Cleo Can Tie a Bow by Sybrina Durant
Cleo Can Tie a Bow: A Rabbit and Fox Story by Sybrina Durant is a children's book designed to help children learn how to tie a bow.
Little Cleo loves bows. However, she doesn't know how to tie one. Through this story a fox teaches a rabbit how to tie a bow using the bunny's long ears to tie the bow.
Cleo is definitely a girly girl with a room full of bows and butterflies. I think this is a cute concept. My son had trouble tying bows so I really liked the idea of a book to help him learn how to do that. However, I think it would have helped to hold his interest more if the book hadn't been so girl-oriented. It would probably be a good book for girls to use, but it didn't seem to include boys at all in the story. I also wasn't too thrilled with the idea of the fox tying the rabbit's ears. The author includes a page reminding children not to do those things to real animals but I just felt it sent mixed messages. It may be just me but it didn't sit well with me that it was a fox teaching the rabbit either because I live where foxes routinely catch and eat bunnies and that just didn't feel right to me with the way animals actually work. I thought the illustrations were cute though. I do think the bow tying part of Cleo Can Tie a Bow was clearly described and illustrated too, so it may work for other families.
I received an electronic copy of this book through JustRead PublicityTours for the purpose of this review. All opinions within this review are my own.
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