Peek-a-Boo Who?
Posted on: March 4, 2009
Product Description
Peek-a-boo, I see you! A parrot! A rabbit! A frog! A bear! Caldecott medalist Simms Taback’s bright, bold animals and simple, repetitive text make this the perfect board book for every young child who loves to play peek-a-boo.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #546873 in Books
- Published on: 2006-09-28
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Board book
- 14 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Simms Taback won a Caldecott Honor Award for There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly and the Caldecott Medal for Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, of which The Horn Book wrote, “The art sings with color and movement and humor and personality.” He is know for his posters, Smithsonian calendars, and a line of greeting cards, as well as his many acclaimed picture books.
Customer Reviews
Wonderful for small baby
This was the first book that our daughter paid any attention to. We think she liked the vibrant colors, simple drawings, and the way light shines through the cut-out when you flip it up. She would lie on the floor or the couch and we would hold it open over her to “read” it to her. Now that she’s 4 months old, she actually starts cooing when she sees the cover and still likes looking at the pictures and the opened cutouts.
I am not rating it 5 stars because the tabs are pretty difficult to open. It is a great book while parents are doing all of the opening and shutting for a small baby, but once the baby starts wanting to use her hands it’s frustrating because it’s too subtle of a design for her to do herself. Not surprisingly, our 13-month-old niece didn’t seem to enjoy the book very much relative to others that had big, easy-to-operate tabs. I recommend it for very young infants but not older infants/toddlers.
Torn
Great images and the book does peek my 17 month olds attention, but the pages that lift up to reveal the animals tear off so easily. After only three reads most of the flaps were torn off – which means no more peek a boo!
Great book for younger children
Parenting magazine gave this book a great review so I purchased it for my child. He was able to grow into it and at 2 he still laughs and has a fun time with it.
It’s engaging, colorful and a great learning tool.
Have given this as a birthday gift.
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