Friday, March 18, 2011

Review: Maisy Buggy Books


Tooty Toot, Maisy
Brmm Brmm, Maisy
Quack Quack, Maisy
Munch Munch, Maisy
Written by Lucy Cousins

Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
ISBN: 978-1-4063-1370-3 (Toot Toot, Maisy )
ISBN: 978-1-4063-1369-1 (Munch Munch, Maisy )
ISBN: 978-1-4063-1367-3 (Brmm Brmm, Maisy )
ISBN: 978-1-4063-1368-0 (Quack Quack, Maisy )

Summary/back cover:
A chunky board book which can be attached to any buggy or car-seat harness using the safety-tested plastic clip and fabric link.

Review:
I've found them great for reading to my four month old.  We started when he was about six weeks old and by eight weeks he was totally into them.  They're solid cardboard and small enough that he can handle and chew them without my help and without damaging the books.  What's great about them is that there is no story, just noises associated with the picture, for example:
Toot Toot Maisy has pictures of instruments such as a piano and the words are:  Plinkety Plinkety Plonk
Quack Quack Maisy has pictures of animals such as a snake accompanied by: Sss Sss

It made sense to me that the unusual and fun sounds would make story time more obvious to the boy child than just regular words.  If we want to we can make up stories to accompany the sounds.  There is the added bonus of teaching sounds associated with various activities, animals and objects, which is a common way that children learn.

The books are about $11 each and I find Toot Toot and Quack Quack the best, followed by Brrmm Brrmm.  These are a great intro to books for young babies

Ratings:
Toot Toot, Maisy – 5/5
Munch Munch, Maisy – 3/5
Brmm Brmm, Maisy – 4/5
Quack Quack, Maisy – 5/5

Review written by Ang

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