The Eye Book

At first, I didn't think this book would be a real winner with my little one. But you just never know, huh? This "Eye" book, written by Dr. Seuss, is read nightly, with all the funny things that eyes can do and see, it proves to be quite interesting. The pink underpants definitely brings some giggles too! It's a pretty short book, one that can be easily memorized by toddlers. The book takes you on a tour of the various things that you can see with your eyes. The boy and the rabbit do everything from looking down holes to looking at the moon. It's quite cute but very basic so if you're looking for something for an older child, I'd pass on this one. The age limit is definitely true as stated above: 2-5.

From 3 months old this book captured and held my infant's attention. He loves it! All I have to do is show him the cover and he lights up. Now at 5 months it is still his favorite. The little boy and his rabit are so endearing and the cheer at the end "Hooray, Hooray, Hooray for eyes!" receives a squeal of delight every time! I honestly would never be without this book again.

If you liked Dr. Seuss's The Tooth Book, you will find this book equally rewarding. In The Eye Book, Dr. Seuss explores the concept of what vision is, who has it, and why it's important. At the same time, he has created a book with an extremely small number of words (almost all of one syllable) and maximum amount of repetition to make memorizing and learning to read the book as simple as possible. A handsome blue-eyed boy begins, "EyeEyesMy eyesMy eyes"He then points to a pink-eyed, friendly-looking rabbit, and says,"His eyesHis eyes"With a picture of the boy winking, the boy says,"Wink eyeWink eye"With a picture of the rabbit, the boy says,"Pink eyePink eye"Then you move into the concept of what vision is -- seeing and being seen."My eyes see.His eyes see.I see him.And he sees me."The connection between humans and animals is nicely built from there. This will help your child to understand that we have many things in common with animals. Knowing that can lead to lots of empathic play and developing a more sensitive adult. Be prepared for your child to want a pet rabbit, though. The book then uses the idea of seeing to add simple words, along with their images in order to help with word decoding. The words introduced include blue, red, bird, bed, sun, moon, fork, knife, spoon, girl, man, boy, horse, tin can, holes, poles, trees, clocks, bees, rocks, flies, ants, pink, underpants, rings, strings, rain, pie, dogs, and airplanes."Hooray for eyes!"You can also use this book to establish an interest in flash cards. After reading the book, you can use some flash cards that combine a picture with the letters. Based on my experience with children learning to read, you can accelerate progress quite a lot of you can develop such a diving board for being interested in flash cards for vocabulary. Try to find some with colorful illustrations! The illustrations emphasize large heads and enormous eyes of the sort that I associate with the Walt Disney cartoon drawings of Alice in Wonderland. Everything seems simple, young, and childlike which will make the book more accessible to your child.After you both have the book memorized, I suggest that you play games while riding in the car to identify animals and the color eyes they have. This will help make your child more observant, which is helpful for reading development as well. See the potential all around you . . . and be aware that you are being looked at too! What can be seen about you?

I chose this title to teach my little one to read. He knows lots of words and this book was perfect to show him how to put them together to make short sentences. I created a study word list from the words he hadnt learned yet and in one weekend he read the entire book....Awesome!

This book is a great way to get young children interested in reading. The sentences are short. "My eyes My Eyes, His eyes His eyes" is just an example of the text. The book helps to identify the names of basic items, like trees or aminals. However, I like the 1968 version of The Eye Book better. The text is the same, but the illustrations are not so modernized. They are classic Seuss. The 1968 version is authored by Theo. LeSieg (Ted Geisel backwards!). Either version is a welcome addition to any Dr. Seuss collection.