Moving Your Body

by Beci Orpin

Flying with your arms...

Sneezing with your nose...

There are so many interesting ways to move your body!

Learn about the different movements we can do in this vibrantly illustrated board book, with simple and fun text, from one of Australia's leading designer-illustrators, Beci Orpin.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

16 pages, Board Book

Published November 9, 2021

Reviews

[Laura Farrington]

Not a bad book for 1-3 year olds.
Simple colours may be attracting to them, and only a few words per page. Any younger than 1 may not be interested as too many colours and photos rather than cartoons may have been better. However a great book for tummy time and for more on the go kids, a great way to demonstrate - and then copy - how your body moves.

[Cass Moriarty]

Moving Your Body (Lothian Hachette 2019) is a delightful board book for toddlers by Beci Orpin. Each page is a fun suggestion for movement – ‘Fly with your arms’; ‘Smile with your mouth’; ‘Hold with your hand’ – that can be imitated by children and parents as they read the book together. Simple, attractive illustrations in bold, primary colours ensure children will return again and again to this book that encourages action and play.
The companion book, Dressing Your Family (Lothian Hachette 2019) also by Beci Orpin, is another bright and simple book that illustrates the diversity of families through clothing choices, depicting different family members from grandparents to stepbrothers to aunties wearing everything from scarves to overalls to underpants. Toddlers will enjoy recognising their own clothes and using the text to prompt discussions about their own family structure.
My granddaughter Anaya was instantly attracted to the bright colours of both books and loved copying the movements and pointing to recognisable objects. What great books for sharing and reading together!

[Emma Sedlak]

Simple book, but Eamon really enjoyed pointing to his own arms and legs and parts of the body while we read it. I’m not sure I like that “eyes are for crying,” though.

[Freddie D]

A great book for toddlers about all the way we can use our bodies to move. Very fun to stop and act out the movements on each page. Beci Orpin's illustrations are just scrumptious.

[Hannah]

Just because it's bright, cute and simple doesn't mean it's worth yours or your child's time.