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Baby Bowie: A Book about Adjectives
Introduce your littlest rocker to the magic and creativity of David Bowie in this delightful book in the new Baby Rocker board book series.
Shiny lightning bolt. High boots. Spiky hair. Celebrate all that iconic musician David Bowie is about with your toddler in this fun, fantastical, and playful new book. Perfect for any Bowie fan, young or old, this book is sure to provide read-aloud fun with the pairing of iconic Bowie items and looks with simplified text. At the end of the book, put on your shoes and best costume because it's time to dance with Baby Bowie and friends!
Shiny lightning bolt. High boots. Spiky hair. Celebrate all that iconic musician David Bowie is about with your toddler in this fun, fantastical, and playful new book. Perfect for any Bowie fan, young or old, this book is sure to provide read-aloud fun with the pairing of iconic Bowie items and looks with simplified text. At the end of the book, put on your shoes and best costume because it's time to dance with Baby Bowie and friends!
24 pages, Board Book
Published September 3, 2019
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February 28, 2020
Aside from the nostalgia value for parents who are fans of David Bowie, this is a rather useless offering. It purports to be about adjectives, but that part of the book is actually really weak. Some of the adjectives chosen are not the sort of words that can be easily explained in a picture book. There's a "loud" guitar (how is your toddler supposed to tell from a picture if something is loud?) and a "tall" microphone (but since it's shown in isolation, there's no frame of reference; it could be three inches tall for all the reader knows) and a "shiny" lightning bolt (which, in the e-book version, is just shown with flat colour).
In short, this just doesn't work. Die-hard fans of Bowie might want to get this for their own collection, but it's probably not the best choice of book for their toddlers, especially if they're looking for something that'll clearly teach new vocabulary words.
In short, this just doesn't work. Die-hard fans of Bowie might want to get this for their own collection, but it's probably not the best choice of book for their toddlers, especially if they're looking for something that'll clearly teach new vocabulary words.
September 14, 2019
Woot woot, first review! I love adjectives!
September 10, 2019
I might have read this to our Bowie. He's a cat. He was mildly entertained. :)
May 12, 2021
This book seems like its more for parents picking out stories for their child that cannot read yet, then for the child itself. It is only tangentially related to Bowie. It shows him in a cartoon version of some of his most famous outfits with adjectives like glitters or shines on the other page. I think in this case, you would be better off just showing pictures of Bowie to your children. They are even more captivating than the cartoon version with the pastels. Also, pastels is insane palette choice for a book about David Bowie. In my head he was swaddled in a lime-green satin scarf. The little Bowie gyrates over a short book as adjectives swirl around him.
One thing I did like about this book is the adjectives themselves. It used a lot of adjectives that aren't typically emphasized as spelling words until second or third grade because of their uniqueness.
Overall, this is a book to make you look cool to people reading your toddler's bookshelf or to make you feel slightly less bored at having to read the same book over and over again.
I don't think the book did a good enough job of making the photos match and emphasize the adjectives like a small child would need.
One thing I did like about this book is the adjectives themselves. It used a lot of adjectives that aren't typically emphasized as spelling words until second or third grade because of their uniqueness.
Overall, this is a book to make you look cool to people reading your toddler's bookshelf or to make you feel slightly less bored at having to read the same book over and over again.
I don't think the book did a good enough job of making the photos match and emphasize the adjectives like a small child would need.
February 18, 2022
3.5 stars. Bright, eye catching pictures are the highlight of this board book. The text is not very engaging as it is basically a caption for the pictures. Cute for Bowie fans to share with a baby, but not likely to be requested at story time.
November 26, 2023
The page size for this board book is delightfully large. The colors and illustrations are bold and bright, and they really pop. The font is clear and looks cool, and the book focuses on good descriptive concepts like spiky, thick, shiny, tall, etc.
October 19, 2019
They somehow made a boring book featuring Bowie. This is a lackluster primer that does nothing exciting with its words or illustrations.
March 3, 2020
SO CUTE! wish it had more pics though
June 14, 2021
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Hello, friends! Our books today are Baby Bowie and Baby KISS, the first two books in the Baby Rocker series, illustrated by Pintachan.
Each of these sturdy board books uses its subject to explore a toddler-friendly topic. In Baby KISS, illustrated colors, a classic topic for this age group; Baby Bowie takes a look at adjectives. Using simple illustrations with bright colors, and focusing on some of each artist’s most recognizable trademarks (KISS’s face paint, Bowie’s evolving personas, etc) to bring life to their topics.
Man, I really wanted to like these more than I did. The idea is solid – a board book for fans of these glam rock artists to share with their kiddos while teaching them valuable language basics. Sounds great! And for fans, there are some really cool nods: Gene Simmons’ axe bass guitar to illustrate “Silver” or Bowie’s eyepatch-wearing “Halloween Jack” persona to demonstrate “Spiky” hair. The problem is, the books often fail to lay out these concepts in a way in which very young children can connect to visually. The colors listed in KISS are, more often than not, opposite a page that features a rainbow of colors with little visual focus on the one being illustrated; example, a “Red” stage, flanked by bright purple curtains and awash with orange and yellow spot- and footlights, each with equal visual space. In Bowie, many of the adjectives are ones that cannot be shown in illustration (“Loud Guitar”), or could have been, but surprisingly were not (“Shiny Lightning Bolt” or “Sparkly Stars” on matte pages). All in all, these books seem to be made more to pay service to adult fans of these artists, and have far less function as educational titles. It’s disappointing, because this could have been a really neat concept, but it feels badly executed. JJ enjoyed the illustrations, and I enjoyed the references as a fan, but as board books go, these could have been done better, and there are already titles out there that have. Fans of Bowie and KISS should check them out, but otherwise, pass on these.
(Note: A copy of this book was provided to The Baby Bookworm by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.)
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