Wiggle, Walk, Wash! Baby's First Animals

by Elliot Kruszynski

Meet seven goofy animals--and one very cute baby--in a fun board book with a final mirror surprise.Baby cat loves lots of cuddles. Purr purr! Baby pig loves jumping in puddles. Oink oink! And baby elephant loves to wash. Splish splash! With a playful read-aloud text and plenty of visual humor, this first book of animals--a great gift for babies and toddlers--ends with a novelty mirror sure to have little listeners in fits of giggles.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens

18 pages, Board Book

Published September 2, 2021

About the author

Elliot Kruszynski is a graphic artist whose clients include the New York Times Book Review, the Telegraph (UK), Anorak, Vice, and AirBnB. He lives in London.

Reviews

[Laura Harrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful graphics and a mirror surprise. I love it!

[Lorie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This board book for ages 0-3 toddlers ticks all the boxes for a great board book for age appropriate formatting and one children will be interested in reading over and over. The case and pages are super sturdy and up to challenge of surviving toddler enthusiasm even in a library setting. The concept of the book is that 8 pairs of parent/child animal are presented in situations that the real animal would do and at the end baby has a chance to join in with a mirrored final page.

Each parent and child animal has its own two page spread in which the image and text continue left to right using the whole two pages for the same concept. There is a simple sentence in large type (ex. "Baby elephant loves to wash." The corresponding image is bright and uses a bold graphic design theme and shows the action extremely well. There is also small onomatopoeia text that helps with the action too (ex. "splish splash!"). The layout, design, images, and text combine to encourage interaction and language use and development.

I would highly recommend this book for purchase by public libraries and for anyone looking for a great toddler board book to give as a gift.

This book was provided by the publisher for professional review by SWON Libraries.

[Kristi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This board book has bright colors and features illustrations of elephants, turtles, cats, pigs, bees, bunnies, worms and a final page with a mirror. The story lends itself to adding movement to the story and imitating the various creatures. I could see this working well with a baby storytime and adding finger plays/hand movements to go along with the words.

[Jo]

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[Castor · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book, which features large colourful pictures, simple text and some sound words, is suitable for the youngest readers. The mirror at the end adds a surprise for the little one. It'd be better if there were other interactive elements.