Baby Preschool Books

This is a good book for stimulating curiosity and teaching comparisons in pre-schoolers. Most children love any book with a flap to lift.

The Little People book series is fantastic. I am a teacher and love these books. My daughter, turning four, has had them since she was born and has yet to get bored with them. In fact, we're putting the rest on her wish list! They constantly teach, no matter the age of the child, and are easy for little hands and fingers. The wording is simple yet effective, and the illustrations do a great job of complementing the words and really letting the child understand the emotion, opposite, or whatever the word is being taught. The pages themselves promote further discussions that can be teachable moments. I love reading these with my daughter and especially seeing how excited she gets when she can do things in them on her own (pointing out the opposites to ME, for example).

We received this book as a gift, and it quickly became my twins' most favorite book; so much that we had to be another copy so they each had one! They love discovering whats under all the flaps, and really seem to be captivated by familiar Little People from the Little People videos and play sets. We have had this book for over a year now, and it still is both of their favorites!

My 16 month old daughter, Sophie, was introduced to the Little People Lift-the-flap series with the Farm book when she was 9 months old. She loved that book so much that for easter I purchased school bus and the cars & trains one, just today I bought the newest ones (busy town and the zoo). She gets so exicted after saying "book" when I pick her up and put her in my lap and begin reading the pages (that i now have memorized). She also enjoys lifting the flaps herself. Through these books she has learned a lot of differnt animals including what sounds they make. I would give these books ten stars if I could and plan to begin giving them as gifts to other children.

My 2 year old absolutely loves this book, but I must say it is one of the most exhausting books we have. There are too many flaps and the content is too much for a 2 year old to take in. We have been breaking it up when we read to her. One night we talk about the colors, the next shapes. Good book.

My three year old loves this book. From the pictures, to the words, to the page manipulations, it's one of his favorite. He hasn't really been into reading and this is the one that finally got him sitting and interested. For a while he walked around the house screaming "Red stop, Green go!" at the top of his lungs.

At first I was hesitant to buy anything with a flap or wheel. He has destroyed most every other book that had "quirks," and books with pages that don't do anything too. However, after receiving this for Christmas, it has survived without a single tear and he has become interested in other books.

Hopefully his book destroying days are over.

My son loves "Go Dog, Go". We purchased "Red, Stop! Green, Go!" book for a plane ride, and it gave us 30 minutes of great entertainment. He loves the book, and the interactive wheels are just the right size for 2-year old. Excellent compliment to the book "Go Dog, Go".

My 2-year-old loves this book. She is able to manipulate all the moving parts without ripping them out of the book. As a big 'Go Dog Go' fan, she also enjoys seeing the familiar characters and being able to make the dogs drive around in cars and jump in the water.

My 2y-8m old daughter simply adores this book, and we have great fun reading it together. It has been lovingly read to pieces, and it's time for a new one. This book is, hands down, one of her top-notch favorites! When I read to my daughter, I become quite animated; well, this book, by it's very design, invites us to be as silly as we can, because we are in for a jolly good time!
I highly recommend this one!!!

My 4 year old son loves this book. He has some speech delays and this book really got him talking! The interactive aspect of it is great. On one page the dogs jump off the board and goes under "water" which is like blue cellophane. So the white dog turns blue under water, the pink one turns purple, etc. The hat theme from the "Go, Dog, Go" book is also cute. There is a page where you turn the wheel and the dog's hat changes color. This book would help teach colors. Great book!

Well worth buying as it gives you another angle to approach reading assessment through. It is non threatening for reluctant readers and they are more willing to go through the assessment process.

This book provides quick activities to assess reading levels and student strengths. Great resource to have.

I'm a long-time fan of the Dr. Fry series of books. Not every book is particularly useful for the classroom teacher, but this book is definitely a must-have!
I made copies of his informal tests right before report card time, and it was a *huge* help having these papers to show the parents. I can finally give concrete evidence that no, little Johnny *cannot* read War and Peace! :-)
Seriously, as a teacher it showed me where I might be failing my children, and pointed out areas that I needed to either cover or review.
I can see this book being helpful, from a gifted Kindergarten all the way up to 6th grade. Parents, I heartily recommend this book to help you see where your child needs the most help (or, if only to prove to yourself that you *do* have a genius at home!) :-)

This book offers a range of quick easy assessments that any teacher can do- even without any special training- to help determine the reading level of each student.
Easy to use and very helpful!!

