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.
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Peter Linenthal has taught art in elementary schools for almost thirty years. He lives in San Francisco, California.
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45 of 45 people found the following review helpful
By CoolerHeads
Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase
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!
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By Jeni P
Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase
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.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By C. Poston
Format:Board book
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.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By no nym
Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was hesitant to buy this book because the words are so incredibly lame and boring. (Oh and believe me, they ARE!)But I caved when I noticed my 5 week old wasn't really looking at the pages of the great books I was reading him. I bought this one and let me tell you. He LOOOVES it! He is completely fascinated and can spend long stretches just staring wide eyed at every page. The words are still lame, but when his little eyes bug out in enraptured attention at the pictures we no longer care. I will definitely be purchasing this for the new babies in my life. Great GREAT book for very young babies!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Michele Wilt
Format:Board book
As a new mom to a 7 1/2mth old, this was a great investment. She loves the book!! It is simple, colorful and easy for her to manipulate. I would recommend this one to everyone from a parent of a newborn and up!!! Enjoy!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Board book
It's good for your own kid, and it makes a great present. Not only is this book beautiful and adorable, it totally appeals to babies because of the black, white, and red colors, which are the first baby can see. I've given this book to a number of people and am so relieved that it's still in print, because I need to get some more. I LOVE this book. And so will Baby.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Board book
This book was wonderful to have when my children were first born. They both loved to look at the pictures and were fascinated with it. It would help calm them down when they were fussy and kept play time on the floor interesting. I highly recommend to any new mom.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase
Purchased for 5 mo old grandson. Had read where children that age love black and white colors. This one is a tie w/the Chicken book as his favorite out of the three I purchased
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for newborns
My son loved staring at the black and white pictures in this book when he was a newborn. The high contrast colors stand out and held his attention. Read more
Published 5 hours ago by RoxyJ
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it!
The pictures are big and the words are simple. My little one loves looking at the pages and can stare for a minute at one page. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Crystal Pittman
3.0 out of 5 stars
It's okay for me
This book is nice enough... It's a short book and is full of high contrast pictures that capture my seven week old's attention. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Slipmatt
3.0 out of 5 stars
He likes it
I've read and heard everywhere that babies need high contrast images and that they initially can't see color - black, white, red. Read more
Published 3 days ago by RC
5.0 out of 5 stars
keeps their attention
This would make a great gift. It can be frustrating buying baby toys and seeing them go to waste; this one is probably worth buying.
Published 19 days ago by Amy
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do not give to teething infants and babies!
My newborn loved this book. He was able to touch it and even flip pages. Well, he is 6 months now and while playing with the book he chewed a huge part of the book off in about 5... Read more
Published 28 days ago by Natalie Melamed
3.0 out of 5 stars
A little too busy visually
I think this was a little too much for my infant to process visually. It was a little hard for me to process too, to be honest. I prefer simpler images (e.g. Read more
Published 1 month ago by H. Arnold
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cute book
This book is very cute. We used it to keep my son's attention when he was an infant. The color contrast was great for a new baby.
Published 1 month ago by Sarah A. Primeau
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good black and white book for newborn
Black and white images that has strong contrasts, catches baby's eyes. Simple and good quality of book. Good for newborn babies.
Published 1 month ago by Ivy C.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Bold
My 7 week old daughter loves staring at this books pages. The contrast of each page is SUPER bold so she likes looking at it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Roller Girl
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