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Big

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This is a bright and exciting book (it's on our list for the grandparents as a "not-before-bedtime" book) with fun pictures for toddlers. Our toddler loves to look through the pictures and although she is WAY too young to think about reading, the words are also very appealing and large and attract her attention too.

The drawings are bright and bold and show children of diverse skin colors (including green and blue) in outlandish clothes that are way too big for them. The underlying message is one of diversity, but it's not sappy or pushy.

Keith Haring was one of the great artists of our time, and it's tremendous to have a children's book that introduces children to his art in a casual way. This is not a "let's study the art of great artists" book, it's just a children's book filled with great illustrations that happen to be by a great artist. I suspect that many of the children who are enjoying this book as toddlers or preschoolers may have one of those tremendous "ah-ha" moments five or ten years from now when they end up on a school field trip to an art gallery and think, "I KNOW that artist."

Big is a book of wonderfully bright, contrasting colors and bold letters. Each page contains a different combination of vivid colors and an illustration of a person wearing a big item of clothing. Blue shoes, green jeans, purple jackets and others will keep the attention of even a newborn. Older toddlers can identify colors and read some fo the words, although "enormous" and "gigantic" are a little advanced for an early reader. Overall, the book is graphically attention grabbing and will provide enjoyment for parents and youngsters to read together.

My son usually can't sit still for long periods of time and this book is PERFECT. He loves my exaggerated pronounciation of the text and the pictures are big, bright, and appealing. His favorite book, by far!!

This book is very cute. Its size and the bright colors grab babies' attention. The pictures and writing are bright and big. Although my daughter is not yet 1, I think she'll enjoy it for a couple of years as she learns colors, articles of clothing, etc. Definitely different from typical childrens books and lots of fun.

What a terrific book! The colors and bright and the lines are so thick. My 7 month old lights up when I read it to her. It's not only thick and sturdy, but it's nice and big. I've already bought this book for several other mommies. I just wish he had made more books for children - they're wonderful.

We started reading to our baby when he was just a few weeks old. This was the one book that stimulated his senses right away. The bright and contrasting colors captured his attention as an infant and now as a toddler, this is still his favorite book.

My daughter loves this book. She has to have it at least once a day--if not 15 times. One of the first things she would do once she could walk was carry it to me so I could read it to her. As her vocabulary has developed she asks for it by name and loves to point out the things she knows the words for. And after having read it hundreds of times, I still find the art freash and amusing. How many children's books hold up to that test?

This is our tot's favorite book. It is always the one he chooses to look at. He loves the bright colors and great characters. I wish Keith Haring had made even more children's books.