Cleo loves bows. She wears her hair in a bow and decorates her room with bows. Cleo is bow crazy. Learning to tie a bow is very difficult for some people but Cleo remembers how to do it from a cute story she once heard. It is about a little rabbit with very long ears and a very helpful fox who shows her what to do to keep them clean. This is the story of how Cleo learns to tie a “bunny ear” bow. Exercises in manual dexterity build self-esteem in children. Knowing how to tie shoestrings, scarves and more into a bow is a useful and rewarding skill. Teach a child a useful skill. Build confidence and self-esteem that lasts a lifetime. Other books in the Learn To Tie With The Rabbit and the Fox series are the book with that name in English, Spanish, and Tagalog plus Nellie Knows How To Knot A Neck Scarf and Ned Knows How To Knot A Necktie.
*I was provided a copy of this book as part of this tour*
If you’ve got a kindergartener or a young child of a similar age, you know that tying knots and bows is hard for their little fingers. My kiddo still can’t tie shoes – but he mostly lives barefoot anyway (or in flip flops). We’ve tried little wooden puzzles that have laces to practice tying, but it’s not easy at all.
This book is so special because it teaches important life skills all while sharing a fun story. Cleo Can Tie A Bow tells a fun story about a lovely little lady named Cleo, who loves all things with bows. To learn to tie a bow together, Ms. Durant tells a story of a bunny with very long ears, whose ears kept getting dirty and dragging on the ground, and a fox who helped solve the problem with a bow.
I also loved how the story comes with a few YouTube videos where you can hear the song of the rabbit and the fox who taught Cleo how to tie the bow.
The illustrations in Cleo Can Tie a Bow are absolutely stunning. The colors and characters are so vivid that they jump out of the book. No flat drawings here my friends. This book is a gold mine just for illustrations. The details are so crisp that these creatures and people look real.
My son and I enjoyed searching for all the bows on each page, and counting how many there were. There were some that were obvious and others that were more subtle, and it was fun to scavenger hunt for them all.
This is a great book for a follow-along and sing-along to practice tying a bow with our beloved characters.
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Sybrina Durant is the author of some fanciful and some factual books. Her writings have inspired several online entrepreneurial ventures. Two of those are the Rabbit and Fox Bookstore and the Girls Love Bows Gift Shop. Spend some time browsing both for some interesting and surprising gift ideas for yourself and others.
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Love that this book is a success on so many levels and will keep the youngsters actively engaged. Thanks for a great review! Need to add this to my grandbaby’s bookshelf!
Thanks for hosting and for the great review! There are a lot of bows to scavenger hunt in this book! LOL