Spotlight and Tour: T-Rexes Can’t Tie Their Shoes by Anna Lazowski, Illustrated by Steph Laberis

Hi everyone! Today I have a spotlight post for an adorable and fun children’s picture book, courtesy of Turn the Page Tours. I hope you enjoy, and don’t forget to check out this new release at the link below!

TITLE: T-Rexes Can’t Tie Their Shoes

AUTHOR: By ANNA LAZOWSKI Illustrated by STEPH LABERIS

PUBLISHER: Double Day Books For Young Readers

RELEASE DATE: June 2021

GENRES: Children’s, Picture book

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SYNOPSIS:

A funny and encouraging alphabetic book about all the things animals CAN’T do but kids CAN! Every parent teaching their children new skills will be happy to have this super-positive picture book on hand.

Bees can’t ride bicycles, penguins can’t play ping-pong, and zebras can’t go zip-lining. No one is good at everything, but that shouldn’t stop you from trying! Here is a funny and encouraging picture book for any child learning how to tie their shoes, ride a bike, spell their name, or do a variety of new things.

Follow a hilarious alphabet of animals, and see all the things they can’t do but kids can—from doing gymnastics to flipping pancakes to playing a xylophone. Along the way, young readers will learn that it’s okay if they can’t do everything; they can still have a LOT of fun trying.

My Review

This was such an adorable and fun read, with the most beautiful illustrations. It’s perfect for any child just learning how to read, and also entertaining for an adult reading it to them. I love children’s picture books, and this one was such a pleasure to read!

This book is full of humor and engaging illustrations of animals attempting to perform impossible tasks. The rhyming text gives this book a very fun and rhythmic element, and the text is simple and easy to read.

While it is an “alphabet book”, there is still a story throughout, not just the letters on each page. Because of this, it’s not a book that’s reserved for small children only, as anyone can enjoy the story.

Lastly, the book contains an encouraging an uplifting message for young readers, and is, in my opinion, a worthwhile story for readers of all ages.

Thank you to Turn the Page Tours and the publisher for gifting me a hardcover of this title!

About the Author

Anna Lazowski wrote her first picture book for a class assignment in the sixth grade and has been creating stories ever since. Now an award-winning radio producer, Anna has an MA (Journalism) from the University of Western Ontario and a BFA (Hons.) from the University of Manitoba.