Hello, Ocean Friends: A Black-and-White Board Book for Babies That Helps Visual Development

by duopress labs, Violet Lemay (Illustrator)

Making connections between images on a page and the real world is an important building block for your baby’s communication skills—and this charming introduction to ten ocean animal friends, paired with a friendly text, and bold basic patterns, provide a great high-contrast experience for young developing eyes.

Selected by the NYPL Summer Reading Challenge 2017.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Fiction, Juvenile, Nature, Storytime

20 pages, Board Book

First published May 12, 2015

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Howdy, seahorse. Genius. 10/10.

[Jasmine from How Useful It Is · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this book for my toddler's bedtime. All of the different ways to say hello to different ocean friends including a hello in Spanish and a hello in Hawaiian. There was an octopus, a seahorse, a shark, a jellyfish, and more. At the end of the book, a page showcase all of the ocean friends and my toddler had fun naming each one. Excellent book for toddlers!

Thank you Sourcebooks Kids for the opportunity to read and review!

[Alden Mykhailo]

This review is just for fun . Do not take it seriously

⭐️ - maaa daaa ba ba ba eeeekkkkk
Our babies review ^ one star, DNF x 3. Found the carpet more stimulating

[Sutton Sykes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Literally felt like I was on LSD it was so fun

[Margaux · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent high contrast board book for babies! The animals are so cute and will be engaging and fun for little ones.

[Phillip · Rating 5 out of 5]

My child loved will provably demand many more read throughs! Is able to track it as well!

[Donnisha Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice crisp images

[Leslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

an absolute banger

[Kendra · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another book that I was able to get from the library for Cassie. "Hello, Ocean Friends" by Violet Lemay is different ways to say hello and different type of ocean friends.



Cassie loved looking at this book and through a whole week she was often flipping the pages on her own looking at them. I loved how they were all in black white which is a huge contrast for even the youngest of babies. I also love how it's very simple text but gets the point across. Also shows the different ways a person can say hello. If you have a little kid be sure to check out this awesome book.

[Tony · Rating 5 out of 5]

I find this work engrossing. I just can't pull my eyes away from the captivating sea creatures and the high-contrast patterns/shapes on the opposing pages. I particularly like the cleverness of saying "Howdy" to the sea horse. My favorite pages, however, are the end ones, where (SPOILER ALERT) all the ocean friends are together.

[Lillian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a nice high-contrast images book. It is all black and white. Even though I am almost 4 months old and can see color, I still reacted well to these. The illustrations are great, but there could be more to the story!

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book on the daily. It's full of ups and ups. No seriously, I read this book to my newborn every day. The high contrast imagery is more important than the actual content. I look forward to the day he will read it back to me.

[Jules · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I know that a lot of babies respond to the high-contrast images... my Little just didn't seem to respond to them. She wasn't nearly as interested as she is in the other books that have me reading more and have more colors for her to look at.

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This board book introduces common ocean animals as well as teaches a variety of ways in which to informally say hello.

The illustrations are high-contrast black and white to engage very small children.

[Miss Pippi the Librarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Black and white high-contrast book for little ones. Fun illustrations and simple greetings to ocean friends.

2017 storytime theme: baby storytime - summer/water

Reviewed from a library copy.

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

It'd be only three stars or not read or reviewed at all except kiddo chose this one unprompted on our way out of our last library visit, so...

[Brittany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Baby loved this high contrast book. Tried to reach out to the pictures.

[The Campbell Family · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bud and I read this to Linden. Very simple but good illustrations.

[Alice Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably my favorite in the series. I like that these books have very little words so they can be used in any language.

[Anna]

Cute, simple. Might get for the niece.

[Emi Amaya · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first favorite book!!

[Viviane Elbee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great high contrast book for very young babies. It shows a bunch of sea animals and patterns, which is visually stimulating for babies, whose eyes are not fully developed yet.

[Sylvie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dad says the high contrast pictures are good for my eyes!

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Riveting.

[Delaney Combes · Rating 3 out of 5]

High contrast? Any schmuck can make a book black and white. Still, a solid read if you've got five minutes to kill between crying and shitting

[Beanling's Library · Rating 5 out of 5]

A simple book for infants & toddlers. The high contrast images help engage the younger children.

[Eliza · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m going to be honest, I struggle to get past the first couple of pages of this one. The black and white designs are mesmerizing and my attention span is quite short!

[Kylee Timmreck · Rating 3 out of 5]

6.25/10⭐️

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

seems lazier in choosing patterns than the baby animal one was

[Baily Classen · Rating 5 out of 5]

From grandma & mom