Customer Reviews

Peek-a-Baby: A Lift-the-Flap Book

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I bought this book as an expansion of my 18-month old daughter's "library". She has adored author's book such as "Where is baby's mommy?" and "Where is baby's bellybutton?" I was hoping that this book would be just as good. Don't get me wrong, my daughter loves lifting the flaps and other interactive aspects of the book. However, each time I read this book to her, I have to change the narrative to come in 3rd person, i.e. "Who's hiding behind the ball? Peek-a-boo! It's a silly baby (girl/boy)" instead of "It's silly you". Even my 18-month old is smart enough to know that the drawings of children in the book are some other children, and not her. When I used the original narrative, she got upset and tried to tell me that she is not in the book, it's some other babies. They say that the concept of "self" comes about at approximately 12-months. So, the book as written would be most useful with 0-12 months age group. For older kids you would have to change the narrative to make the story about someone else, otherwise, they would just get upset.

Also, as is the case with all Karen Katz's books, the flaps come off way too easily when a child pulls on them slightly. I have to use clear tape to attach the flaps back where they belong in all of the books. We already had to buy 3 replacements for the books my daughter enjoys the most. Perhaps it's the publisher's way to ensure constant demand. I found these books at local TJMaxx and Marshall's for $2-$4.

We've tried to find a book that our now 11 month old would enjoy before bed. It took several but finally we found this one. I'm not sure where it came from but she loves it. It will almost always calm her down and she has so much fun now trying to lift the flaps. It will likely not make it to the donation bin because of how much she enjoys it, but that is a small price to pay for peace! I highly recommend this book over similar lift the flap books that have a little too much prose and not enough color for my little one.

This book has very thin lift flaps that my daughter ripped right off just trying to open it. I am a little disappointed in the poor quality for the price. The book does have cute illustrations so I will keep it but I will just need to reinforce all the flaps with clear contact paper and glue them back on. Wish this board book had board flaps instead of thin paper ones. Bad design!!!

My child loves these books by Karen Katz. She laughs, and smiles at all the pictures! We can read daily, and it never ever gets old! Thank you for such a great book!

I love this book and so does my 3 month old. He will lay and listen while looking at the colorful pages. He even makes cooing noises when I flip the flaps to the book. This book is great because it is fast, interactive, colorful, fun, and full of surprises.

My 18mo loves to lift the flaps. He now knows some basic body parts so he has fun pointing them out.

I'm giving this book 4 stars because my son loves peek-a-boo and looking at the other baby faces brings him a lot of joy. I bought many turn the flap board books because they are interactive (baby can turn the flaps) and my son is very active and needs to participate. However, he has successfully chewed, torn-off and bent almost every flap - in a matter of days. In fact, he has now torn half of a page out of the book also. Honestly, I don't care because he loves books and will spend about 15 - 20 mins on his own a few times a day just looking at his books. Just getting an 8 month old interested in books is step one. If you have an active, strong baby, don't expect the book to last too long. Go with the flow.

My daughter loves the big flaps and colorful pictures of the babies playing peek a boo.

The book is great for a 17 month old. I would rate this book as a 5 for a 17 month old. I would have to give the seller a 3 for the costly shipping via USPS.

this book is very entertaining. My daughter loves lifting the flaps and saying "peek a boo!"