I'm also not sure how much kids would understand "dog" vs. I was also surprised by some of their word choices - "mobile" (as in the thing that hangs over a crib), "sweatshirt" (which I don't think even looks like a sweatshirt - and my brother noted the winter-heavy nature of that "Clothes" spread, given that M is growing up in Florida), a "rattle" which I would not parse as a rattle, "stacking rings." Also, I feel that putting "fork and spoon" in a single photo makes it hard to teach them as distinct nouns. The next few spreads are words related to different activities and are basically fine - though I'm not sure how much kids will understand the verbs (especially when "Mealtime" had a "sippy cup" and a "bottle" and then a picture of a kid drinking from a sippy cup labeled "drink"). I did appreciate that the "train" looked like the MBTA's commuter rail :) the "truck" is an eighteen-wheeler viewed from head-on (whereas my instinct would be to image a pickup truck), the "ship" is a cruise ship, the "car" is a sports car. The "dump truck" looks confusing, the "tractor" looks more like a monster truck. The initial two-page spread of colors is fine, but the choice to use photographs for "things that go" meant that I found them sometimes overly detailed such that I'm not sure how well kids would recognize them. I liked this one less than Numbers, Colors, Shapes, though M still consistently sat through this. I know babies develop differently, but I'd say below 4 months no need to torture yourself with this prematurely, just read what you like out loud to your kiddo. The label also says 0+ but kidlet wasn't really into it until around 9 or 10 months, and now 11 he'll reach for it and want to flip the pages and listen to me point things out. Then another petty gripe is the font, for the letter m the middle bar doesn't come down enough. Idk what is the middle photo in Things That Go (Couldn't it have been Vehicles?). Clothes: idk what it's supposed to be but it's a relatable enough photo. For example: page for farm animals: I wrote "chick". Each page has 9 photos, with the center panel being the description of the category of the items on the page. What I'm saying is maybe it would have been more helpful to portray the baseline forms of each item, instead of including an uncommon specimen. Socks are these psychedelic Christmasy colored pair. Technology used outdated models: Telephone is a cordless landline. Carrots are carrot sticks not the unprocessed form. Duck is a white duck with a rainbow butt, instead of the usual more easily identifiable yellow duck. The photos for some aren't the best choice. Mobile (the twirly thing above the crib, not a handprint) - when would a toddler actually need to say that? Soft toy. I'm purposely being overcritical, because after you see something every day, several times a day, and your second coffee hasn't kicked in yet, you start picking it apart.įirst is that some of the words are not those I'd consider the first, or are not simple. Priddy lives in London with his wife Zena and their four children. His creativity has been recognized with numerous industry awards. He is also the author of Big Board First 100 Words Big Board Books Colors, ABC, Numbers, and Bright Baby Noisy Monsters. Since then, over 30 million copies of Roger's 200 plus books have sold worldwide, with five of his books- My Big Animal, My Big Truck, Happy Baby Words, Happy Baby Colors and Puppy and Friends-each selling over one million copies. In 2000, he created Priddy Books with John Sargent at St Martin’s Press to create innovative and imaginative titles for children, from first books for babies through early reference titles for older children. Priddy became Creative Director of DK’s Children’s Division and was Managing Director of the children’s mass market publisher Funfax when it was acquired by DK. His first job in children’s books was working with the publisher Peter Usborne, at Usborne Publishing, and then he worked with Peter Kindersley at Dorling Kindersley, where he spent 16 years. He went to Berkshire College of Art and Design and trained as an illustrator. Roger Priddy left school at 16 with just one qualification-in art.
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