Bright Baby Animals

Bright Baby

by Roger Priddy

Perfect for babies and toddlers, this adorable board book from Roger Priddy features a wide variety of animals from ‘frog' to ‘kitten'!

With bright, easy-to-turn pages and a new animal on every page, this book is an essential addition to any baby's library. The combination of colorful pictures and simple words will help to build your child's vocabulary, color association, and sensory perception.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Animals, Spanish Literature, Nonfiction

26 pages, Board Book

First published September 1, 2004

About the author

Roger Priddy (b. 1960) is the creator of Priddy Books, which publishes books for babies and young children. Priddy Books is a division of Macmillan Publishers and books published by the imprint have won several Practical Pre-School Awards.

Reviews

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great beginning book for very small children.

[Marshall · Rating 1 out of 5]

Much as I wanted to like this book on account of the ecologically friendly paper, I just can't bring myself to recommend you go out and get this. Yes, the pictures of a different animal on each page is bright and clear. And yes, most of them have a colorful background behind them. And yes, the book is a good size for little hands to hold.

But come on. Last time I counted, there were over a bazillion animals on this planets. This book has something like 20 pages to it, so 20 animals. But we get one page with "chicks" on it, and another with a "hen" on it. How about splitting the difference, calling it a "chicken," and give me a new animal like a giraffe or platypus? And why show a "calf?" Why not just a "cow?" Wouldn't that be easier for babies to grasp since EVERY OTHER CHILDREN'S BOOK CALLS THEM COWS? Same goes for the "macaw." Maybe that's it's real name - like dolphin is to mahi-mahi - but I tell my daughter that's a parrot.

And the image of the tiger is that of a little tiger cub, not a full grown specimen. And the photo of the "bear"only shows its head and neck. I could on, but why bother. The same should apply to you when it comes to this book.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

January 2017 - we read this many, many times when Ben was a baby/toddler, and he recently rediscovered it and wanted me to read it. Well, one animal per page gets boring pretty quickly when you're almost-4, so he reads it backwards - if one spread has "bear" and "bee" he mixes them up and then laughs his crazy laugh. Also, guinea pigs are hilarious. The funniest thing. We just take turns saying "guinea pig."

[Nohemí González · Rating 2 out of 5]

Simple, cute, good for start reading, I prefer other kinds of books for a good start

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great little book for small hands. We got this book when our son was about 9 months old and he's always loved carrying it around. Now that he speaks, he points to the animals and tells us what they are. Great, inexpensive tool for learning animals.

[Sorento62 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Marshall's one-star review here on Goodreads is entirely correct. However, my 1-1/2 year old granddaughter likes this book a lot and one of her first animal words was elephant ("ella"!), probably said first in response to this book -- so it has a special place in my heart.

[Lorri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another favorite in the house, we read it daily.

[Mindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack loved this book especially when he was about 5-6months.

[Tommy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this one up at the thrift store, and it is already well worn. The boys like to spell all the animal names.

[Danny · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this one up at the thrift store, and it is already well worn. The boys like to spell all the animal names.

[ACC · Rating 4 out of 5]

Little T enjoys looking at all the colors & various animals on each page.

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

lots of good animals in it. just a simple book, but great for even infants. the 4 month old twins that i watch LOVE it

[Emerson and Theodore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple board book. One animal, one word per chunky page.

[Cheyenne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book includes a lot of animals. Good for toddlers.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I appreciated the variety of animals named in this book. You get the expected animals (e.g., dog, fish, zebra), but then you get "kitten" instead of "cat" and "macaw" instead of "bird".

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bright backgrounds behind photos of baby animals, with bold text. Baby Harris seems to really like looking at the pictures.

[Danielle Ezold · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple picture book

[Fritz Loehrke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of good pictures of animals. We have the bilingual spanish/english version.

[Adrianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

The board book "Bright Baby Animals" is a great book for babies to children who are 3 years old. Each page has an animal and the book can help to increase a child's vocabulary by associating words with beautiful pictures. I liked how the book had the English and Spanish word for each animal i.e. butterfly/mariposa, frog/rana, and elephant/elefante.

[Rachelle Renee Kirby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for very young babies. I set the books boldest pages in front of my 2 month old during tummy time.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typical board book. Bright contrasting colors. On animal and word per page.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice book that has held up across multiple children. Shows some interesting animals beyond the cow, cat, and dog.

[Rolf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Appreciated the English and Spanish, to build vocab.

[Cat Beamish · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good for learning how to read. My little animal lover really took to the book.

[Margie B’s Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this little book with bright, colorful, simple photographs.

[Amelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gave it five because it’s a huge hit with the babies. The vibrant colors and pictures and one worded page make an easy read to young readers before they turn one.

[Hope · Rating 3 out of 5]

Checked out from PR Library in IL

[Mason · Rating 4 out of 5]

Macaw steals the show

[Lara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these Roger Priddy books. This one has tons of different baby animals with the names in both English and Spanish, with real photographs on bright mono-color backgrounds. It was a little long for my 2-week-old's attention span (ha!) but he did actually focus on it a little bit, which I consider a great success!

2/15/20

[Stacia]

I've never read this book. I plan to add a random children's book to my feed for every book I edit. Often they aren't published in a timely manner (or ever in a manner that leads to them being in Goodreads) and I always read them a minimum of 2 times while editing so I should be able to count them towards my goal. Really, I should add 2 but I'll go with 1 at this point.

11/18 - LY - 136p