Magnetic Learning Words [Board book]

Roger Priddy (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Magnetic Learning

Ideal for preschool kids.

Helps with first learning skills such as word and color recognition, counting and sorting.

Magnetic pieces allow activities to be repeated over and over.

 

 

Warning:  Choking Hazard - Small parts.  Not intended for children under 3 yrs.

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About the Author

Roger Priddy left school at 16 with just one qualification—in art. He went to Berkshire College of Art and Design and trained as an illustrator.  His first job in children’s books was working with the publisher Peter Usborne, at Usborne Publishing, and then he worked with Peter Kindersley at Dorling Kindersley, where he spent 16 years. Priddy became Creative Director of DK’s Children’s Division and was Managing Director of the children’s mass market publisher Funfax when it was acquired by DK.

 

In 2000, he created Priddy Books with John Sargent at St Martin’s Press to create innovative and imaginative titles for children, from first books for babies through early reference titles for older children. Since then, over 30 million copies of Roger's 200 plus books have sold worldwide, with five of his books—My Big Animal, My Big Truck, Happy Baby Words, Happy Baby Colors and Puppy and Friends—each selling over one million copies. He is also the author of Big Board First 100 Words; Big Board Books Colors, ABC, Numbers; and Bright Baby Noisy Monsters. His creativity has been recognized with numerous industry awards. Priddy lives in London with his wife Zena and their four children.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Board book: 16 pages
• Publisher: Priddy Books (August 22, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312498098
• ISBN-13: 978-0312498092
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,054,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible., February 8, 2011

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We bought this product and used it for a day before realizing that the "36 included magnetic letters" are not enough to spell all the words in the book!

For example, the last page features the word "circle". Guess what? Only one "C" is included with the magnetic letters. How many "C"s in "circle? Yup. Two.

Likewise the very first page asks the question, "Which of these (pictured) is made with milk?" The obvious answer is the big picture of cheese. 'Except guess what? There are three "e"s in "cheese". Only two "e"s come with the book.

Moreover, on the sixth page the reader is asked, "Which of these animals has a beak?" The answer is the parrot. If you've read this far you can probably guess what happens next: There are not enough "r"s included to spell "parrot".


3/14/2011 UPDATE: heard back from the company regarding this product. Their condescending response was: "We are sorry to inform you that this book was not specifically designed to spell all the words in this book-- only the first picture on each page. We trust this answers your question."

So there you have it. This book is only designed to spell 12 of the 42 pictures featured in the book. I asked why they don't write that on the front, but not holding my breath for a response.

Curious side note: See the cover of book? The one with the blue car on it? That is NOT the first picture on that particular page. As such you can say with certainty that they are trying to dupe unsuspecting consumers as they have feature ON THE COVER a person/child spelling a word for which "this book was not specifically designed."

Either that or they're really really stupid. My hope is that they're merely dishonest.

4.0 out of 5 stars good for learning, September 29, 2009

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K. Pigott "joy girl" (atlanta GA) - See all my reviews
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This book is helpful for my children kindergarten and K4 to manipulate letters and create words. Because my four year old knows the letters, but is unable to write I like to see how proud she is to put together letters to make words without feeling discouraged. This book could be improved by having a page with blank lines that could be filled in with the letters to create words or even a story on their own.

4.0 out of 5 stars good concept for spelling and reading, December 28, 2008

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Pamleneve "Pam" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

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My grandson responded eagerly to the book wanting to spell out words by matching the magnetic letters to the words in the book. It has the fun feeling of a game and he was pleased that he could "make" the words. I think the product needs an additional magnetic board that could be placed outside the book on which to place the letters. Digging the letters out of the little built in bin and sifting through them is a drag.