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Baby's Very First Play Book Animal Words
Babies will love looking at the bright, textured pictures and following the winding fingertrails on the pages of this delightful word book. There are animals on a farm, under the sea, in a garden and in the woods, with animal names and sounds to learn on every page, from deer to dolphins, caterpillars to crocodiles and turtles to tigers.
Hardcover
Published March 17, 2016
About the author
Fiona Watt
1,403 books83 followersFiona Watt is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She started working at Usborne in 1989 and has written and edited hundreds of books including baby and novelty, sticker, art and craft, cookery, science and activity books.
Fiona graduated from Exeter University with a B.Ed. (Hons.), specialising in Psychology and Art and Design. After university she worked as a researcher and writer for a company which published educational material for places where children went on school visits (zoos, museums, stately homes etc). She then taught seven, eight, and nine year olds for five years; three years at a state school in Sevenoaks in Kent, and two years at The British School in the Netherlands in The Hague.
Having joined Usborne in 1989, Fiona became an editorial director in 2003, largely responsible for writing baby and novelty books, as well as art and activity titles. She has written over 100 titles for Usborne Publishing, perhaps most notably the, ‘That’s not my ….‘ touchy-feely series.
Fiona graduated from Exeter University with a B.Ed. (Hons.), specialising in Psychology and Art and Design. After university she worked as a researcher and writer for a company which published educational material for places where children went on school visits (zoos, museums, stately homes etc). She then taught seven, eight, and nine year olds for five years; three years at a state school in Sevenoaks in Kent, and two years at The British School in the Netherlands in The Hague.
Having joined Usborne in 1989, Fiona became an editorial director in 2003, largely responsible for writing baby and novelty books, as well as art and activity titles. She has written over 100 titles for Usborne Publishing, perhaps most notably the, ‘That’s not my ….‘ touchy-feely series.
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May 27, 2018
Nice to look for the different named animals, but real life pictures would be more effective
July 1, 2020
If you buy one book in Spanish for your baby, it should be this one!
This is a fantastic first book to introduce to your baby. It was one of my child's top favorite books as a 6-12 month old and he still loves it a year later! As a baby, he loved that there is a hole in each page. He loved to put his finger in it. Each page is easy to turn. Each page also has cut-outs to create more texture with each animal. The variety of animals and environments is perfect and the artwork is so cute! On each set of pages, there is a clean page with only the animal and its name. On the opposite page, you look for each of those animals in their environment.
You may know the Spanish word for dog and cat, but do you know the words for hedgehog, slug, starfish, and worm? I am still working on learning Spanish, but my almost 2 year old can point to almost every animal when I ask him where it is in Spanish. This is impressive as there are 40 animals covered in the book, and even more plants and animals if you look closely.
I ask my child:
- ¿Dónde está el pulpo?
- ...y en esta pagina?
- ¿Qué dice la vaca?
- ¿Cuántos pollitos hay?
- ¿De qué color es el zorro?
Este es un primer libro fantástico para presentarle a su bebé. ¡Era uno de los libros favoritos de mi hijo entre los 6 y 12 meses de edad y todavía lo ama un año después! Cuando era bebé, le encantaba que hubiera un agujero en cada página. Le encantaba meter su dedo en él. Cada página es fácil de pasar. Cada página también tiene recortes para crear más textura con cada animal. ¡La variedad de animales y entornos es perfecto y la obra de arte es tan linda! En cada conjunto de páginas, hay una página limpia con solo el animal y su nombre. En la página opuesta, busca cada uno de esos animales en su entorno.
Es posible que conozca la palabra española para perro y gato, pero ¿conoce las palabras para erizo, babosa, estrella de mar y gusano? Todavía estoy trabajando en aprender español, pero mi hijo de casi 2 años puede señalar a casi todos los animales cuando le pregunto dónde está en español. Esto es impresionante ya que hay 40 animales cubiertos en el libro, e incluso más plantas y animales si se mira de cerca.
This is a fantastic first book to introduce to your baby. It was one of my child's top favorite books as a 6-12 month old and he still loves it a year later! As a baby, he loved that there is a hole in each page. He loved to put his finger in it. Each page is easy to turn. Each page also has cut-outs to create more texture with each animal. The variety of animals and environments is perfect and the artwork is so cute! On each set of pages, there is a clean page with only the animal and its name. On the opposite page, you look for each of those animals in their environment.
You may know the Spanish word for dog and cat, but do you know the words for hedgehog, slug, starfish, and worm? I am still working on learning Spanish, but my almost 2 year old can point to almost every animal when I ask him where it is in Spanish. This is impressive as there are 40 animals covered in the book, and even more plants and animals if you look closely.
I ask my child:
- ¿Dónde está el pulpo?
- ...y en esta pagina?
- ¿Qué dice la vaca?
- ¿Cuántos pollitos hay?
- ¿De qué color es el zorro?
Este es un primer libro fantástico para presentarle a su bebé. ¡Era uno de los libros favoritos de mi hijo entre los 6 y 12 meses de edad y todavía lo ama un año después! Cuando era bebé, le encantaba que hubiera un agujero en cada página. Le encantaba meter su dedo en él. Cada página es fácil de pasar. Cada página también tiene recortes para crear más textura con cada animal. ¡La variedad de animales y entornos es perfecto y la obra de arte es tan linda! En cada conjunto de páginas, hay una página limpia con solo el animal y su nombre. En la página opuesta, busca cada uno de esos animales en su entorno.
Es posible que conozca la palabra española para perro y gato, pero ¿conoce las palabras para erizo, babosa, estrella de mar y gusano? Todavía estoy trabajando en aprender español, pero mi hijo de casi 2 años puede señalar a casi todos los animales cuando le pregunto dónde está en español. Esto es impresionante ya que hay 40 animales cubiertos en el libro, e incluso más plantas y animales si se mira de cerca.
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May 11, 2016This is a board book that would be good for a toddler storytime- especially if you had enough copies for each toddler/caregiver pair. It is sturdy and has lots of familiar animals as well as some more advanced animal words like headhodge and jellyfish. Each page has a little cut out that is fun.
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