Take a peek at some strange and unusual animals and birds as you head Down Under for a trip through the alphabet. The illustrations are lovely, with brilliant colors of the eye-popping variety.
On a personal note: I would have preferred a brief paragraph of text about each creature, rather than the find-it page, but I guess the kiddos will enjoy pointing at the animals they find.

On the whole, it's a very nice book.

Perfectly decent A-Z book, where all the entries are Australian wildlife from the Quoll to the Tasmanian Devil. The short bit of text for each one uses their cry or another sound effect, gives them a human name of the same relevant letter, and asks us to point them out, as they're (semi-) hidden in the landscape relevant to their habitat. This pointing bit is very easy at times, but it only goes to show that even in the world of A-Z books this is for a very young audience, only just getting used to interacting with a book full of pages. I can't swear to the veracity of the FX, but the artwork looks pretty decent, and while it might not travel outside its native shores too successfully, this has to be declared a hit. A strong four stars.

I love this sweet interactive alphabet book showcasing different Australian animals, the sounds they make, and their habitats. The wee readers can discover the critters unique sounds and then have fun trying to find them as they hide. The illustrator has hidden them in water, trees, and leaves. How fun is that?

Many of the animals are unfamiliar so there is an educational element to this book as well as the fact that all the animals are native to Australia. Kids love learning new facts especially when it comes to the enchanting animal kingdom.

The illustrations are big, bold and beautiful. "Hide and Seek Alphabet: With Australian Animals" is a one-of-a-kind picture book designed to help kids learn A-Z in a delightful way.


The author hopes to thrill, inspire, and reinforce a love of reading in all who pick up her work. This book has checked all the boxes. I highly recommend it!

I was sent a free copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I read this book with my 5 year old son. As it is a children's book, I think we also need a child's opinion in this review.

We are from New Zealand, so we enjoyed reading about the Australian animals. A lot of these animals we had never even heard of! This book opened up some discussion on different animals, and we looked a few up on Google to learn more.

My son loved the alphabet aspect. He is very interested in the alphabet, so having an animal for each letter was cool.

He also enjoyed the hide and seek part of this book. We read a lot of search and find books. However, he did say that they were too easy to find. This is the reason for 4 stars instead of 5.
I'm sure younger children would love this though.

The artwork was beautiful.

This book is a beautifully illustrated alphabet of animals for younger readers with a clever hide-and-seek twist that will spark interest and create a sense of play. As a bonus, it provides an interesting exploration of Australian Animals. Children will love echoing the unusual onomatopoeic animal sounds (I particularly love the "Koo-ka-ka-ka-kaa!" of the Kookaburra!).

Although a minor thing overall, the only thing that I did not like about this book is the font. It is not so easily readable for dyslexic readers and I don't think it compliments the illustrations very well.

All in all a fun book to share for a noisy story time!

Thank you Netgalley for allowing me to review this ARK.

I really enjoyed Hide and Seek Alphabet as not it was not the usual A is for Anteater. It has beautiful bright images that the author has incorporated a look and find aspect that was adorable and just plain fun.

Hide and Seek Alphabet by Anna Finch - 5/5

We love all things ABC's and this gives us a chance to go one step further and play hide and seek. The illustrations of the Australian animals were fun and colorful. The hide and seek aspect were fun and got the kids brains working as they tried to find them. All around fun and it was nice learning about different animals.

Thank you NetGalley and Publishers for the ARC.

Son enjoyed this book especially as it has animals for each letter of the alphabet. Would recommend for Eyfs learning a great visual picture book.

I grew up in Australia so I absolutely adore this book! It was so much fun reading this to my grandkids and telling them about all of these amazing animals. The illustrations were great. The hide and seek aspect was so fun. Great book! Thanks #NetGalley

Thank you NetGalley and Finch Press for accepting my request to read and review Hide and Seek Alphabet.

Author: Anna Finch
Published: 10/21/22
Genre: Children's Fiction - Parenting & Families

An adorable interactive alphabet book. Each letter consists of an Australian animal, the sound it makes, and it's habitat. The object is to learn the sounds and find them when they hide. The colors vary from muted to bright throughout the book.

I would gift this specifically for New Years Eve, and explain the time difference in Australia versus the United States, and why Australia sees all New Years first.

Children's alphabet book using animals in Australia. This is beautifully illustrated and written and will be very captivating for the kids and the young at heart. Wonderfully done and very, very enjoyable. Just great.

I thought that this was a really good book!
I loved the mix of animals and the illustrations were great
I liked the fun side with the hidden animals too and plenty in here to prompt a little bit of research on some of the animals too to find out more
It is 5 stars from me for this one – very highly recommended and a fab way to highlight the animals that can be found in Australia – I loved it!

The alphabet and learning goals mixed in with the animals is always a hit, but this one had the little ones laughing and so intrigued due to the fact that they weren't as familiar with some of the Australian animals. Loved it!

A sweet A to Z book with a focus on Australian animals, and a little hide and seek. My favorite was the end with all the animals hidden.
I am always amazing by the many unique animals Australia has, and now I have a few more to learn more about!