Customer Reviews

Black & White : Board Book

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This is a great book to share with even the tiniest readers.

The greater the contrast, the more an infant's eyes are going to be drawn to a pattern. Therefore black and white captures their attention the best.

I've been reading this book to my baby since he was just 6 weeks old, and he continues to love it at 6 months. Of course, now he mostly loves to eat it!

I love Todd Parr's work - it's clever and colorful. Still, this particular book isn't what I hoped. I was looking for something high-contrast for my 1-month-old to enjoy. While the illustrations are indeed black and white, they're often on dark blue backgrounds or other low-contrast colors, so this book isn't for newborns. I think in a month or two it will be fun to go through the book with the baby and point at the pictures, but I'm not sure long-term how much it will keep him entertained, as there's only one word on each page and not a lot to discuss about each picture. Some of Parr's other books have more opportunity to spark interaction beyond the simple pictures and text.

I took my 10 month old daughter to our local library for the first time this past week. She rummaged through the board books and found only 2 that REALLY held her attention. Black and White was one of them. So, it's on my long list of books to add to her own collection. I read it to her at the library and she just wanted me to read it over and over.

For those who are interested...the other book was Baby Einstein Neighborhood Animals. She loved the pics. There is more text on each page than a 10 month old might have patience for, but each time I read it, I'd just read one sentence. She was satisfied with that.