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How Do You Make a Baby Smile?
Wiggle your ear
Play peekaboo
Make a face
And join dozens of friendly animals--plus one very patient older sister--as they use their best tricks to make their babies smile, laugh, coo, and grin.
With a simple rhyming text by Philemon Sturges and bright, bold illustrations by Bridget Strevens-Marzo, "How Do You Make a Baby Smile?" is the perfect book for babies and all thos...more
Play peekaboo
Make a face
And join dozens of friendly animals--plus one very patient older sister--as they use their best tricks to make their babies smile, laugh, coo, and grin.
With a simple rhyming text by Philemon Sturges and bright, bold illustrations by Bridget Strevens-Marzo, "How Do You Make a Baby Smile?" is the perfect book for babies and all thos...more
Hardcover, 24 pages
Published
June 1st 2007
by HarperCollins Publishers
(first published May 29th 2007)
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A very simple, repetitive text that provides lots of opportunities for interaction makes this an ideal choice for baby storytime. The illustrations, by Bridget Strevens-Marzo, are simply composed with bright colors and thick black outlines which again works well for babies and toddlers. Older siblings will also relate to the story as the ending reveals an older sister has been entertaining baby with his stuffed animals. Also a good choice for beginning readers due to the repetitive structure and...more
Cute book, but one that's a better idea than a reality. I'm not sure why people write "baby" books that are really too much for babies, but they do, and this is one. Toddlers, sure, but animals that don't make noises (or make difficult noises--crocodiles, anyone?) don't mean much to the babies I read to. Give me farm animals any day; this is what I call an "awwww" book, because all the women at story time go "awwww" when you read it, but the babies don't much care. Probably it's fine to read alo...more
The book show show different animals interact with their babies.It shows love, care,and affection. I think it was a cute book because by just looking at the cover i thought it would have been more about the human baby but it talked more about the animals but those same things that were described can be done to make a human baby smile.
Let the kids write and tell how parents make them smile and then we can make happy laughing smiling faces.
Let the kids write and tell how parents make them smile and then we can make happy laughing smiling faces.
A cute little story featuring several animals and what the animal parent might do to make their baby happy. It encourages movement (I think the giraffe twists his neck and the elephant wiggles his ears), plus the pictures are so cute. At the end the baby is tucked in with all the stuffed animals, so it's also a good bedtime story. (I know, I gave away the end. Sorry!)
Great picture book for both the preschool and toddler set. How do you make baby smile follows different animal momma's and daddy's and how they get their babies to smile. Lots of crowd envolvement possibilitys. Ex. Can you twist your neck like a giraffe, smile like a crocodile, wiggle your ears like an elephant and much much more.
A cute little book with bright, simple, colorful illustrations showing what animals do to make their babies smile. Nice rhyming text with just a few words on each page make this perfect for the youngest of readers, and for those with short attention spans.
A really cute story with nice bold pictures. The simple rhyming in this book is easy to follow and fun. Another great interaction book that is fun and active.
Sep 30, 2012
Paula
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4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
animals,
body-parts,
bedtime,
emotion,
rhyme,
family,
parents,
baby,
toddler,
repetition,
movement,
story-time
Rhyming text about how to get baby to show expression. This book would have been perfect had they included other family members than mommy and daddy.
Fun rhyming book! Short and sweet! Fun illustrations of all the animals. This book would be fun to read to small children.
Wonderfully bright cheery double-page illustrations show loving animal parents making their babies smile, laugh, and coo.
Jul 04, 2010
Stephanie
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
children-s-books,
great-for-babies
Another great find for our little man! I love the rhyming and wonderful illustrations which include several different animals.
Jan 04, 2013
June
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
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Polly
Rhyming story which has several actions to make babies smile (including peekaboo and tickling).
Tells about how animals make their children laugh. Cute ryhmes. easy read...
Good baby/toddler book, very simple and sweet!
Simple story. Cute illustrations
Such a fun book for little ones!
Cute little poem.
One of my son's favorites.
The text of this one didn't flow like it should with the page turns but the pictures are big, bold, and have nice outlines. It will be a good one for Baby Storytime.
Nothing exciting. The illustrations were very cute and the story was fun but not award winning material.
Simple, interactive text.
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