Peek!: A Thai Hide-and-Seek

A father is searching for his daughter, hiding outside. Instead of finding her, he uncovers a list of increasingly large (and dangerous!) animals, starting with dragonfly and ending with tiger. I admit that seeing those dangerous animals in their natural habitat (not in a "fantasy" picture book setting) made me a little worried for her safety! But all is well at the end. The author and illustrator set the book firmly in the Thai landscape and uses the traditional and repeated "Jut-Ay, peek-a-boo" to transport the reader.

After loving [b:Hush! A Thai Lullaby|22208|Hush! A Thai Lullaby|Minfong Ho|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388179692s/22208.jpg|23264] I just had to find this. I still love learning about traditional Thai rural life, including all the interesting sounds the animals make in that language (for example the dog barks "Hru-hruu"). I love the little girl and the daddy playing. But I do wish the illustrator had used the same style that earned her a Caldecott Honor. And I do recommend you preview this, as it gets a little tense when Dad goes further from the house to ask the wildlife if they've seen the girl.

I do recommend the book and wish there were more companions to these two, but I think the Lullaby is the better of the two.

A fun picture book that students will love because of the fun they see a father and daughter are having playing hide and seek. They will learn that in Thai Jut-Ay is what Thai people say when they play hide and see.
Curriculum connection: Students can practice sequencing by putting the scenes with animals in each of the scenes. Students can use stick animals to retell the story. The multiculturalism connection is with the Thai nationality.

Cute book but it would be difficult for my daughter to read and probably would be a tongue twister if read out loud.

This book was fun to read because it is a tongue twister. I would love to engage students with this story. It has a fun family adventure in a new place.

A tounge twister but a fun family adventure in a new place for children

Such a cute story that follows a father and daughter's time together.