Toby is a boy with a talent; he can see faces in almost everything. The problem is that nobody else can.
I Can See Faces was written by Susan Pease, illustrated by Olivia Pease and published by Little Steps Publishing (2012).
I Can See Faces was written by Susan Pease, illustrated by Olivia Pease and published by Little Steps Publishing (2012).
This delightful picture book targets children four to eight years and shares a day in the life of a child's imagination. The best part is that nobody can see the faces but Toby and he discovers faces in extraordinary places. Muddy monsters in the Vegemite jar, milky faces floating in his glass and bumpy crunchy faces in his cereal. At the beach, Toby finds water baby faces in the rock pools and shell and seaweed faces in the sand.
Susan Pease has used rich and expressive words to describe feelings such as, sad, bold, brave and smiley. This makes for great discussion after reading about how people express themselves through facial expressions.
Eleven year old Olivia Pease, has illustrated using a combination of paint, collage and ink. I don't think an adult could have pulled this off as well. Olivia's style and use of white space creates an authentic representation of a child's point of view and compliments the books overall theme.
My daughter and I really enjoyed searching for faces and Olivia's signature stamp face hiding in sometimes tricky places.
I believe that children thoroughly enjoy reading books that other children have contributed to, in this case illustrated, because it appears believable and connects to the child-reader immediately.
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