Begin Smart: Animal Faces

Animal Faces. Begin Smart Books. 2009. October 2009. 8 pages.

Chicken
Lamb
Frog

This Begin Smart book is recommended for babies age newborn to six months. It is made of cloth.

This one is simple. Very simple. It shows little ones animal faces. One by one new animal faces are introduced. The backgrounds are very bold colors. I think the fact that it is made of cloth-- plus it's animal-like handle--will make this one easy for little hands to grab, to hold, to chew.

© Becky Laney of Young Readers

Who Do You See?

Who Do You See? By Will Grace. 2009. Scholastic. 6 pages.

I see a duck.
I see a bee.
I see a cow.

It doesn't really get any simpler than Who Do You See? But this one is so, so, so good. It's simple. But good. Just right for your very littlest one. (I think it would make a wonderful, wonderful gift at a baby shower!)

The book is made of cloth. It's very soft and grabbable, eatable. The mirror, oh, the mirror can grab your little one's attention from the start! And you can add your own animal sounds for even more fun as you read along. (Personally, I make the giraffe go hee hee.)

© Becky Laney of Young Readers

Curious Baby: My Curious World

Curious Baby: My Curious World. "By" H.A. Rey. 2009. [September 2009]. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 10 "pages".

Is it a toy? Is it a book? Is it a bumper for your crib? That's for you to decide I suppose. Or for your little one to decide as the case may be. (Whether it goes in the book basket or the toy one.)

This "book" is cloth--it makes a nice scrunchy, crinkly sound too--and has a friendly message that you can share with your little one. A message about being a curious baby. It also has a mirror on one of its "pages."

The illustrations are done in Rey's classic style. Which is something that I can appreciate. Love the mirror, because babies *do* love to look at themselves and 'play.' Love the crinkly sound. Love the versatility of this one as well. Baby can do whatever he/she wants. Grabbing its soft pages, etc.

© Becky Laney of Young Readers