Baby Preschool Books

This is an excellent book and I received in such good condition I gave it as
a gift.

The other night I was at a friend's house and had the privelege of having her 9 year old adoptive son read me this book! We talked about the pictures, how they reminded me of China and the orphanage my in-laws frequently visited when they lived there, and we talked about how the baby's Chinese Mom would like to know her baby was safe and happy, just like his birth mom knows he is safe and happy.
As someone considering adoption, I was deeply touched by the book, and since my young friend chose it to read to me, he too obviously likes it. I am grateful to this author for sharing her experiences and feelings in such a beautiful, heartwarming book!

I didn't like it. Story was silly and stupid. It writes like a first grader, very choppy. There are such great stories out there with nice happy meanings - this was just a woman who wanted a child, nothing really special beyond that. Sorry, not sure what the big deal is about this book.

Our 2 year old daughter, adopted from China, asks us to read this one again and again. She always points out the page where the baby is handed to her mommy for the first time and touches the tears of the baby... "sad eyes." It's all she can do to wait until the final pages where she exclaims "now happy!"

I think this book captures that special and amazing "birth" really well. The process for an international adoption... paperwork, waiting, travel, uncertainty... all becomes a distant memory the minute that baby is placed in your arms. This book brings me back to that glorious day that we will never forget-- and a day that is important to celebrate. I think part of why my daughter loves it is that she sees how it touches me (it's a hugging book, for sure!)

After reading this book with our two daughters hundreds of times, I still get choked up at certain parts. Lewis does an amazing job of telling this realistic story that is not overwhelming for children, yet still interesting to adults. I first read this book when my husband and I were very early in the adoption process and had narrowed our possible "country list" down to 2 or 3. After bursting into tears halfway through the book in a Barnes and Noble, I told my husband, "Buy this book for me and we're going to China!" You will definitely want a copy to save and a copy to share; it's that important of a book if you are adopting from China.

My son loves anything with photography of trucks, trains, and especially construction equipment. The shape of the book is also novel to him.

The little one had a few others from this series and he likes this one just as much as the others. It's great.

I bought this book and another in the Things That Go Board Books series for my grandsons, 1 & 3. They seem to love the photos & ignore the text. The book lives in their car & is the perfect size for one or the other to read while traveling. This book is perfect for kids who love construction vehicles!

My truck loving 2 year old loved this book. He did manage to break it fairly soon, being a board book, but he still loves it.

My son is only 2 years old but he loves trucks. This is the perfect book for your son or daugther if they love trucks, too.
The pictures are real-life and the text provides informative information about each type of truck, with the correct name(s). I would recommend this book to any caregiver who has a child who loves trucks and anything that digs and moves!

Basically just the paper version of the tv episode. The images are great and the story holds a good moral for kids. It should be noted that my 20 month old (who is infatuated with Tasha) pulled the book apart (well, he pulled the cover off anyway) within 24 hours of receiving it. These backyardigan books are stapled together, so be careful when giving them to infants/toddlers.

The book pretty much goes along with the TV show. Reinforces the need to say please and thank you, along with treating others well. My daughter loves it, but loves the show also. Worth the few $ I spent.

If your child likes the Backyardigans then they will like this book. My children love the Backyardingans, so they enjoyed this book. Its a cute story with colorful artwork. Very entertaining for young people.

We had this movie and had seen the episode on TV already, so we HAD to get this book. Greatly loved by both my girls (ages 4 and 1)!

If your child likes the tv show The Backyardigans, then they will like the book. It is basically a written copy of the show. Some pages contain a lot of words, but at bedtime, I shorten it a bit. I would order more of these books.

The quality of the paper is not good enough. It's not fun to play with the pieces of unqualified paper.

I did not find one useful idea in this book. Its game pieces were small and needed a lot of preparing to make. I'm going to give mine away because there wasn't one thing I thought I may ever want to use.

