Look, Look! [Board book]

Peter Linenthal (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 0 and up

Look, look! Children run, fish swim, stars shine . . . all for baby's eyes to see. This sturdy board book, full of high-contrast black-and-white cut-paper art perfect for staring at, is just the thing for the eyes of the youngest babies. A few words in curving red type on each spread describe the scenes -- a car races, a cat stretches, flowers bloom-- and extend the book's age appeal so that it will be fascinating to older babies, too. Striking and stylish, Look Look! is the ideal first board book for babies just beginning to look and learn. Peter Linenthal is an illustrator who has taught art in elementary schools for twenty years.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 0 and up
  
• Board book: 18 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; First edition (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525420282
• ISBN-13: 978-0525420286
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 6.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (93 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #740 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

Peter Linenthal has taught art in elementary schools for almost thirty years. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have for Every Newborn, August 27, 2000

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This book is absolutely indispensable. My son loved it so much as a newborn that now I include it in every baby shower gift that I buy. Waitresses and sales clerks used to marvel at how my son would gaze raptly at each page.

While there are many black and white books for newborns, this one is special. Linenthal's creative and complex images really captivate babies, and even tell a story. One of my friends keeps the book open at her changing table and entertains her baby with the pictures while she changes her diapers.

This book got us through many peaceful meals in restaurants! If only there was a book this magical now that my son is a toddler!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for even the youngest babies, July 8, 2003

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Jeni P (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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My baby's only a week old and he already enjoys looking at this book - we stand it up in his crib and he really seems to study the images, sometimes for 10-15 minutes at a time; he's very calm and alert while looking at it. If we lay him flat on his back, he even turns his head toward the book to look at it. The clean, simple black and white images are graphically appealing to adults as well - as a designer, I love being able to give my baby a book that not only reaches him on his level, but that I consider to have good design.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mom of 9 month old- My little one LOVES this book right now, August 12, 2006

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C. Poston "princessoftheking" (Columbia, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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My little one LOVES this book right now. He picks this book before any of the ones we have for me to read to him. We talk about the pictures and I give him the names of the images in both English, Spanish or another language. I agree with one of the reviewers that the images are kinds weird to adults (for me the sun one was freaky looking at first). But its amazing how much babies love the smiling black and white faces and smile back at them. I liked the Tana Hoban books just as much, but for some reason the little one loves this one more.