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Age: Baby-Toddler

One sentence per page provides a rhyming read-aloud for storytimes. Touch the body parts as you go! In typical Nosy Crow fashion, the illustrations are a bit too busy but it's fun, nonetheless.

Age: Infant-Preschool
Family: Newborn, older sister

Age: 2 years - 5 years

"Johnny loves nothing better than splashing in the ocean waves--naked. But Mom says now that he's four he's too old to run around without clothes on. She even buys him a pair of overalls with genuine 100 percent child-proof snap fasteners But they're no match for Johnny as he wriggles out of them" (Goodreads feature review).

A warm read with Caribbean flavor. The pictures are wonderfully expressive of jubilant freedom from clothes, and Senior tastefully deals with nudity. The text is fun as well, though I couldn't understand why velcro had to be called a thingamajig.

Age: Infant-Preschool

Babies will love looking at pictures of other babies and the black-and-white illustrations are excellent for their eyesight. Toddlers and preschoolers who are fascinated with babies will also enjoy this book, especially the creative naughtiness of Vincent.

Age: Toddler-Preschool
Things That Go: Construction

A promising duo provides a book that kids will certainly love but that doesn't have many exceptional qualities.

Bulldozer goes around asking his friends what day it is and they all respond by describing it as a day of work, repeating the actions they're doing, such as "filling...filling...filling" or "scooping...scooping...scooping." Althought Bulldozer is bummed, we find out that they have been preparing a cake this whole time.

Age: Infant
Season: Summer

Early introduction to summertime words. Although the pictures are soft, there may be too much detail/exposure for a little baby.

Age: Toddler-Preschool

I rather enjoyed this one. Lots of noises fill the house and one determined bird lamp sets out to fix the problems. The noises should be read in the same rhythm and with gusto (which always helps). Great for kids that like to find solutions to problems.

Age: Infant-Preschool

The perfect length to lull a family to bed. The sound effects grew rather tiresome but you can easily skip over them. The illustrations are soothing without boring the children.

Age: Toddler+
Sports: Swimming

A mostly wordless celebration of the community pool and a group of swimming enthusiast friends.

Age: Toddler-Preschool
Familiar Experience: Going potty alone
Animals: Sloth, parrot, snake, frog, ant

There's a book for everything, and there's a reader for every book. Kyle the sloth slowly--very slowly--makes his way down the tree to use the bathroom, but this will be his first time without his mom. As he goes down the tree, he meets 4 friends that encourage his progress. While the progress may be unbearably slow for older preschoolers, the textual repetition is nice for toddlers and 3s.