This book is excellent for large and small group activities, individual one-on-one tutoring, and easily modified to fit your particular need. I have used it several times in the short amount of time that I have had it. Highly recommended as a resource book.

While the Grade level on the book states Grades K-2 much of the
games and activities in the book are geared more towards alphabet and letter learning.

I have checked this book out from the library numerous times and am now waiting to recieve my own copy!! This book contains the best hands-on phonics games I have ever seen. Each activity is throughly explained, vividly pictured, and uses skills much needed in the early primary classroom. The activities are fun, colorful, effective, and requires materials you have on hand or can easily and cheaply purchase. All activities are made by you and full patterns are included within the book. I have used the activities in several different ways: at home with my own children as review, part of a lesson as an introduction in the classroom, at the end of a unit of study as review and reward, and as centers all over the room to promote retention of skills already taught. The games are so fun and creative that the children do not know the depths of knowledge they are requiring by playing! SHHHH it's our little secret!! A great find!

We are using this book during our study of Ancient History. It is really wonderful to be able to help our childen understand the Sumerian or Egyptian culture by having our children create a clay tablet with cuneiform writing or by making a wooden "paddle doll" as the Egyptian children may have done. We have eaten meals that the Hebrews may have eaten in the desert, and will be making a bee hive that is based on one they may have used. Our kids love the projects in this book. The projects are easy enough for very young children to do, and most can be done with materials you have around the house, or could be purchased easily and inexpensively. The text is very informative, too, and can be used as a read-aloud with younger children in order to throw a little more light on the culture of the peoples we are studying.

This is a great resource. Although billed as Old Testament Days there are activities in here that would appeal to teachers who are not teaching 'old testament times' but teaching about that period of time. There are crafts for Egypt for example. Very fun and very easy crafts and information.

Nancy I. Sanders has compliled a wonderful book of activities that will greatly enrich any child's Bible education. Sanders briefly explains concepts/stories from the Old Testament (starting with the days of Abraham and ending with the days of Nehemiah)and then gives a simple enrichment activity to help recreate a moment from Biblical times. A few of the fun activities include making a lyre, building a salt-dough map, creating a seal and reinacting a day at a market in Jerusalem. If you want to bring the Old Testament to life for children, this book is a must.

This is a fantastic resource for use with children. This resource helps children learn realities about life during bible times. It also has a wide variety of activities, not just the same activity done different ways. The activities take some time and may be a little messy but they are excellent for involvement and for learning.

This is a great book and my daughter loves the pictures. The rhyme is off but the stories are pretty good. I was not to thrilled with the second story the run away bunny. So I changed it to the explorer bunny and made it a fun time trying to eye spy the bunny on each page.
I felt the run away concept was in poor taste and my daughter doesn't need to feel the feelings the bunny expressed by wanting to consistently run away from his mother. I don't want to convey my love as a trap but as a security for my daughter something she wants always even when the feelings of exploration over take her. I want her to invite me to explore with her and not have her think she needs to run away in order to have that freedom.
Besides that it is a good collection and a good money value.

This book is very simplistic. My son who is almost two was not interested in the stories. Perhaps the book would be better suited for a much smaller child where the attention span is much shorter.

Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny are two books that every child should have read to them. I had both read to me as a child and thus they are two of my favorites. I kind of liked having them as separate books, but having them together in one book is okay too. A great baby/children's gift.

Over the Moon is a collection of three books in one. Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny and My World are all written by late children's book author Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by late artist Clement Hurd.

Goodnight Moon is celebrating its 60th anniversary. A sweet little bunny tells everything in his room goodnight as he settles in for the night.

A red balloon. Kittens. Mittens. A comb. A brush. The bunny describes his room and wishes all of his daytime play things goodnight. The illustrations also describe the room, giving parents the perfect opportunity to show each item to their children as they read.

The Runaway Bunny features a boy bunny who wants to run away from home. He describes all of the many adventures he will take to leave the comfort of his home and mommy.

