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Open the flaps to follow an adorable young bigfoot (a.k.a., Sasquatch) on a day-long adventure in a warm and vibrant magical-realist Pacific Northwest forest realm.
Along the way you'll meet and interact with a forest full of nonthreatening creatures including tree fairies, forest gnomes, bats, bears and owls. Young readers and pre-readers will delight in the details of this magical world, as every spread features a sturdy flap that reveals a fun, unexpected and friendly character or hidden aspect for the reader to discover at their own pace. As day turns to night, the final spread finds Bigfoot Baby tuckered out and safely tucked in a tree house bed, with parents present to say goodnight after a busy day of adventure.
The durable, interactive flaps make this an ideal multisensory experience for hours of fun at schools, libraries, homeschool or stay-at-home activities.
Review
"[This] series of innovative lift-the-flap adventures...guarantee[s] endless fun for small hands and inquisitive minds. Durable, chunky pages...and cheerful rhymes complete the multisensory experience." Foreword Reviews
Review
"Earthbound and charming." Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Synopsis
- 12 full-color pages featuring 6 flaps
- Each spread features an interactive flap concealing a fun, unexpected and friendly character or hidden aspect for children to discover at their own pace
- Along with Alien Baby , Bigfoot Baby kicks off the Hazy Dell Flap Book series. Two more entries are scheduled for Fall/Winter 2020: Pumpkin Baby and Yeti Baby
- Bigfoot Baby is a nongendered character for every child to identify with (there are no gendered pronouns in the text)
- Indie and mass merch appeal: While delivering a quirky, imaginative aesthetic that appeals to the indie bookstore market, these flap books are concurrently primed for the mass merch market with a competitive price point, easy-to-grasp concept, and sturdy interactive flaps
- The day-long adventure models the excitement and joy of a young child starting to gain agency in a world full of wonder, developing the social confidence to interact with others outside of their family
- Appeals to parents who are enthusiastic about cryptids and monsters but want to offer their very young children an introduction to these creatures in a nonthreatening, non-scary way
- Reimagines the monster fun of the Hazy Dell Press Monster Series (ages 1-7) for a younger audience (0-4)
Synopsis
Open the flaps to follow an adorable young bigfoot (a.k.a., Sasquatch) on a day-long adventure in a warm and vibrant magical-realist Pacific Northwest forest realm.
Along the way you'll meet and interact with a forest full of nonthreatening creatures including tree fairies, forest gnomes, bats, bears and owls. Young readers and pre-readers will delight in the details of this magical world, as every spread features a sturdy flap that reveals a fun, unexpected and friendly character or hidden aspect for the reader to discover at their own pace. As day turns to night, the final spread finds Bigfoot Baby tuckered out and safely tucked in a tree house bed, with parents present to say goodnight after a busy day of adventure.
The durable, interactive flaps make this an ideal multisensory experience for hours of fun at schools, libraries, homeschool or stay-at-home activities.
Synopsis
Open the flaps to follow an adorable young bigfoot (a.k.a., Sasquatch) on a day-long adventure in a warm and vibrant magical-realist Pacific Northwest forest realm. Features sturdy flaps on every spread that reveal fun, unexpected and friendly characters or hidden aspects of each scene.
About the Author
Author Elias Barks lives with his cats, Agnes and Magnus, beneath the gray skies of Astoria, Oregon. He is the author of all 4 Hazy Dell Flap Books.
Illustrator Meg Hunt is a celebrated and award-winning illustrator living in Portland, Oregon. In addition to illustrating all 4 Hazy Dell Flap Books, her past works include Interstellar Cinderella and Reading Beauty from Chronicle Books. Meg has won a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators and has had her illustrations featured in works published by Fantagraphic Books, Image Comics, Quarry Books and HOW Magazine.