Colors

I found this book through one of those "So you want to..." lists. After reading the reviews, I decided to add it to my granddaughter's gifts for her first birthday. She LOVES it! The combination of color and the sliding pages engage her fully and she will look at it over and over again. She takes it with her all of the time. I am very picky about children's books (English degree, don't you know:) and I just think this one is GREAT!!

I am soon going to need to purchase another copy of this book. My daughter loved this book from the time she was nine months old because of the "surprise" value of having a matching colored animal pop out of the page for each color. It's fun to read the colors, and then slide out the hidden animal and read the animal name. It also encourages the baby to say the animal name with you--one of her early words was after I said "green" and she whispered "fro(g)". Now that she is 13 months old, it is still her favorite book, but now she slides the pages for herself. The book is sturdy, but I will still probabaly have to buy another copy with this intense use. I am also ordering other books in the series.

This book is a big hit in our home because it gives toddlers the chance to "do it myself." This colorful board book has pages with animal drawings that slide out. Each page has a color with a printed texture (e.g. a red page with darker red dots on it). At the top or side of the page is a solid tab that allows the child to pull out a picture of an animal with that same texture on it (e.g. the red page has a ladybug hidden in it like the one printed on the cover of the book). This book is a favorite because the sliding mechanism is very well made, so my daughter is generally able to work the pages herself with little or no help from me. She recognizes the colors and textures on each page and names the animal before she pulls the picture out and then really enjoys demonstrating that she was right. All of the pages are very sturdy and well made, so it's hard for little fingers to damage it.Excellent book!!

My 1 year old loves this book! The pages are very sturdy and the pictures are bright and colorful. The sliding pages are constructed in way that allows small fingers to operate them with ease. My daughter loves to pull the sliding pages and find the objects like the red ladybug and the black and white panda. Can't wait to try Slide N Seek Shapes!

From 9 to 21 months this remains my son's favorite book. Buying 2nd copy because it's the only book he's worn out, and we've got dozens of books. He really responds to the shiny stuff. What actually appeals to kids is what matters, even if the official editor finds the choice of objects for each color to be mundane.