Thursday, April 30, 2020

Review of Toys by words&pictures


Attach this sweet and sturdy board book to your stroller and enjoy your time out as baby explores 12 captivating high-contrast pictures of fun and familiar toys, along with the word for each. Smile at yellow rubber duck, choo-choo with the train, and make music with the xylophone.

Keep baby entertained and learning on the go with Little Hands Stroller Books. Babies are born with undeveloped vision and researchers have found that they strongly prefer high-contrast images that stand out in their blurry new world. With a convenient strap that attaches the book to a stroller, each of these durable board books features colorful, high-contrast illustrations on lively, patterned black-and-white backgrounds. Little ones will be enthralled as they develop their vision and language skills, as well as hand-eye coordination.


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**My thoughts**
I like the concept behind this book. It's designed to be a board book that you can easily strap onto a stroller to allow the child to page through it and read, while being less likely to drop it and lose it along the way. Because I reviewed a digital galley, I cannot speak to the sturdiness of the board book, nor the convenient strap. But I can talk about the content within.

It's very short, with illustrations of familiar objects in the child's environment and the associated vocabulary. The illustrations are sweet and simple, which is perfect for the younger child. And the color scheme is simple. But I found that the backgrounds, while cute, were rather distracting from the main picture and often made it difficult to read the words on the pages. It got too busy for my taste and I think detracts from the purpose of this book.

But at the same time, I do think young children will enjoy looking at the illustrations. I gave it three stars overall.

Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for providing me with a review copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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