things to do, like find the animals, answer questions about them, or participate in the illustrations.

I think this is a very engaging book, and definitely recommend to parents and caregivers.

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Not a typical picture book. This is an interactive book that will help develop curious little minds. The farm theme is appealing and will attract children again and again.