Customer Reviews

Babybug

5 star:		(25)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Years ago, my daughter received a subscription to Babybug magazine for her first birthday. It was probably the best gift we ever received! The pages are heavy stock so they don't tear (they are not really board books, but close enough). Essentially, there a number of short books within each magazine. There are also poems and rhymes that are very easy to turn into simple songs. (We've "sung" many of them!). Beautiful pictures too! There are continuing stories with the same characters like Kim and Carrots (a story about a little girl and her stuffed bunny). The makers of this magazine really know kids and families. They celebrate simple things like playing with daddy in the park, tumbling in the grass, making cookies, playing with a big red ball, etc. etc.

On the back of every book/magazine, there are four pictures that are taken from the pages, and my daughter loved this mini "I Spy" game.

Besides all of these wonderful features, you get issues throughout the year! I can't recommend this magazine enough. Beautifully done. We still have the "books", years later. My daughter is now 6 and she won't part with them.

I originally got a year long subscription to Babybug when my older son (now 3 1/2) was about a year old. He absolutely adored it from the first issue. In fact, it was one of the few "books" he would sit still for. When he turned two, I got a Ladybug subscription for him, but I wish I had gotten a second year of Babybug instead. Ladybug should really be for 3 and up (not 2 and up like it suggests). Now we read our old Babybugs to my younger son who is 16 months. They have held up great (a few have been taped because of so much use!) Now that we are reading them again, my older son loves to listen to them too!

My parents gave my son a subscription to BabyBug as a present for his first birthday, and when the first issue arrived I have to confess I wasn't impressed. Most of the stories were short -some, only a two page spread- and many of the stories & art seemed remarkably bland. Well, what do I know? My son LOVES it! The brevity of the stories suits his tiny attention span, and the "bland" stories about kids falling down or picking flowers or what-have-you fascinate him. He clearly relates to the simplicity of the stories revolving around toddlers.
The magazine itself is nicely put together- the pages are sturdy enough to withstand juice spills and rough handling, and the size is just right for a small hands. I appreciate the lack of advertising, too. (Although I should note that each issue is stuffed with subscription cards. Better to pluck these out before you hand it to your kid.)
All in all a terrific magazine for the very young, and a great idea for a shower gift.

We LOVED these tiny magazines for our two girls. They were more sturdy than a magazine--which helped because they were read over, and over again. I agree with other comments; these are typically not as enjoyed until over 18 mos, but we read these to them from 6 mos and we still have them.

I can't say enough to emphasize how much we love this magazine! We read each sturdy issue over repeatedly--and our little listener adored it way beyond two years old (until he was at least four, he asked for them). It's a quick, fun read with vibrant illustrations. I can still recite some of the poetry! I truly do believe it, along with many well-loved picture books, starts kids off on the road to being good readers.

My 15 month old daughter loves this "magazine" and chooses this before any book for me to read. The sing song poems and rhymes are perfect for the 0-2 age. The continuing story of "Kim and Carrots" keeps my daughter's attention with every issue. You will enjoy connecting the stories from each seasonal issue to your daily life. We look forward to each issue!

I have been receiving Babybug for 3 years now and my four year old daughter still enjoys every issue. The repeated charaters (Kim and Carrots) get her excited and help bring a flow from magazine to magazine. The short stories and illustrations are lovely.

The only reason I did not give this a 5 star rating is that my daughter did not start enjoying this magazine until she was 18 to 24 months (not 6 months as is suggested by the age). Now my two year old son is enjoying the stories as well as my daughter. I plan to use these as "early readers" for my daughter as the are fast reads.

My children (ages 3 and 1) both love books and we're regular library visitors; I thought getting magazines would be a terrific supplement. Well ... thus far I'm the one who's getting the most from the magazines. I don't know if the characters, illustrations, stories, aren't appealing to my children. ??? Of our three subscriptions, the children seem to be most interested in Wild Animal Baby -- not this or Click. (and Click is by far the least favorite) I still think Babybug is cute, albeit expensive (seriously, esp. given my children's [lack of] interest). If I'd known my children's reaction(s), I most likely wouldn't have ordered it.

I LOVE this magazine, and more importantly my 2-year-old daughter LOVES this magazine. I agree with all the other rave reviews on this page. This is a GREAT magazine for toddlers!

I do want other parents to be aware of one thing, though. This company sold my daughter's name and address to other companies and we have begun to receive inappropriate consumer catalogs addressed to her. Because no other company has her address, I called customer service and spoke to a rep there. She told me that yes, they did sell my daughter's name and address. She then said she would remove my daughter's name from the list. I appreciated the admission, however, I thought other parents might want to be aware of this.

I wrote a similar review a few years back for Ladybug Magazine and lodged a complaint with the company about selling the addresses of little children. Sadly, their policy remains unchanged and I get even more [inappropriate] junk mail for my younger child.

I don't normally write reviews, but this is such a fantastic product I had to let everyone know. We've had our subscription for about 4 months now. My son got it for his first birthday and he is now 16 months. He loves getting these "magazines". They are high quality and actually hold up better than the board books that we have. I run a daycare, so these get a lot of reading (some of them as often as 4-5 times each day, at least), and even the first one that we received 4 months ago is still holding up. Many of the board books we have don't hold up that long, and all of my kids from the 1 year olds to the elementary school kids like to read them.

The writers seem to have a fantastic concept of how much text children this age enjoy. There are animals throughout the books as well as many other concepts that little ones enjoy. I would highly recommend this to anyone with an infant or young toddler.