Customer Reviews

Look at the Animals

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My baby couldn't put it down! Literally! I've bought a lot of picture books for my 5-month-old, such as "White on Black" and "Black on White." He likes them all, but his favorite was always "Look! Look!" by Peter Linenthal. Whenever I would get that book out, my boy would kick frantically with anticipation and stare raptly at each picture. Of course, when I found out there was a new Linenthal book, I had to get it. As soon as he first saw the cover of the book, my normally self-contained baby became nearly hysterical with excitement. I could barely read it because he was grabbing at the pages, kicking, and squealing. I hastily concluded my storytime when my son forcefully wrenched the book away from me and jammed the spine into his mouth for a more all-encompassing literary experience.

Linenthal's images are high-contrast black and white, with bold graphic lines, many circles and spirals, and frequent mirror images. My baby finds his art eye-poppingly enthralling and worth returning to again and again. Or, as my son puts it, "aaaaiiiiEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" (Translation: "5 stars! A treat for the eye *and* the palate!")

i borrowed this book from the library and my 8 month old loved it. i felt we had to buy it. i do different animal sounds for each picture and he is now anticipating the action. he is now 10 months old and this is his favorite book. i just have to hold it up and he comes right over to look.

I purchased this book for a baby shower gift - it has everything you'd want for newborns: high contrast, large images, and just the right length for those short attention spans. I wish I had had it when my son was tiny.

My 11 week old daughter loves this book. She stares and/or coos at the pictures. It even calms her when she is fussy.

Our 2-months old baby girl loves this book. We started reading it to her right after she was born, and she loved to look at the high contrast images.

I would highly recommend this book. The pictures are engaging and attracted my child's attention. It offered a variety of black and white images.

I have a little under a 3 week old baby and he absolutely loves looking at this book when I put it in front of him. He just stares and stares. So glad I bought this book along with the other book by this same author.

The book is very simple and there isn't very much print, but you're really getting it for the high contrast images which are wonderful. My 2 month old loves it.

We started reading to our first child when he was just a newborn, but he was not interested until we got him these black and white picture books. The large, high-contrast black and white images really caught his attention. This book is perfect for young babies, as their eyesight is not great at birth.

I now give this book as a baby shower gift.

bought this book for my 5 month old as she loves to look at black and white pictures - she loves this book! she is all smiles when I bring it out and she actually sits still on my lap and looks at the pages while reaching for them. Love the bold pictures and love that it is a board book as my little one loves to now mouth it as well- its sturdy and we love the pictures- highly recommend adding it to your library.