Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL A delightful animal tale for bedtime or anytime. Il Sung Na writes a simply sweet story of a night owl who witnesses a variety of sleeping creatures and their unique ways of snoozing. The playful, artistic illustrations made me smile and my daughter laugh. Phrases such as “some sleep with one [...]
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A Book of Sleep
March 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Animals·Bedtime·Board Book·Early Elementary·Humor·Huyen MacMichael·Il Sung Na·Illustration·Owls·Preschoolers·Sleep
Little Pea
January 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY There are a few classic books that belong on every nursery shelf. Take for example Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram, and Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle. You know the kind of books I’m talking about. You might [...]
Tags:Amy Krouse Rosenthal·Baby Book·Board Book·Candy·Early Elementary·Good for Toddlers·Healthy Choices·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Illustration·Jen Corace·Preschoolers·Vegetables
Sleepy Time
January 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE Sleepy Time is a very short board book, full of simple rhymes. It showcases a handful of different animals and how they sleep—including baby Whale, who floats asleep in the ocean while her mom watches over her; baby Flamingo, who sleeps with his head tucked under his wing while standing on [...]
Tags:Animals·Baby Book·Bats·Bedtime·Board Book·Flamingos·Good for Toddlers·Illustration·Kathryn White·Pastel·Preschoolers·Robyn Moore·Whales
Happy Birthday, Baby!
October 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Books
By JESSICA ALMY Vegbooks turns one today! In honor of our baby’s birthday, Vegbooks contributors have their top picks for the babies in your life. I posed this question to them: Imagine that you’re attending a birthday party for a one-year-old and can only bring one book — what would it be? Here are their answers. Jennifer [...]
Tags:Baby Books·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Board Book·Carolyn M. Mullin·Eric Carle·Healthy Eating·Huyen MacMichael·Jennifer Gannett·Lois Ehlert·Mo Willems·Vegetarian Kids Books
What’s in My Garden?
August 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By MAUREEN MCDOWELL What better way for baby to learn the colors of the rainbow than from the garden? What’s in My Garden?, a board book by Cheryl Christian, will entice babies with the illustrated, cut-out veggies that slide up from behind a garden scene. This simple book lacks a story, and instead invites [...]
Tags:Baby Book·Board Book·Cheryl Christian·Colors·Garden·Gardening·Good for Toddlers·Maureen McDowell·Vegetables
The Carrot Seed
April 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By MAUREEN MCDOWELL The Carrot Seed is a board book about a little boy who plants a seed and patiently awaits its sprout. While not pertaining to animals, the book illustrates the sense of awe for and love of the earth natural to children. The little boy ignores his parents and older sibling when [...]
Tags:1940s Childrens Literature·Baby Book·Board Book·Confidence·Garden·Gardening·Maureen McDowell·Natural Living·Nature Books
Have You Seen My Duckling?
December 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Beautiful illustrations depict an American wetland in Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri. When kiddo was little, she enjoyed looking for the lost duckling, who is barely in view in each of the scenes. Now that she’s 4, she enjoys identifying the other wildlife. She points out the beaver and [...]
Tags:Baby Book·Board Book·Caldecott Honor·Ducks·Female Protagonist·Good for Toddlers·Heron·Preschoolers·Turtles·Wildlife
The Very Busy Spider
November 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Spiders have a special status in our home. Rather than shoo them outside — as we do for other bugs — we let spiders stay, at least for a little while. It’s not surprising then that Eric Carle‘s classic board book, The Very Busy Spider, is also a favorite around here. [...]
Tags:Activities·Baby Book·Board Book·Eric Carle·Good for Toddlers·Preschoolers·Spider
Moo, Baa, La La La!
November 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Little kids seem to love Sandra Boynton’s board books. Of all of that kiddo had, this is my favorite, in part because it teaches about the sounds animals make (albeit from a pretty anglo perspective) but also because it pokes fun at the anthropomorphism of so many little kids books. The [...]
Tags:Baby Book·Board Book·Cats·Cows·Dogs·Farmed Animals·Illustration·Pig·Sandra Boynton·Sheep
Busy Kitties
November 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY This rhyming board book by John Schindel and Sean Franzen is a great primer on cat behavior for little ones. The kitties stroll, roll, hiss, kiss, think, and drink. The photos are delightful, showing a variety of cats (none purebred, as far as I can tell) engaged in all sorts of [...]
Tags:Baby Book·Board Book·Cats·Good for Toddlers·John Schindel·Photography·Sean Franzen
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