|
 |
|
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (Baby Board Books)x$1.87
  (24 reviews)
Best Price: $4.99 $1.87
A board book for babies or toddlers and their parents, featurig a well-known nursery rhyme and interactive text.
|
Customer Reviews
|
Buy "Where's My Belly Button" instead
By A14K1DM5JGVLGP on 2007-06-13
This is merely a verbatim book version of the old playschool song "head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes . . " It could be made a bit more worthwhile if the art was engaging or dynamic in some way, but it's blah (think Precious Moments meets Charlie Brown) and does little to enhance a young childs perception of where to find his/her head, shoulders, knees . . well you get to idea.
One of our favorites
By A3322E7B0ISPOE on 2007-01-18
My daughter loves this book. She is 14 months old and thanks to this book she now tries to do the "moves" that go with the song.
Classic song
By A5ME7RBFC5FVO on 2007-04-30
My husband and I were trying to teach out daughter where her eyes, nose, mouth etc were. My husband has never heard this song so it was hard for him to do with our daughter. I found this book and now this is daddy's book to read. within a week our daughter knows where her body parts are and how to say and she loves reading it with her dad. I would recommend this book.
My grandson's favorites
By A3TKIWLMI5TKPL on 2007-01-10
Because of the utter simplicity of this book, I was surprised at how quickly it became one of my grandson's favorite books (along with the Row, Row, Row Your Boat, by the same author.) I guess babies all enjoy looking at other babies. I have since ordered these two books for my friend's granddaughter, and she had the same reaction.
Great book
By A2GKN094QLTKL9 on 2007-06-07
My niece just loves this book! She is 9 months old and this is the book she always wants to have read to her, or the book the chooses to just look at the pictures.
- Lots of "hidden" value
By AWJBO5XGIW8ZS on 2008-09-29
At first glance, this book appears to be simply an illustration of a kids song. Some reviewers have complained that that's all there is..so why buy it. But actually, there is a lot more there if you look.
First of all, while illustrated songs seem like an odd choice sometimes to adults, little kids LOVE them. Invariably, they are the ones my two year old brings to me again and again. They are also the first books that kids are able to memorize. This is important because they like to pull them out when they are playing independently, and model reading on their own. What a satisfying experience for a pre-reader! Plus, for parents for whom it doesn't come as naturally to bring music into their children's lives, these sorts of books are a great way to do so.
This book does an excellent job of being really clear with the pictures lining up the words and the body parts. The first line, she gives each body part it's very own page, so that they can be large and really obvious -- the little animal on the page mirroring the same body part as the baby is also very adorable.
When she gets to eyes, ears, mouth and nose, she adds another dimension by putting in item on the page that you can do with that body part -- for eyes - books, for ears - baby instruments, for mouth - baby food and sippy cup, and for nose - flowers. So there is a discussion element if you are reading this with your baby and choose to take it.
The back of the book has the last "knees and toes" echo...pretty cute, and also has the whole song written out under a staff with musical notes. My older daughter has taken to grabbing this 'baby' book and asking how to pluck it out on her little piano keyboard. So the book can have a second life for that purpose later on.
The pictures of the babies are endearing.. I love their happy little faces. It is worth noting that while the babies are definitely different "shades" -- it's hardly what I'd call multi-cultural, which is a shame because there's no reason why it couldn't have been. She did throw in a couple girls.
All and all, if the multicultural issue doesn't concern you, I'd recommend this highly for your own little on, or for a gift.
- Mother of an 18 month old.
By AT8AWSBB3P7QK on 2007-01-10
My daughter loves babies and she loves books. So this was a great purchase for her. I bought this book along with the Ten Little Fingers board book. I think they are a little bit young for an 18 month old, but JJ loves them anyway.
- Love Love Love!
By A1Z9ZACHTLH5ZW on 2007-08-09
I purchased this book for my son when he was 15 months old and he loves this book. He brings it to me to read to him over and over again. The illustrations are fun, he loves the song, and he knows all the body parts now. Many times I have seen him flipping through the book on his own "studying" the pictures. Given I don't usually pay to buy new books that cost more than a dollar or two, this one was definately worth it!
- Average
By A2N0UB8DIDAXSS on 2007-08-15
This is a cute book, but my 10 month old daughter isn't that crazy about it. She has other books she likes much more.
- Great Book
By A2ZJ6D1ECP7TCD on 2007-09-15
My son who is 2.5 years old loves the book and we read it about 10 times a night.
- Cute illustrations! But...
By AKWR0PPYLG4DL on 2008-03-31
If you had any other books in this little series, you'd probably already knew what I found out after I got this book - they're just illustrated children's songs. The illustrations are cuter than anything, but this one starts off with a separate page for "head," then "shoulders," and "knees," etc. but then starts sticking them all on one page. And the last few words of the book are on the back cover. I don't know why they tried to push the song into too few pages (see "Ten Little Fingers (Board Books for Babies)" for what happens when it's done right), but the results were less than stellar. I give it three stars mostly for the illustrations...
- Loves reading
By A2G6QX7LJS3MYB on 2007-08-27
My little absolutely loves these books. I have to read one or more of the everyday.
- Simple Book for Young Children
By A3PQASKPFVJTSW on 2007-11-26
I ordered this book for my 11 month old son. The book is exactly what it says. It is the song "Head, Shoulderes, Knees and Toes". Very big, bold pictures for a young child to look at.
- Wonderful Book!
By ADIXSIGSOFXV9 on 2007-12-29
This book surpassed my expectations. It's written with such simplicity and the illustrations are very well done. It even includes the words and musical notes for the song, "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes". Our grandson is 19 months old and I'm sure he's going to love it!
- more fun than i expected!
By ABVS07O4D39RO on 2008-02-15
i got this book to complete a 4-for-3 deal, so i wasn't expecting much. however, my 13-month-old daughter and i both love this book! i sang the song while flipping through the pages in the beginning, and now she brings me the book whenever i sing the song. i didn't realize that my daughter could associate songs with specific items until now! don't worry if you don't know the song, because they even included the melody notes on the back cover (of course, that means you need to be able to read music or play an instrument). the book is twice the size of many of my daughter's other board books, but she doesn't seem to have much trouble turning the pages as long as the book is on the floor.
- Pictures are great!
By AMMF1B691QOAQ on 2008-03-20
This book became one of our favotites at 4.5 months. My son loves looking at the pictures and hearing the song. We have this and row row row your boat. He chooses these two often when choosing stories, and he's only 6 months. The babies in the book are really cute!
- child's book
By A31X65FHQ1HXKS on 2008-03-30
This was purchased for a friend to give her granddaughter. It was colorful and sturdy. She was very pleased with it.
- wow, pleasantly surprised
By AX6FUD4EKM7BL on 2008-08-30
bigger than most board books, but lighter at the same time, easier for my 11 month old to hold onto. he seemed mesmerized and we can read again and again. the pictures are engaging and quite cute. A 10!
- cute pictures
By AOTK6RMY80W20 on 2008-09-08
I loved this book more than my 18 month old daughter. Her favorite is the Row, Row, Row your boat book. The book is nice with bold pictures, showing actions well.
- Infant-Toddler Books
By A3USMLY0S1B4MZ on 2008-09-11
Wonderful Book. My grandson loves it since it corresponds to the song he sings. It's charming.
|
|
You may also be interested in...
|
|
|
|
|
|
