Look at You!: A Baby Body Book

by Kathy Henderson

Book Overview

"An old-fashioned picture book, yet one that is totally interactive." - Booklist (starred review)From learning to crawl to clapping their hands, babies are always doing something new. Kathy Henderson's lively poems will grab young children's attention, while Paul Howard's illustrations aptly capture babies' and toddlers' delight at exploring all the things a body can do.

• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763639192
• ISBN13: 9780763639198
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 3 years and under

Customer Reviews

This is my 5-month-old son's favorite book.

This is the first book my 5-month-old son has really become attached to. He smiles when he sees the cover, and coos and reaches for the babies on certain pages. The book commands his full attention for at least one reading, and sometimes two! The nude (if it matters, his privates are hidden) baby boy discovering his toes and the little girl with food all over her face get the biggest reactions. The text is very well done. The words just sound good together and my son loves hearing me read them, though he presumably doesn't know their meaning yet. I think that, for the baby, part of the joy of books at this stage is hearing a parent's warm and friendly voice, even if the they don't know the meaning of every word yet. (And over time, of course, this will help build the child's vocabulary.) We've built an extensive library for our son - he has black-and-white picture books, books of babies' faces, crinkle-fabric books, classic baby books (Goodnight Moon etc.) and books for older children (Where the Wild Things Are, The Secret Garden, Watership Down...) At this stage, his "Look at You (A Baby Body Book)" board book is his hands-down favorite.

Baby-approved

This has been our baby's favorite book from the age of 6 months on, which is why we are buying another copy, as she has succeeded in ripping the others to shreds. While not Shakespeare, the text has a nice rhythm and offers a nice overview of the activities of babies (including a sequence in which a baby learns to walk, with each image showing the child slightly older) while the art is completely winning, really capturing the expressions and feelings of various children. Charming and fun, I would suggest it highly to small children that get excited when they see other babies.

Babies Delight

Filled with the actions and activities that comprise the lives of babies, the text is verb filled, "Stand,wobble. Sway, wobble. Bump! Step, walk, toddle." It also frequently rhymes. The rhythmic prose is scattered across the pages with absolutely charming illustrations of babies and toddlers. On pastel pages, babies of all sizes, shapes and colors are drawn in soft pencil. Some of the babies reappear in different guises as the pages are turned. Babies are difficult to draw. Just consider the babies in famous painting across the years. This artist not only knows babies in all their guises, not always happy,he can flat out draw them. In one double-page spread, the naked baby is not only life-size, one wishes to sweep the baby up.

Look at This! A Sweet Baby Book

Babies' bodies do amazing things. In this gorgeous picture book, young children can enjoy exploring a few of these things with their parents. Fingers, toes, hair and nose, there are many ways babies use their bodies. Don't forget the diapers, too! The sweet illustrations and gentle prose in this book make it a winner. Babies and toddlers will enjoy seeing other babies and toddlers, while preschoolers will love to see what they were like not so long ago. Parents, friends, and relatives who read this book to their warm lap-bundles will smile at the tenderhearted pages as much as their children. This book is cute, sweet, and sure to be a hit. Reviewed by Christina Wantz Fixemer 02/02/2007