Baby Happy Baby Sad

I recieved this line of books for my son's 1st birthday. He really reacts to the illustration and the simple two word correlations really seem to speak to him. He seems to pick up the differences very quickly and uses them in situations in his own life. These are great for any toddler that's beginning to form their language skills. The book arrived quickly and efficiently.

I bought this book for my niece. She loves this book! I think she enjoys the bright colors, and the extra explanations that I give to her when reading the story.

My two-year-old loves this book along with all the other books by this author. She chooses it for her bedtime book almost every night. At first I needed to explain why the baby was happy or sad, but now my daughter does that part.

We love this Patricelli book almost as much as the others. As usual, my toddler loved it initially because the baby in the book has nipples, a welcome detail that other books (infuriatingly) leave out. My two-year-old is fascinated by emotions, and loves the pendulum sway of baby happy, baby sad...baby happy, baby sad. Of course you have to fill in the details and describe what's happening with your own words--that's the point of reading to children, isn't it? I love this book, in particular, because it makes my child squeal with glee because he empathizes with the baby--like the baby in the book, mud makes him happy and shampoo makes him sad. Playing with the cat makes him happy; a fleeing cat (whose tail has been pulled) makes him sad, too. This baby, my child thinks, knows a thing or two about real baby emotions. My only problem with the book is that it portrays nighttime as a scary abandonment--dark room, baby crying and reaching for daddy who is leaving baby alone in the crib = baby sad; morning with dad re-entering room makes baby happy. We read it with a different emphasis--when baby is sad in bed, daddy comes to help. When baby is happy in the morning, daddy comes to join him! Even with this need for an editorial change that quiets, rather than heightens, nighttime anxiety, we all love this book. I rank it third to No no yes yes and quiet loud.

we love these books and have a full collection, including this newer one. my 3 year old son has always enjoyed the patricelli books, and loes to look through this new one and "read" it because the words are always the same and he can use any words he wants to describe the activity pictured that shows the happy or sad baby. very engaging.