Where Is Maisy?: A Lift-the-Flap Book

We love the lift the flap Maisy books, they are a fun way to get my daughter involved in the story and they keep her attention and excitment going from front to back. They have short and simple writing, cute characters, and colorful illustration. A nice, fun book.

My 16 month old son was not interested in sitting long enough for me to read him a book -- until this one. Not that it is lengthly, but he wants to repeat it indefinitely and finds it HILARIOUS. Now he's bringing me books all day, but this is his favorite. "Is Maisy in the boat?" I ask. "Naw!" he says, and laughs. The only problem is how to separate him from it.

This is my 13-month-old niece's favorite book. She has a lot of fun lifting the flaps and looking at what's behind them. And she always laughs when she finds Maisy in the end. The flaps get her so much more involved in this book than she is in many of her others. And she likes to read it over and over - both with others and by herself.

This is the first book I bought for my then 5-month old. I was familiar with Lucy Cousin's books from being a first grade teacher so I thought my baby would be attracted to Cousin's wonderful illustrations. I was right---he loves the book! Her simple illustrations hold his attention and her use of bold colors interests him. I have even found him looking at the words on the left-hand page. The lettering is large and bold and will be great for little ones just beginning to read. Today my baby is 7-months old and I am ordering several of Lucy Cousin's nursery rhyme books for him. Her books are the greatest!

My 7 month daughter loves this book. She is someone that gets bored if she sees something more than once. But we read this book every morning, she always enjoys lifting the flaps.