109. What Does Baby See?

What Does Baby See (Board Book) Peter Pauper Press, Inc. Illustrated by Simon Abbott. 2023. 20 pages. [Source: Library]

First sentence: sun rises
eyes open
what does baby see?
bottle
tree
flower
apple
clouds floating
raindrops dripping
what does baby hear?

Premise/plot: This is a high contrast (black and white) board book for very small ones. It has four "parts." First, what does baby see. Second, what does baby hear. Third, who does baby see. Fourth, what does baby dream. (One thing that baby will not see in this board book is capital letters.)

My thoughts: What you see is what you get. Everything is black-and-white, high contrast. Each page has a few words--most just one word, a few have a sentence (for example, what does baby see?) This is a concept book--of sorts. (Concept books typically do shapes, colors, numbers, letters, opposites, etc.) This "concept book" is more selling an experience--encouraging parents to hold little ones on their lap and read aloud to them at a very, very young age. It's about *that* experience--that bonding, that growing familiarity with reading time, that the book is selling, in my personal opinion.

 

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