This crafty interactive picture book is 100% bliss and very toothsome indeed . The very young will enjoy all the changes of perspective and the jokes . A book that will have them squealing with delight-- Guardian The hole in the page in Shark in the Park is the best use of this apparently simple device since PEEPO ! by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Sharratt's upbeat illustrations and rhyming, rhthymical text . Simple and satisfying, with audience participation guaranteed-- Financial Times Sharratt's use of die-cut components is very clever. The bold cartoon illustrations use a two-dimensional plane that perfectly accentuates critical aspects of the images. Contains the kind of humour that pre-schoolers find so very funny . jolly good fun-- Books for Keeps "Bliss!", will be the reaction from Sharratt's many young fans: 15 pages of crisp design, nifty cut-outs, visual thrills and a pacy tale of what a little boy sees through his telescope-- Independent on Sunday Shark in the Park is an unequivocal success .
the book is infused with a rather exhilarating sense of wonder and encouragement to explore new ways of looking at the world-- thebookbag.co.uk.