Uh-oh! by Rachel Isadora

A day in the life of a toddler is chronicled in Uh-oh!.  From waking up to bedtime readers experience uh-oh moments with this young characters.  Each page consist of a one- or two-word phrase accompanied by a picture.  The following picture is the uh-oh scene.  Scenes include eating breakfast then dumping breakfast over head, looking at crayons then using crayons to write on the walls, grandpa reading a bedtime story (uh-oh, grandpa falling asleep). 

The book will be enjoyed by preschooler that will recognize these everyday experiences.  The short text and illustrations allows toddlers to “read” along with their adult or to pretend read to the parent.  The expressions and mannerisms of the child offer parents the opportunity to discuss what is going on in the book.

I would recommend this book to parents of toddlers and preschooler.  It is a great book for parents to read aloud and in which children can also be involved because they are able to read the illustrations.

In a library setting this book could be used in a toddler and preschool storytime and paired with books such as No, David by David Shannon and Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee.  This book also offers a representation of a child and mother with “locked” hair, which is not often seen in picture books and a hair choice that is not understood by a lot of young children.