This Little Hamster
What Does Bookroo Think of This Book
This color book is a step above your typical introduction for infants and toddlers. Featuring Reich’s signature pear-shaped hamsters, this is our favorite to date of Reich’s hamster set including an opposites, vehicles and numbers book in addition to this color spectacular. Is anyone else tired of red apples? While This Little Hamster does include some objects that little readers will recognize right off the bat—a rubber duck, cherries, cupcakes, etc.—it also presents a smorgasbord of more eclectic objects including a spool of thread, a bowl of jello, a prize winning pepper and a bubble machine that will expand little horizons and encourage thinking outside of the box. This Little Hamster also leaves the pack of color books behind in the realm of sheer re-readability with a cadence and rhyme scheme that makes this a great read-aloud without requiring mental energy from the reading adult to fill in the gaps.
What Kind of Book is This Little Hamster
Categories
Writing Styles
Locations
What Questions Should I Ask My Child
- As you work through this book, ask your child to think of other things that correspond with each of these colors! Encourage them to think out of the box, just like Kass Reich does!
- This is one of our Bookroo team's favorite color books—ask your child what THEIR favorite color book is. Consider collecting all of your color books and reading them one after another.
Reviews
The illustrations in this book are a little different, but have really grown on me. I love these little hamsters that love their colors! One thing I like about this book is that there are a few different items that go with each color, which makes it fun to point them out and talk about them with little ones.
This Little Hamster is a fun and playful new take on a book about color. The spirited hamsters celebrate their eclectic collections of colorful objects in unexpected combinations in clever, rhyming couplets. The spare, consistent illustrations allow for easy identification of each item, facilitating the assembly of our own colorful objects.
Kass Reich is such a talented individual in the children's book space. We really enjoy This Little Hamster around our home. I like her illustration style. It's very playful and fun.
Such a clever, original and delightful take on a traditional colors books. The little hamster characters are hilarious and enthusiastic and the variety of colored objects (a prize winning pepper and a bubble machine!) make this an absolutely entertaining read that's several steps above your average colors book.
Once again, the hamsters’ abundant enthusiasm and Reich’s humorous penchant for unexpected props (the green-obsessed hamster has “a prize-winning pepper and a bubble machine”) are a winning combination.
While there are some cute hamster antics going on here, it is an ineffective color concept book for the youngest readers.
Book Lists That Include This Book
The Creative Behind the Book
Kass Reich was born in Montreal Canada. She works as an artist and educator and has spent a majority of the last decade traveling and living abroad. Kass graduated with a degree in Art Education from Concordia University then picked up and moved to Beijing where she worked as an early childhood educator for nearly three years. Working with the little ones inspired her to start making picture books for very young learners. After Beijing she lived in Hong Kong, London England and Melbourne Australia. She now finds herself back in Canada but this time in Toronto.
Trivia to Know About This Book
What Has Kass Reich Said About This Book
Nothing yet! Let Kass Reich know that you want to hear from them about their book.
More Books by Kass Reich
Discover All the Books in the This Little Hamster Series
Other Books You Might Enjoy If You Liked This Book
Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781459804104
- Publication Date
- January 1, 2013
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publisher
- Illustration Details
- Artwork created using hand drawings and digital coloring.
- Page Count
- 24
- Audience
- Board
- Reading Age
- 2 - 6 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2013935389
- Lexile® Level
- AD450L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~M
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~3.1
Contribute to this page
Are you the author or illustrator? Claim your book.