Age: birth to 2 years old
Genre: board book
This book is
advertised as “two books in one” because it has a little book inside a bigger
book. (It’s a little hard to explain, so see the picture here). The illustrations
are very cute and cover many of the usual farm animals, so the reader gets an
opportunity to teach animal noises as well as names. Though the book is
designed to let the adult turn the big page and the child turn the small page,
my son (who is 1.5 years old) turns the little pages before I’m done with the
big one, so the animals don’t usually match up like they are supposed to. The only
way for us to enjoy it “correctly” is if I do all the page turning. We enjoy
reading the book together either way. My main complaint with this book is its
shoddy construction. Because of the little/big book format, the binding is
compromised. I have used packing tape up and down the spine, but it’s still
falling apart. We haven’t even had it for more than a few months, so this is
just poor quality. Board books need to hold up to young hands and vigorous page
turning, and this is the first one we’ve had a major problem with. I recommend getting
a different farm book instead.
Bibliographic
Information:
Siminovich,
Lorean. You Are My Baby: Farm. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2013.
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