Review: Happy Baby Colours

Happy Baby Colours

Written by Roger Priddy

Publication date: 2001
Publisher: Priddy Books
ISBN: 978-0312490034

Summary/Back cover:
'Soft-to-touch' with simple clear images labelled to increase a child's vocabulary - truly a first book for your baby.

Review:
The first thing I noticed about this book was the great size it is for it’s target age group, 0 – 18 months. The thin and light book is easy to hold for littlies, and even has a wee baby grip for them to hold onto while toddling around.

Each page of the book has been designated a colour. There are approximately 5-6 photographs on each page which are in that colour, including one of a baby wearing and/or using an item of the colour. This makes the pages fun and bright, and I found that my girls really enjoyed looking at the photos of the other babies.

Using photographs of mainly animals, clothing and healthy foods, I found that these were items the littlies would see in their environment and would be known to them.

My girls enjoyed pointing at the words and getting me to say what the item is, and now they enjoy me pointing at the word and them telling me what it is. We haven’t quite got the idea of colours yet so it will be in our bookshelf for a little while longer, and we are changing ‘goldfish’ to ‘orange goldfish’ and ‘strawberry’ to ‘red strawberry’.

Overall I think this book is fantastic, and I haven’t come across a better ‘colours’ book as yet. 5 out of 5.

Review written by Zaylah