This book is a nice idea with the handle and hard cover. The stories inside are abridged versions of books that we already have, so that was a little disappointing. However, my daughter loves anything to do with the Clubhouse friends, so she didn't mind.

The years haven't been kind to this book. The illustrations are somewhat dated and, judging by the other reviews here on Amazon, there's an angry contingent of parents with abandonment issues who would rather you skip this book for a guide to raise Indigo Children.

I'm just here to review a bedtime book for my two sons.

More than with most books, I really have to act as I read this book to keep their attention. I'm the cow with a nasally Blue Blood voice, I'm the dog with a droopy drawl, and I'm the snort...SNORT!

My boys like this book and we read it regularly at bedtime. Their bookshelf holds roughly 80-100 books and P.D. Eastman occupies two titles in our collection -- A Fish Out of Water and Are You My Mother?

This was one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books when I was little. I am 24 now and I still have my book (and yes its falling apart). I am keeping it to read to my kids someday. Cute story about a baby bird who goes looking for his mother who went out to get some food. He meets all sorts of things along the way and asks them all "Are you my mother?". I saw another review about this book saying that it was "Scarry" and I can't help but roll my eyes. I never once thought the book was scarry when I was little nor did my brother. I am sure your kids will love it as much as so many other generations have. Hey it's Dr. Seuss, you just can't go wrong! :)

Review by Sherry North, Author, Because You Are My Baby

I loved Are You My Mother? as a child, but I wasn't sure how my son would react. His world is filled with Spider-Man and Transformers, so how could a baby bird hold his attention? It turns out my concerns were unfounded. The story of a baby bird looking for Mama is as timeless as they come. My son's brow furrows with worry as the bird approaches a construction site looking for Mama. When the baby and Mama are reunited, my son is content. This story shows that, as bad as things might seem, everything turns out alright in the end - a very reassuring message for young kids.

What a great story. The illustrations perfectly match the simple words. Any book that Mommy can memorize and then recite in the car while the toddler turns the pages is OK with me.

Actually, I'm not the only Mommy I know who has this one memorized -- a friend got stuck in an elevator with little ones and passed the 25 minutes until they were rescued by reciting this story.

It's a great one -- little children understand the determination, the perplexity, the fear, and the contentment of the little bird as he goes on his quest. The drawings are just right. And then the wonderful ending. Ah! How sweet is childhood.

This is a lovely story.

This book is very simple and I wasn't sure my daughter would like it, but my 21 month old adores it and wants to read it over and over again!

This is a cute little book. My 18 month old son loves Elmo and loves animals, so it's perfect for him. It's a small-ish size, so I keep it in my purse for "back up" entertainment.

This book is pretty cute and small, but in my opinion it would be best for a child under the age of one. I bought it for my eighteen-month old and she seems bored by it. Great as a first book though.

my son loves this book, and it is taking its harsh use very well.

I ordered Elmo's Animal Adventures as a birthday gift for my one year old grandson, Benjamin. We already had Elmo Loves You and I thought this would be a good addition to our collection. It is very easy for him to turn the pages and he has just started saying Mo-Mo for Elmo so it is helping his vocabulary as well. His three year old brother, Gavin, also loves this book.

My 18month old daughter loves this book. It is cute and fun. She loves to pretend along with Elmo that she is all the animals at the zoo!

This is a lovely book for children - the fireflies that light up at the end is a real hit!

Quick service....spoke with a kind man the helped me straighten out my order so it would be sent to a gifted party.

The book lights up! My 3 year olds love this book. It gets read every night.

I really liked this book but you can't go wrong with Eric Carle. I love the last page... it has a special suprise that the kids will love. You will not be disappointed.

This is a really cute book, my son loves it. We also have Eric Carle's "Brown Bear Brown Bear" so this is a great addition to his book collection. My son's favorite part of the book is the last page where all the fireflies are shining their lights and the book actually has blinking battery-powered lights. My only complaint is that the battery has already worn out and we've only had the book for about 3 weeks.

i'm sure the battery can be replaced, it just seems like it would have lasted longer.

