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Board Book Reviews
Baby on Board: Boat
Baby on Board: Bus
Ruth Symons, illus. Seb Braun, pub. Templar Books
A pair of books with moving parts featuring a boat and a bus, perfect for little adventurers! Fine motor skills are supported by the sliders in each book, one on every page where every scene is full of things to see and talk about.
Add in the rhyming text and see children become familiar with the story very quickly, joining in with the telling! Help the boat set out to sail the seas and step aboard the bus remembering to say hello and watch as the world passes by.
Two very exciting and interactive board books promising many adventures for toddlers.
Hello Bee!
Hello Bunny!
Sharon King-Chai, pub. Macmillan Children's Books
The Mirror Magic books are waiting for you to transform them into magical mirror worlds.
First you need to hold them upright, then take a look; what will you see? We saw a shimmering page inviting you to say ‘hello’ to bugs or baby animals, can you then reflect the adjoining page back to see all the flowers, grasses and so much more in it? Keep going all the way to the last page, I wonder what you will find there?
This pair start a promising series – look out for Hello Sun! and Hello Fish! coming soon. Fill your reading area with laughter and learning.
I’m A Car
I’m A Dinosaur
Ruth Symons, illus. Matthew Scott, pub. Templar Books
Shaped pages may be the first thing you notice about this pair which are also treasuries of detail filled with first facts and sounds. Both have a new surprise on every page: a variety of different vehicles in I Am A Car; different dinosaurs in I Am A Dinosaur adding to the joy and surprise.
Make time to enjoy learning the noises each of the vehicle's make, or guessing from the spine shapes featuring at the top of each page, which dinosaur comes next.
Both books feature bold and friendly illustrations and offer plenty of learning fun for little ones. We hope there will be more!
Is Dot in the House?
Camilla Reid, illus. Carly Gledhill, pub. Macmillan Children’s Books
Have you seen Dot? I think that she might be having a game of hide-and-seek, maybe we will have to move the sliders with our fingers to see if we can find her…
Very helpfully there is a picture of her on the first page, phew! At least we know who we are looking for but is she in the tree; the pram; the house; the chair; the hat; the bed…? Goodness!
Where could Dot be, who else will you meet along the way and what is the special surprise waiting on the last page?
Little Dino Boo-Boos!
Sophie Aggett, illus. Jannie Ho, pub. Little Tiger
Little ones love stories with dinosaurs, they are a source of unending fascination, perhaps because their variety makes them wonderful to create characters from. They certainly they make perfect patients for this introduction to first aid, complete with a first aid kit packed with stickers!
If you have a little one at home who is poorly or who loves playing doctors this book will be their new best friend. Will they be able to help Triceratops mend his grazed leg or diplodocus with his sore throat?
Hours of entertainment, learning and fun in this one.
Little Explorers: Food
Little Explorers: Weather
Templar Books
Two new additions to the Little Explorers series.
Food takes us on a journey through time to explore where and how many food stuffs were first found – did you know the Aztecs were eating chocolate in 1500 BCE? It explores food consumption, how and where food grows and how it gets to our homes.
In Weather we learn about looking after our planet, the role played by the sun, how to look out for different weathers and even how to prepare for some of the worst – keep that brolly handy!
This series offers excellent introductions to big topics.
Love
Fiona Munro, illus. Laura Hambleton, pub. Design Eye
I don’t know whose idea the soft, plush heart that carries through this charming board book was, but we love it. It is soft and squishy, just how we imagine our own hearts feeling when full of love!
Learn how love is always with us, inside us, just as it is inside the charming bear who graces the front cover. It travels with us always; it is there for us no matter we feel. We can even take it from the book, put it in a pocket and have it always with us to cuddle.
And remember you can share your love too, with anyone who it can help. Utterly charming.
Match the Shape
Susie Hammer, pub. Templar Books
At home, in nursery or other places your toddler goes, there may be a shape sorting toy. Now they can enjoy a shape sorting book. Develop fine motor skills ~ there is a ribbon attached to the shapes which have to be slotted into the correct places on the page.
Learn to problem-solve ~ there are choices to be made with each new page. Learn ~ not only about shapes and how to recognise them, what they are called but also some first words including bird, flower, rocket, train.
Bright, interactive fun in one clever board book.
Old Macdonald Had A Zoo
Camilla Reid, illus. Jill Howarth, pub. Macmillan Children’s Books
When I was growing up Old MacDonald was a popular rhyme, it still is, children know it well. When I used it with my Squirrels Scouts as a starter for some storytelling we all had a giggle when my husband didn’t know the tune.
Imagine his surprise when he saw that Old MacDonald now has a zoo as well as the traditional farm! Keeping with the traditional rhyme meet a range of new animals, and with this board book slide them all around the pages too.
Can you get the animals to their homes, recognise them and their sounds? Hours of fun!
See, Touch, Feel Quack!
Priddy Books
In our house there may be one or two yellow ducks. It did mean that when we discovered this book it was immediately recognisable! We thought the fluffy tummy was a lovely touch, literally, and then we discovered it squeaks ~ its brilliant!
Of course, then we thought we should actually open the book to find out what other treasures might be inside. Maybe another duck or two along with shapes to touch, make the sounds for, learn the words of whilst discovering the simple concept of hand-eye coordination.
A wonderful book for babies and little hands (of all ages!)
Teddy’s ABC. A First Alphabet Book
Priddy Books
Meet Teddy, he wants to help you learn your ABC with some wonderful words and a few special surprises too. That aeroplane looks so colourful flying up among the clouds.
Teddy has a wonderfully sparkly bowtie and can you see elephant under those huge ears? The flower is very glittery and the ice cream looks very yummy, remember to trust your eyes and then your senses as you reach out to discover how the pages of the book and parts of the pictures might feel.
A charming book packed full of practical learning and discovery.
