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Belly Button Book
Emboldened by the enthusiastic response to Belly Button (Round)—a song from her Grammy-nominated book/CD, Philadelphia Chickens—Sandra Boynton further contemplates this mesmerizing subject.
Featuring a beachful of bare-bellied hippos—including one tiny baby who can only say “Bee Bo”—the Belly Button Book is the l...more
Featuring a beachful of bare-bellied hippos—including one tiny baby who can only say “Bee Bo”—the Belly Button Book is the l...more
Board Book, 24 pages
Published
April 18th 2005
by Workman Publishing Company
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“Bee bo!” If you haven't read this book, you might not know that’s the tiny hippo way of saying, “Belly Button!” Hippos are oh-so-proud of their belly buttons and every summer they show them off a the Belly Button Beach. They nibble grapes and take naps and sing odes to their belly buttons by the light of the moon. Summer is the time for belly button songs because when it gets cold belly buttons hide. “Bye-bye, Bee Bo!”
The rhyming text of this humorous board book trips off the tongue like a baby...more
The rhyming text of this humorous board book trips off the tongue like a baby...more
I've read lots of Boynton - she's a big hit with both boys. My three year old Max has taken a new interest in hippos, and seems to like hers the best. We've read this one so many times, I think I might have it memorized. However, almost with each reading I find something new, or something else that is funny. And, for the first time I made the connection that she really reminds me of Mo Willems. I think because her books are largely in board book format and I read them to my boys when they were b...more
May 09, 2008
Jenni
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Everybody's kids and those who are still kids at heart
I bought this book for my daughter when she was a baby. Now she's just turned 3 and we still read it to her We have made it a family favorite. It's quite possibly THE BEST children's book around. (A non-compete clause with the other Boynton Board books that Sandra writes!!!)
This had my kids saying "Bee bo" for weeks.
These Boynton hippos are heroic. They really know who they are. And they have the right attitude about life. If we could elect politicians that were more like these hippos . . . well, to be honest it would probably still be one hell of a mess -- but I don't think I would mind as much. I'd definitely vote for a Boynton hippo. But take that with a grain of salt, as I voted for Governor Moonbeam in the 1992 Democratic primary. And I'd certainly vote for him again; Jerry Brown has the kind of integr...more
Sandra Boynton has a gift for rhythm, and this particular book shows off her talent for outrageous humor as well. You get inside her head and her world, where the hippopotamus culture is fascinated with their own belly buttons. You spend time on Belly Button Beach, where "tons of hippos stand around in bathing suits too little because they hope you will admire the button on their middle." Really, doesn't the poetry and humor of that line make you want to read the rest? It's good. Very good.
This is a wonderful book about your belly button, or as the baby hippo says "bee-bo". The illustrations show some hippos showing off their belly buttons and its words are based on the belly button song the author wrote. Kids will enjoy singing and following along.
This book is appropriate for ages 1+
I encourage reading this book with kids, it will help them understand a little more about their bodies, to learn to love them with all its silly parts.
This book is appropriate for ages 1+
I encourage reading this book with kids, it will help them understand a little more about their bodies, to learn to love them with all its silly parts.
Aug 10, 2011
Ruth
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Any one with little children
Shelves:
childrens
My 2, 4, and 6 think this is a very funny book. My favorite part is: "BELLY BUTTON BEACH - Where Tons of Hippos Stand Around In Bathing Suits Too Little Because They Hope You Will Admire The Button On Their Middle". I crack up every time I read this part. I think of all the people at the beach in Hawaii. Many of them fit this sign. :) VERY cute! I also love the pictures.
Apr 05, 2012
Rachel
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
birth-to-5-years,
board-books
A cute book, with the author's trademark adorable illustrations, about hippo belly buttons (called bee-bo by the very small). It documents how much the hippos love their belly buttons, so much in fact that they like to take them to the beach and sing songs about them. This oversized lap board book was perfect for reading aloud to my 8 month old at the library, which we did this week on my day off. Recommended for ages 8 months - 3 years, 3 stars.
