Customer Reviews

Little House, Little Town

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I like that this book is cozy and simple, and goes through life about town in simple language for toddler age children. My daughter is almost 2, and really enjoys large picture books (not just board books), but sometimes it is a challenge to find books that are not too long and complicated. This one foots the bill, and my daughter likes it. The one complaint I have is aesthetic. The book is ADORABLY illustrated, which is part of what makes it so effective, BUT . . . through much of the book, a family with a little baby is shown, and the little baby is very strange looking. Based on the rest of the cutely illustrated book, you would expect a very cutely illustrated baby. Not so. The baby seems to have a baby's body, but an adult male head. It doesn't ruin the book for me, but every time I read it, I think, "Couldn't this baby have been drawn to be . . . cute?"

This book mesmerized my 15 month old daughter. To an adult, it seems like it's about nothing. But it's a quiet simple description of a baby/toddler's day. We both like the cadence of the text, she loves pointing out things in the illustrations, and the book mirrors some of her experiences.
This is a great in-between book - she was getting bored with the simple board books, but wasn't ready for the wordier picture books. And some picture books are just beyond a toddler's scope of knowledge/understanding. Other books on this same in-between level are BABY TALK by Judy Hindley and TEN LITTLE FINGERS, TEN LITTLE TOES by Mem Fox. I hope Scott Beck writes more like this!

Almost every child could relate to this book in some way as it depicts a variety of typical daily scenes within a community.