Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Counting meets yoga in this first children's book from adult author Fischer. Lyla, a girl with a head of blueberry-colored curls, demonstrates 10 poses that correspond with zoo animals. After rolling out her mat on her bedroom floor, Lyla poses like "one balancing bear," two cobras, three eagles, and so on. Debut illustrator Schaefer creates an air of serenity in her multitextured digital collages, emphasizing how Lyla's movements echo the animals' movements or bodies. Fischer's perky verse generally makes clear how readers can achieve each pose ("Eight gorillas screech/ Lyla folds in half/ Clasps hands under feet/ And lets out a laugh"), and separate exclamatory comments ("It's okay to bend your knees!") offer encouragement. Parents seeking to introduce yoga to their children should find this an engaging, easy-to-follow resource. Ages 2-6. Illustrator's agent: Brooks Sherman, Bent Agency. (July) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Rhyming couplets describe how Lyla "learn[s] yoga from friends at the zoo." Each spread focuses on one animal-named yoga pose as those animals offer safety tips or modifications (camels during camel pose: "Relax your neck!"). The juvenile text and illustration style belie the difficulty of some of the poses, but the amiable picture-book introduction may inspire budding yogis. More on each pose appended. (c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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