¡Sonríe!: Smile! (sonrie!) (Baby Faces)

by Roberta Grobel Intrater

¡SONRÍE! es un libro que le parecerá sumamente divertido a su bebé. Las fotos de Roberta Grobel Intrater capturan las sonrisas de los pequeñines de una manera encantadora. El libro contiene diez páginas de cartón con las esquinas redondeadas para que los niños las puedan pasar sin lastimarse, además de un tamaño muy conveniente para que sea fácil de transportar. El texto en rima hace que este libro sea una excelente primera opción para leer en voz alta, agradando tanto a padres como a niños.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Emotion, Kids

1 pages, Board Book

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Brent Weeks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Each of these books is about 10 pages, each of which has one picture of one baby. Apparently it’s really common for infants to be fascinated by pictures of faces, and my daughter was no exception. She loved these books. SMILE was the best of them. However, I’m not sure why, when a book only has maybe 50 words, the author can’t keep a steady meter. Or will break it on the very last page!

[Annika · Rating 5 out of 5]

All 3 of my children's favorite book at the appropriate ages to enjoy this book. I have ordered a lot of baby-face board books over the years because they liked seeing faces, and this one remains the favorite. I think because the kids aren't really doing anything in them (i.e. getting dressed, wearing a hat, clapping, taking a bath, etc) but just really close portraits of their faces.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 14-week old really dug this. First time she seemed truly interested in the book. I liked it, too. Good reading rhythm. I believe we got this one through OurShelves.

[Cheriee Weichel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Our babies liked this one, but not as much as Baby Faces by Margaret Miller.

[Mindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first book both of my children fell in love with. Nothing makes a baby smile like other babies. Very cute.

[Victoria Hanley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick baby story time

[Karon Parham]

Look at the birdie come on say cheese

[MacK · Rating 2 out of 5]

Me: does the job of pacifying infants.

Alex: babies are...[looks at little brother]...ok...

Owen: I'm not a baby!

[Alana · Rating 3 out of 5]

My toddler wasn't as engaged in the words, but loved looking at the different baby faces. He would point out features on baby faces and find them on his own face. Very engaging in that regard.

[Spencer · Rating 2 out of 5]

2021
Gift from Harper's grandmother

[Nael Firdaus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bought this book when my baby was 7 months old. He loves to see the faces in the book.

[Bellatuscana Bellatuscana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kids LOVE reading this books. Good for young toddlers.

[Maeve · Rating 3 out of 5]

Various children smile and laugh!

Close-up photographs of babies' faces.

[Andrés · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting introduction to some colloquialisms about smiling and laughing with real baby photos to match.

[Hope · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read at WD library in WI

[Anita · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked this book when my son was still a baby. He loved seeing the different babies, and I loved that he was getting exposed to all the different faces.

Now that he's a toddler, I'm a bit ready to move on ;-). The words of the story are very flat, and I've now read "look at the birdie..." a few hundred times.

Since we're very blessed to live in a diverse area, he now has friends who represent all the different ethnicities in this book, and even more. If this wasn't the case, I'd probably be a lot happier to see him still wanting to read it.

[Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

To be clear, the 5-star rating is from my 9 month old who loves this book. I didn't know that babies were so fascinated by pictures of other babies! She babbles at it and even seems to prefer some faces over others. It's fast become one of her favorite books.

I'd rate it as a 2 or 3 as the adult reading it aloud, though. There's some rhyming, but not much. No fun noises and no plotline. We'll soon be flipping through it without reading it.

[Rachael · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first book my son took out of the library and we've been renewing it since he was 6 months old. This would not have been my first choice- the photos aren't the best quality, the color looks off and most of the similar books we have feature cuter babies. That being said, he really loves this one for whatever reason and continues to enjoy being read to.

[Elizabeth]

Given all the discourse I've encountered recently (thanks, Jessica Jones!) about women/girls being pressured to smile, I very nearly noped out of this at, "Give me a smile / Will you please?" I wasn't really loving the text asking the kid to smile to begin with (I'm reading to you! you don't need to *do* anything!) but that bit really squicked me.

[Shala Howell · Rating 5 out of 5]

So I don't much care for books like this with just pictures of babies and one or two words in them. They aren't much fun to read. This one is better than most. But the reason I gave it 5 stars is that it never fails to make my 12-month old daughter laugh out loud.

[jacky · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a gift from Natalie's doctor office at her four month check up. It is much nicer than our other baby face book. The pictures are big and focus on smiling. The little rhyme that runs throughout the book is cute, too.

[FM Family · Rating 5 out of 5]

My nephew loved this as a very small baby and so did my daughter. One of the first things I remember her really reacting to, these big smiling baby faces could hold her attention a long time. It's not a book that stays in rotation past maybe 8 months, but when it works, it works.

[Sarah Kramer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short filler book for lap-sit storytime. Babies as always love to look at other babies.

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

As far as baby faces books go this one's not that great because, of course, it only deals with one emotion. There are other baby face books that I like better

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 3 1/2 month old likes looking at this book too!

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thomas smiles at the babies!!

[bubblebee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fav of Nat's. Babies love looking at other babies, so this whole series of baby faces books by Roberta Grobel Intrater really does appeal to him.

[Tdavis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Your baby will smile! Great book to introduce books!

Early Literacy Skills:

Print Motivation
Vocabulary

[Tara]

Loves this book... The peditrician gave it to us back when my 3 yr old was just 6 months and it's held up wonderfully since then.. Its one of my "go to" books to restore order in the house

[Nichole Guertin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my sons first favorite book.. Over and over and he always smiled and gave the little girl a kiss at the end :)