But mommy bunny isn't about to let her baby boy run away. She describes the many adventures she will take to bring her bunny boy back home.

My World is a fun story full of rhymes. Comparisons like mother's chair versus my chair show big differences in adult sizes and child sizes.

All stories are perfect bedtime tales for parents reading to young children. They're also good starter stories for children learning how to read.

I absolutely love reading this book to my daughter. I've read it so many times, I practically have it memorized. I had never heard of My World which is the last story featured in the collection, and I wasn't too impressed with it as I was Goodnight moon and Runaway Bunny. But oh well, for the price I believe its a pretty good deal.

I am so glad that we found this book! Five problems a night makes math FUN, rather than WORK for my child. So much so that he will do a few days worth of problems in one sitting.

The book has variety to keep him interested, and he's learning new skills from it also. I will definitely buy the grade 2 book for next year.

I'm a firm believer of practice early on math. It will build kid's interest and confidence for the long run. This book is invaluable. It breaks grade 1 math into small pieces and let your child do a little every day. My son learned a lot from this book. He often asks further questions and thinks a lot more. This book helped him do well in math. In the Beestar online math contest (...), he often wins honor mentions. Highly recommend.

I used this book for after-school review with my 6-year-old son. The format (5 problems per day, including 1 word problem) worked great. Used on a daily basis, it provides just enough repetition to do the trick.

You get a total of 180 sets of problems, broken down into 36 weeks. Each set takes up 1/2 of one side of a page. The book provides lots of variety in its problem sets. All in all, this book delivers what it promises, and then some.

Highly recommended.

If you only purchase one writing book, this is a winner. I have used it successfully with ninth grade remedial reading classes. The selections are short and interesting. I do give them more time than is suggested. I find that setting the timer for seven minutes works best for my classes. Students find it so much easier to express their thoughts on paper after reading or listening to selections in this book. This isn't a typical "story starters" book. The literature can be used as an introduction to genre studies, characterization, imagery, point-of-view, and literary analysis as well as for writing activities.

...to get reluctant writers to write. The pieces in this book are thought-provoking and beautiful, and students will want to echo the power behind this writing. Bravo.

As a homeschooling mom with a 1st grader, I'm always on the lookout for engaging, multi-faceted curricula. This science book is one I'm very pleased to be using since it provides not only science instruction but vocabulary and reading comprehension as well. Well worth the cost!

This book contains a variety of readings and exercises relating to important concepts in the human body, physical, earth, and life sciences. Key words are presented in boldface, and the activities and exercises that follow strengthen vocabulary and concepts presented in the reading.

Play & Learn concentrates on key areas of development through age appropriate activities which enhance motor skills, problem solving, coordination, language skills and encourage individual creativity and imagination. 1001 activities for children from birth to age five provides ideas for parents to connect with their children at every stage, helps build a strong sense of self and fosters a positive attitude towards learning.

The first thing I noticed was the sturdy cover, the colorful tab-style layout, with the age clearly marked on the center tab, which makes finding the exact section you're looking for a breeze. The book is filled with gorgeous pictures of children at every stage, brilliant art work and lots and lots of color. At the beginning of each age change (0+, 3mo+, 6mo+, etc.) the authors have written an introduction page that includes a set of four milestones, displayed in color-coded boxes, giving parents a heads-up on what to expect as your little one reaches important and life-changing milestones.

Some of the activities include, recording your child's favorite book on tape, making and decorating gingerbread cookies to enjoy while reading the story, playing footsie and the time tested trick to stop restaurant melt-downs, Mr. Fork and Ms. Spoon. The book is jam-packed with simple but ingenious ideas that help parents amuse and entertain even the fussiest child. With no preparation needed, using everyday household items, or sometimes just the sound of your own voice, these activities will enrich your relationship with your children and provide years of priceless memories.

This is an excellent tool for parents and caregivers, that I highly recommend. Loaded with fun activities that make life a little bit easier for tired parents and lots of fun for curious, energetic little ones.