I have high expectations for Boynton because I really love some of her books. This one was fun, but just not all the way there for me. I just don't find belly buttons that funny. I did like the baby hippo saying bee bo. And I liked the ending with the snow and winter jackets.
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Sep 29, 2009
Amanda Kolar
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Boynton (2005) talks about how hippos like their belly button. When it is warm and hot outside the hippos go to the beach and show off their belly buttons so that we will look at them since they are so cute and round and that balloons are round and have belly buttons just like the hippos do. I can use this book in my classroom to teach where our belly buttons are at and that everyone has a belly button.
If you've read other Boynton books you know exactly what to expect. Cute pictures and a charming rythmical story. Boynton's books are great investments as your kids will love them at age one and continue asking for them for the next few years.
Sandra Boynton, how I love you! You never fail to write cute and entertaining baby-appealing stories. Adorable bee-bo cuteness. Though my baby doesn't like this one as much as other ones, I like it enough for both of us.
The Bellybutton Book by Sandra Boynton is quite possibly the best children's book she's ever written. This was one of the first books my daughter could "read," or let's say recite. She's almost 9, and still loves it.
Liked the concept of the story line, but the way it was written was kind of in a tongue twister! However, the cute illustrations and unique story made up for it! Overall, it was a good read, and great for young kids!
Cute, cute, cute. Sandra Boynton has a knack for packing perfect cuteness into a silly rhyme just right for baby, toddler, child, teenager, & adult. My 14 & 11 year old sons happily read her books to the baby.
My 15 month old neice loves this book. She will start laughing hysterically when I say, "I'm going to get your beebo!" She'll throw her head giggling head back and try to push my hands away. It's so cute.
Totally adorable. While belly buttons may seem like a weird subject for a book, anyone with a toddler understands right away why this book is a hit. As always, Boynton's rhyming scheme and illustrations are perfect for the subject. The hippos who are waiting around to have their belly buttons noticed are just too funny.
A hit for toddlers and parents!
A hit for toddlers and parents!
This book is super funny. Hippos and their belly buttons! And it rhymes! And one hippo is wearing a shirt that says "Navel Academy." I want Mommy to buy me the Philadelphia Chickens book and cd so I can hear the song they sing at Belly Button Beach.
This precious rhyming book is one of our favorites. How fun to read this board book with babies and young children! We have never gotten enough of the belly button book at our house!
The "Belly Button Book" is a fun rhyme about Hippos and that cute little button on their middle. It captivates the attention of babies and is a wonderful book for the budding reader.
too cute for words. this book was a christmas present to my son from his grammy pat. we love "bee-bo" because those "bell b's are round and cute and funny"! another goodie.
We checked this book out at the library and it is such a cute little book! Boynton writes really great books for kids that rhyme and are just fun for kids. Even adults too!
Oct 09, 2009
Elise Cohen
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Actually more of a favorite of my preteen than of my toddler. A very cute addition to the Boynton collection for lovers of all things hippo-related (or ducky-related).
The boys have loved this rhyming book since they were tiny. There is a duck to find on every page except one and a couple pages have balloons! It's also hilarious.
My son absolutely loves this book. He asks for the "Bee bo" book in the evening when we read before bed and then shows off his own belly button when we're done reading.
What toddler doesn't love belly buttons?!? My daughter and I can read this book over and over again. It's hilarious...even for adults.
As always perfect! Her books I would read with out kids. They are just awesome poems / short stories on their own, they make me laugh.
Adorable hippos and a baby one that calls belly buttons "bee bo." Too sweet. I'm gonna love reading this to my baby over and over.
Another cute Boynton hippo book about belly buttons, bodies, and Belly Button Beach. A fun read. Good for babies and preschoolers.
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Sandra Keith Boynton is a popular American humorist, songwriter, children's author and illustrator. Boynton has written and illustrated more than forty books for both children and adults, as well as over four thousand greeting cards, and four music albums. Although she does not license her characters to be redrawn or adapted, she has herself designed—for various companies—calendars, wallpaper, bed...more
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