TY - JOUR AU - Aitken, Leslie PY - 2015/07/16 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Where Do You Look? by M. & N. Jocelyn JF - The Deakin Review of Children's Literature JA - DR VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Book Reviews DO - 10.20361/G2ZS3D UR - https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/deakinreview/index.php/deakinreview/article/view/23985 SP - AB - <p>Jocelyn, Martha and Nell Jocelyn.  <em>Where Do You Look?  </em>Toronto: Tundra Books, a Division of Random House of Canada, 2013. Print.</p><p>This picture book is a playful exploration of homonyms—in this case, those that are spelled alike.  The text comprises a series of questions; e.g.,</p><p>    “Where do you look for a letter?  In the mailbox?”  Or on the page?” </p><p>The illustrations, which incorporate collage and photographic techniques, are colourful and well defined—perfect for story hour viewing.  The accompanying questions are an invitation to participate; children will enjoy guessing what further meanings of a word might next be illustrated.  Beyond story hour, the book is appropriate, both in terms of font size and vocabulary, for independent reading by beginners.</p><p>A further possibility for this book is its use in English as a Second Language classes.  Gleaning the contextual meaning of a word is always difficult when learning a new language and the Jocelyns provide a light-hearted approach to the problem.  To avoid the sensitive issue of using a beginner’s book in a lesson for older students and adults, introduce it as something an ESL learner might like to <em>share</em> with a child.  (Confess: those of us who love children’s literature have been playing that card forever!)</p><p>Highly Recommended: 4 out of 4 stars<br />Reviewer:  Leslie Aitken</p>Leslie Aitken’s long career in librarianship involved selection of children’s literature for school, public, special, and university collections.  She is a former Curriculum Librarian at the University of Alberta. ER -