Review: Belly Button Book

Belly Button Book by Sandra Boynton

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Boynton does it again--brilliant! Have you ever seen a baby hippo in a snowsuit? I could die.



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Review: Goodnight Moon

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Do I really need to explain this one? It's a classic bedtime book.



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Review: Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You by Sam Gosling

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



This was a fun, fast read. I'm a nosy Parker, so when I saw this in the new acquisitions in the library, I picked it up right away. It wasn't exactly what I expected, but I really enjoyed it. Dr. Gosling has studied the relationship between living space and the occupant's score on the "Big Five" aspects of personality. Some of his findings are pretty common sense; for example, people with high conscientiousness are quite organized. Others are more surprising, like what one's bedroom says about extroversion.



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Review: Baby Animals: Black and White

Baby Animals: Black and White by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



This is a great high-contrast book for infants. My baby loves looking at these pictures.



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Review: Piggies

Piggies by Audrey Wood

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



This book has hilarious, beautiful illustrations. I remember checking it out from the library as a child, so I found it to read for my daughter when singing "Where is Thumbkin?" reminded me of it. I got the board-book version at our library, but it doesn't really attract the attention of an infant. Save it for a child who is ready to participate in finger-plays and can really look at the pictures with you.



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Review: Cash

Cash by Johnny Cash

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Fascinating book. More of a memoir than an autobiography, Cash records some of the singer's stories. I admired his candor, and he certainly has a vivid way with words.



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Review: Winnie-The-Pooh's ABC Book

Winnie-The-Pooh's ABC Book by A.A. Milne

My rating: 2 of 5 stars



This is just a basic ABC book with illustrations pulled from the original Pooh books. I would have liked it to be more Pooh-centric; there are better ABC books with classic children's characters, like Dr. Seuss or Little Critter.



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Review: White on Black

White on Black by Tana Hoban

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



This is a wordless book, designed to introduce babies to books, but not to stories. Each page is a simple white-on-black silhouette of an everyday object. This is a great first book, since it's easy for babies to focus on the high-contrast illustrations.



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Review: But Not the Hippopotamus

But Not the Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I could read this one all day long. Poor armadillo.



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Review: Baby's ABC

Baby's ABC by Neil Ricklen

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



A basic ABC book. I think the baby likes to look at pictures of other babies, but after a dozen repetitions, I'm pretty bored of this one.

The state of Arizona gives this book to new parents.



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