Review: Visually interesting, encourages counting and search-and-find!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2014
I'm always searching for new books to share with my little girl, and I really like how this one emphasizes counting to 10 with clever rhymes and cute illustrations.  I also like that it encourages young ones to look for all of the brownies, because sometimes they aren't easy to find.I feel rather silly because I didn't know what a brownie was at first.  I thought it would have been nice at the beginning to show a picture of a brownie with a simple explanation of what they were.  After I read it a few times I started to understand the details, and and appreciate the interesting illustrations.  They are very captivating and I know children will enjoy looking at them.I had some trouble getting the formatting correct on my Kindle Fire.  When I first started reading it I could only see one page at a time.  That didn't work because the brownies are spread out over two pages.  For instance, the story might say "Four brownies are doing ____ " but there are only 2 brownies shown on that page and 2 on the next.  So it is better to look at 2 pages at once, as if you had a real book in your hands.  Then when I switched to 2 page viewing unfortunately the wrong 2 pages were put together - the end of one rhyme and the beginning of the next one were put side by side.  So that was frustrating.  But that is not a reflection on the book itself, only a formatting issue.Bottom line:  This is a visually interesting book that encourages children to count and search and find.  On your Kindle, make sure you read it 2 pages at a time.  It also helps if you and your children already know what Brownies are - but if not, this book is a nice way to find out. :)