Look on with baby as he peeks at his family through actual die-cut holes in the pages of the board book edition of this all-time favorite. The page...
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Oct 05, 2008
Alice
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Peek-A-Boo
Published 1997, copyright 1981, Viking, The Penguin Group, isbn 0670871923
A delightful and interactive peek-a-boo book for babies and young children. The book also hides a deeper message about family love in wartime England.
While the Booklist review on the back of this book recommends it as a first book for babies, it is interesting enough on different levels that it can grow with your child until he or she is an early reader. The most obvious inte More...
Published 1997, copyright 1981, Viking, The Penguin Group, isbn 0670871923
A delightful and interactive peek-a-boo book for babies and young children. The book also hides a deeper message about family love in wartime England.
While the Booklist review on the back of this book recommends it as a first book for babies, it is interesting enough on different levels that it can grow with your child until he or she is an early reader. The most obvious inte More...
May 25, 2009
Jack Kirby and the X-man
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Another fantastic book from husband-and-wife team Janet Ahlberg and Allan Ahlberg.
The rhyme and rhythm are just perfect, with the right amount of repetition. X-man is right in the Peek-A-Boo phase now and loves gripping the hole and turning the page (maybe the board book version would have been a better idea!).
As he grows up the details of the illustrations will become more important - so hopefully it can end up being a whole-family-book. With the youngest enjoying th More...
The rhyme and rhythm are just perfect, with the right amount of repetition. X-man is right in the Peek-A-Boo phase now and loves gripping the hole and turning the page (maybe the board book version would have been a better idea!).
As he grows up the details of the illustrations will become more important - so hopefully it can end up being a whole-family-book. With the youngest enjoying th More...
Jan 03, 2010
Amy
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This has been a firm favourite since my oldest child was a baby and we own a well loved copy.
The book is from the perspective of a little baby boy and will appeal to babies due to the asthetics of the book, with the cut out hole to the next page - perfect for chubby little hands to hold, through to older children and adults, as when you turn the page the fantastic illustrations depict WW2 scenes of family life.
The book is written in gentle rhyme which we all know by heart More...
The book is from the perspective of a little baby boy and will appeal to babies due to the asthetics of the book, with the cut out hole to the next page - perfect for chubby little hands to hold, through to older children and adults, as when you turn the page the fantastic illustrations depict WW2 scenes of family life.
The book is written in gentle rhyme which we all know by heart More...
Jun 24, 2008
Connie
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This book is, I believe, a British import. The language has changed to be more consistent with American usage, though.
My nieces love this book, they love counting "One, two, three - PEEK-A-BOO!" with me and pointing at things through the cut-out holes in the book. I don't have any problems with the book (except one scene where, confusingly, the image shown in a mirror in no way reflects what's really going on. Very odd, and I wonder if the mirror was originally intended to More...
My nieces love this book, they love counting "One, two, three - PEEK-A-BOO!" with me and pointing at things through the cut-out holes in the book. I don't have any problems with the book (except one scene where, confusingly, the image shown in a mirror in no way reflects what's really going on. Very odd, and I wonder if the mirror was originally intended to More...
Dec 18, 2008
Elisha
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This is the sweetest book ever. The Ahlbergs are a great team, Allan writes and his late wife Janet is the illustrator. Their books are packed with little details to talk about as you read. This little book is in rhyme and has charming illustrations of a WWII British household. Our other favorite Ahlberg book is "Each Peach Pear Plum". My little girl sits so still for this one.
Feb 24, 2011
Danielle
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One of the most amazing children's books our family has read. The pictures have so much detail and we can sit for ages just talking about all of the things that are happening in them. We always love the last page with it's sad twist of a man going off to war and kissing his son goodnight.
Feb 22, 2010
Paula
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I must have read this a bout 50 times in the last week. I it is my youngest sons current favourite. I love how the pictures show 'real life'. There are things on the flor, under rthe chair, balanced on the edge of the table, just like a house looks like with young children in it!
Jan 07, 2012
Deb
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This might be one to own as I can see us reading it many times over many years. The short attention span 11 mo. old loves the peek-a-boo holes and I love the rhyme and the pictures tell lots of stories that invite long perusal.
Dec 15, 2008
Shani
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Jason cannot understand why Seb likes this book so much but it's all in the detailed pictures and rhyming text that allows you to match lines up with the pictures.
Feb 12, 2012
Erica
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Number one fave baby board book. Lina enjoyed through about 8-9 months, then got bored with it. I'm hoping she grows back into it (there's so much to look at, etc).
Mar 15, 2010
Cindy
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One of my favorite children's books. I love the 'peek a boo' holes in the book, the artistry around WWII, the rhythm and meter of the rhyme.
Dec 30, 2011
Verity
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This has been a favourite of both my girls in turn. I like the drawings and gentleness of this book.
Apr 15, 2009
Kathleen
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This has been a favourite with each of my children in turn. I love the drawings and gentleness of it.
Feb 26, 2010
Mike
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Another wonderful read-a-loud illustrated book from the Ahlbergs...and so very British.
Jan 01, 2012
Kathryn
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One of my favourite toddler books ... maybe because I am old enough for the pictures to remind me of my own childhood ;). A baby looks out on his world from his cot, his highchair, his pushchair, his bath, and so on. He lives with his parents, grandma and big sisters in a small and cluttered - but warm and cosy - house in 1950s England. The pictures have lots of detail to look at, and the text is simple rhyming verse: "Here's a little baby ... one, two, three. Sits in his highchair - what d
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Nov 15, 2011
Louise
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When my second-youngest sister was a toddler, this was her favourite book. I used to read it to her as a distraction when Mum was busy. Ahhh, the memories.
May 23, 2008
Maria
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This book is cute but Each Peach Pear Plum is better. Every other page in this book is die-cut so that you can peek forward and backward. It's kind-of like a junior I-Spy book. Also, the version I have is much older('81?) so it is a hardcover. I think a board-book edition is a good idea though because reading it through now, I am surprised I didn't tear the pages a s a kid. It's hard to keep a book with cut-outs or flaps from ripping in the hands of an enthusiastic reader.
Mar 24, 2008
Kristin
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This will forever be one of my favourites! I have read this with each of my children (often 10 or 11 times in one go!!) My oldest children continue to read it with the youngest and I leave the room beaming everytime...there's nothing like chubby little fingers opening up to reveal wide, smiling eyes and the sound of PEEPO echoing in your ears. If everyone read this book at the start of each day, the world would be a much happier place!
Jun 29, 2008
Jessica
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Adorable picture book that Ava adores. This little peek-a-boo book about the day in the life of a baby, brimming with detailed "I spy" illustrations. Each page starts out with "Here's a little baby 1..2..3, sitting in his crib and what does he see" (location of baby changes throughout the book). Then there is a small hole to peer through and you turn the page to the next set of rhyming text to find out what the baby sees.
Oct 25, 2009
Mandy
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I just bought this book for Mason. I love that it is a board book, but still a wonderful story to read aloud. My favorite part of all the Ahlberg books are the amazing illustrations. Incredible! It is a fun book for children.
May 27, 2008
Tamsyn
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Peter loves this book because he can play with the circle cutouts. I love the rhyme scheme. There's an element of "I spy" to it.
