About Face [Hardcover]

Cindy Crawford (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up

The first language every child learns to speak and read is body language. In this wonderfully playful picture book, one of the most recognised faces in America ( along with her young son Presley) shows us how to use our faces to say just about anything to our loved young ones!. Ages 1+.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Supermodel Cindy Crawford and her young son, Presley, show moms and dads that communication does not begin and end with spoken words. Silly faces, flailing arms, big grins, a fist rubbing an eye--all these gestures and expressions speak volumes when Baby doesn't quite have the words to communicate feelings and needs. And when parents respond to their infants' body language, they are sending a very clear message: "I hear you. I'm here for you. You're safe. I love you."

About Face is a bouncy, playful romp with a valuable ulterior motive: to get parents to follow their intuition when it comes to communicating with their babies--and to encourage children to fall in love with words and other forms of language. Author Ellen Schecter's goofy wordplay ("Let's be GROWL-Y, prowl-y, howl-y, and jowl-y, then share grrreat big bear HUGS when we're done.") make the text amusing for readers, even if the rhymes are somewhat forced at times. Photographer Jade Albert and illustrator Paul Harwood intertwine cute photos of babies (and Crawford) with imaginative pastel designs. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter

From Publishers Weekly

Supermodel Cindy Crawford along with her toddler son, Presley, and a host of other bright-eyed babies puts her best face forward in this picture book designed to facilitate parent-child bonding through facial expressions. Following a note to parents from Crawford, a bouncy text that sometimes speaks directly to the audience ("Hello nose, hello toes; hello lips like a small soft rose.... About face! Now it's your turn. Can you pucker up and kiss my nose?") and weaves over and around carefully posed photographs embellished with pastel spot illustrations. A few examples convey the unpolished writing (for instance, "A smile's just a frown turned upside down can you do it, too?" puts the emphasis on the frown rather than the upbeat smile), but the greeting-card message nonetheless prevails. Throughout, boldly colored backgrounds and a hand-lettered-style typeface that emphasizes key words in bold capital letters, give the action here an appropriately playful look and feel. New parents, especially those who may lack confidence in their read-aloud, play-along skills, will find this title especially inviting. All ages. (Nov.)benefit Reading Is Fundamental.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: HarperEntertainment; First Edition edition (October 23, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060178302
• ISBN-13: 978-0060178307
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 10.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,053,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars About Face, A terrific book for my 20 month old!, December 17, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: About Face (Hardcover)

An adorable book! My son loves when I read the lyrical words and imitate the photos in the book. It takes traditional rhyming and typical finger plays one step further to engage your child with facial gestures, body movements and language. My son Henry laughs and loves our time together when we use the book as inspiration for our own play. Cindy Crawford's introduction is sweet and poignant and gives insight to her love of Motherhood and appreciation of her own Mother.Seeing Cindy get silly can be an impetus for all mothers to do the same!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars preferred reading for toddlers, December 5, 2001

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M.Inn. "MI" (GlenHead ny United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: About Face (Hardcover)

i bought this book for my niece and nephew, along with several others but this is the one they ask for all the time. they love the pictures and the funny faces we make when we read it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent even for little babies, December 4, 2001

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M.Inn. "MI" (GlenHead ny United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: About Face (Hardcover)

Our 20 month old and our 4 month old LOVE this book, we read it to them all the time. They love to look at the babies' pictures and play along with the toe kisses. It really is wonderful even for little infants !