Product Type: Books
Age: Toddlers
2006 Award
(by Rebecca Whitford/illus. Martina Selway, Holt $9.95 Score:
) Whether you are doing yoga or not, this is an appealing little book that invites active doing—stretching like a cat, wobbling like a bird, crouching like a frog—among other things. Clear illustrations include boys and girls as well as lively animals. 2 & up. Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Vickie Weber, 3M $6.95 Score:
) Handsome full-color photos of animal babies and their mothers light up the pages of this sturdy board book. Each animal is introduced with a partial view and some hints as to its identity, as in “an animal that goes ‘Oink’ and has a curly tail.” The turn page shows the whole animal and its mommy and the baby’s proper name, as in “piglet.” Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(3M $6.99 Score:
) Newest in a fun series that invites children to give their favorite answer of “NO!” to some fairly obvious questions. This book is all about clothes and their connections to the seasons. 2 & up. Age: Toddlers. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Frances Barry, Candlewick $7.99 Score:
) Mama Duck only looks ahead, so she fails to see all of her ducklings who appear one by one behind her in this beginner’s counting book with cutaway pages. 2–4. Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Eric Carle, HarperCollins $19.99 Score:
) This is not so much a counting book as another one of Carle’s glorious knowing and naming books. Ten little toy ducks fall off a container ship and meet a variety of ocean-going creatures along the way. Ends with an electronic squeak that little listeners will love to anticipate and activate. 2 & up. Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Rosemary Wells/illus. by Susan Jeffers, Hyperion $2.99 Score:
) McDuff goes visiting with his family to Aunt Frieda’s where one nasty old cat named Purlina gets dear little McDuff in all sorts of trouble. If you don’t know McDuff from earlier adventures, you should. He’s a lovable storybook character. 2–5. Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Jez Alborough, 3M $15.99 Score:
) From the author of Hug, another very simple concept book that is told largely through illustrations and next to no words. This time a little chimp discovers that tall and small are really only a matter of perspective as the tall animals of the jungle keep giving Chimp a new way of seeing himself and others. 21⁄2 & up. Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by David Martin/illus by Randy Cecil, Candlewick $15.99 Score:
) Toddlers and young preschoolers will enjoy the repetitive questions and active replies built into this jolly romp of a book. A playful book that introduces a big concept, namely that we all have a lot in common—hands for clapping, feet for kicking, and belly buttons for tickling. 2–5. Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(illus. by Jane Cabrera, Holiday House $16.95 Score:
) A favorite song that invites movement along with singing. Jane Cabrera gives this old song new life with a cast of delightful creatures stamping their feet, clapping their hands, and flapping their arms. A playful way to combine animals' names, body parts and action. 2 & up. Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 2006.
2007 Awards
(Sassy $12 Score:
) These vinyl books—Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; Rock-a-Bye Baby; and I’m a Little Teapot—can be enjoyed with sound on or off. They can be “played ”with music alone or with music with singing. Pleasant music, not overly loud, makes these an entertaining novelty for sing-along fun. Another book, Baby’s Book of Small Talk, is a knowing-and-naming book showing single objects on each page, with accompanying text written in English, Spanish, or French—take your choice. (800) 323-6336. Age: Infants,Toddlers. Award Year: 2007.
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