My Busy Tool Box! by Design Eye

When I saw today's read, I had to take a peek at it. Not only does it have flaps and tabs to make things move, but it's about tools! I do enjoy my tools, since there are always tons of projects on our farm. My son finds it funny that I get excited when entering a Harbor Freight. Anyway, I only got my hands on a digital copy (so sad), but I still was excited to see how this book introduces the youngest listeners/readers out there to basic tools.

So, let's open it up and get to work!

MY BUSY TOOL BOX!

A Playful Tool Book With Pages to Bang,

Twist, and Scratch!

Illustrated by Sara Nicely

Design Eye

Board Book

12 pages

ages 2 to 5

COMING JULY 21st!!!

My Busy Tool Box! is a playful, interactive book that encourages preschoolers to learn by doing. Mimicking real tools, it promotes imaginative role-play while developing fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. With fun language and hands-on activities like tracing and counting, it inspires kids to build, fix, and explore. 

GOODREADS

MY TIDBITS

All sorts of common tools greet these pages, inviting readers to try them out and discover their purposes along the way.

This is a short but entertaining board book to introduce the youngest readers out there to the world of tools. Screwdrivers, pliers, saws and more are quickly presented in action as each one is shown doing a task. There's a sense of playfulness in the text to keep things light and fun, while each tool's general purpose is displayed, and listeners are invited to try many themselves thanks to tabs, pop-ups and the like.

I didn't receive a physical copy but a digital one instead. So, I can't comment on the quality of the tabs and their movements. From what I did see, it looks adorable, and the movements look well done. For example, the pliers is center around the head of a bolt with a handle to make it seem as if the bolt is being tightened by the pliers. The illustrations do a lovely job at making each tool not only identifiable, but the purpose is clear. The colors are bright and the lines are kept simple enough to work well with the age group. 

It's short and sweet, and does a fun job at introducing young readers to tools.