This is a cute story and my 2 year old daughter really enjoys it, however, it contains quite a few extra parts that are easily destroyed by toddler hands.

1. There's a paper "pencil" attached to the book with a string that you can use to pretend to write Mommy's grocery list... easy to rip out when a child gets excited!
2. And a cardboard $5 bill to take out of the ATM machine on one page and then put into Daddy's wallet on the next - my little one wants to hold the money and I've found it laying in various places around the house.
3. Finally, you're to rock the kids on the see-saw -- this apparatus isn't attached very well and easily comes out of the book to be mashed up in a wad by tiny toddler hands.

But, like I said, my daughter loves it, loves to "pat the cat" and make the teddy bear squeak at the end so you can't really go wrong.

I have to admit that I had as much fun as my daughter did flipping through this book. The story is cute and engaging, and the touch and feel features are wonderful. A winner in our opinion.

My 12 month old daughter loved "Pat the Bunny" so I was excited to get this book for her, but it's not as good as the original. There is too much text in this one... it doesn't hold her interest as much and the activites inside the book are more difficult and not as toddler-friendly. She started destroying the book's activities in a day or two. Maybe for older kids it's better, but whereas the original book was fine for her level, this was a disappointment.

At first glance, you may not be impressed because the illustrations are a little dated. However, it is a great interactive book for toddlers. My daughter loves this book (and that's what it's all about). We also have Pat the Bunny. I'm buying Pat the Puppy tonight.

Okay, *I* may think it's boring and *you* may think it's boring, but my child ... loves this little book. It is frequently the one he chooses to have read to him, perhaps because each page is interactive.

One, of course, must pat the cat. Then you can extract money from the ATM and later put it into daddy's wallet. You can imitate mommy making a list, scratch and sniff the gingersnaps, help Neddy and Martha see-saw and play peek-a-boo, and squeeze the little bear before going to bed.

It is a fun, quiet little book that your child will enjoy. And you will too -- not because it's exciting, but because the time you and your child spend looking through it will be happy and peaceful.

I raised my daughter by this book, and then gave it away to a young father who has raised his son on it. I am an Infant/Toddler teacher and am familiar with very very many many books for parents ... and as far as I am concerned this is only the best book of its kind on the market for fathers.

This book has helped me understand babies and become more of a father figure. I recomend this to anyone who is to soon become a father.

The author is a father of two sons and a child-center volunteer, but this book is not just one random guy's ruminations on how to be a better father. The author is also an experienced book editor, and he uses those skills to blend the experiences of nearly 50 other fathers of various backgrounds as he compiles this almanac of observations and seasoned advice.

The style is matter-of-fact yet sympathetic; pragmatic, down-to-earth, and engaging. The content is fair and balanced, offering varying points of view on many details of child-rearing, and does not preach. And while fairly nuanced in this way, on the other hand, it's not wishy-washy and "anything goes" about things -- it's also crisply authoritative in areas where there is just one no-nonsense way to go. E.g., the dangers of older cribs and the maximum recommended gaps between slats, or other safety issues not really open to much experimentation.

Overall though, the book is refreshingly descriptive rather than prescriptive. It's a nice mix of specific, often creative suggestions along with a general philosophy of caring, healthy, and personally appropriate/satisfying fatherhood.

The Almanac will make an excellent gift for fathers of newborns or young children -- up to approximately kindergarten, I'd say, although some of the material is appropriate for even slightly older children too.

Note: although even the more recent edition feels slightly dated simply because the pictures are old, the material itself is all still relevant as far as I could tell.

This book targets guys and their way of thinking really well as it gets to the point and includes a lot of practical pointers for everything from pregnancy to all the changes that occur after the baby is born. My husband has volunteered information he has learned from this book and is reading it of his own volition.

My partner is a savvy, well informed kind of guy. I had some fear that he would think this book was lame or at least unhelpful when I gave it to him when we were a couple months pregnant. He read the book and sang its praises for the practical ideas and advice it gave for dads to help mom in pregnancy and things to do with the baby when he/she arrives. It's not just pregnancy or baby focused, but includes ideas and activities for dad throughout baby and childhood.