Boop the Snoot
DETAILS:
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: July 5, 2022
Format: Board Book
Length: 16 pg.
Read Date: February 18, 2024
What’s Boop the Snoot About?
How many of these snoots could
a baby boop
if a baby could boop snoots?
This book begins with that age-old question that has had philosophers, dreamers, and that Owl from the Tootsie Pop commercials speculating.
From there we get a series of pictures of toddlers attempting to boop the snoots of various cute animals. And…well, that’s the book, really.
Let’s Talk about the Art for a Minute
It’s so, so cute. Anstee makes this energetic and eye-catching. The pictures are the star of this board book (as is typical) and the snoots are the stars of the art—although the various fingers going in for a boop come in a close second.
And as hard as you’d think it would be to make repeated index fingers engaging, Anstee pulls it off. This is good stuff.
How is it to Read Aloud?
It’s very clearly a book intended to get a child moving, there’s a snoot or two (or more) on every page to be booped. And that’s the focus of the book—the words are there, yeah, and kind of fun. But there’s not a lot to say, it’s just turn the page and look at a snoot, while saying essentially what you’ve said before.
The experience is fun, but the reading itself isn’t as integral as it is with other books (not a criticism, a description).
What did the Little Critter think of It?
I’m not sure how much he was entertained by the book on first blush—but he did like me saying “Boop.” “Snoot,” too, but not as much. Either way, those two words make this the kind of thing that he (or other kids like him) will have fun being read. I’m sure in a couple of months, he’ll get the idea about interacting with the book and he’ll start booping.
So, what did I think about Boop the Snoot?
So, the first time I brought this out for the Grandcritter wasn’t as fun as I’d hoped/expected—but that was because I brought it out too early. That’s on me. He liked looking at it, and hearing me make silly sounds.
I think this has promise—and delivers the silliness you’d expect from something with that name.
Give it a shot.
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