Customer Reviews

Peek!: A Thai Hide-and-Seek

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What a beautiful book! The illustrations are really lovely and the pages (we have the hardback) even feeeeel good. My 21 month son LOVES this book. He enjoys the different animals and points them out by naming them and making the different sounds they make. He also looks for the baby and the daddy. My 5 year old also enjoys the book and is now playing Jut Ay with her baby brother.
I'm just so delighted with this book and right after I finish this review, I'll be buying Hush! A Thai Lullabye.

I bought this book just because my son loved Minfong Ho and Holly Meade's other book, "Hush! A Thai Lullaby." This one is very similar with a few differences. The illustrations are a little brighter! The father is interacting with his daughter in a game of peek-a-boo, rather than the mother hushing animals so her son can sleep! There are mostly different animals in this book with a couple of repeats. While the father is searching for his daughter he encounters a dog, dragonfly, rooster, snake, monkey, elephant, tiger, turtle, hornbill and crocodile! On each page the little girl is hiding and my 20 month old son loves to show you where she is! Beautiful illustrations with a fun interactive story are keys to a winner for my child. 5 stars again for Ho/Meade!

My daughter got this book for her second birthday. We had never heard of it before then. It is now her bedtime book, replacing Goodnight Moon. The story is pretty simple, but sweet. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous. My daughter loves trying to find the baby on every page. Now that she knows where the baby is, she still plays and pretends with it. She likes to find the different animals, especially the "croc-oh-di-al." I plan to look at other books by this author and illustrator. I like that it's a daddy and daughter book too.

I bought this book for my 4yo and 2.5 yo, based on a recommendation from their Montessori school. Both kids love it, and I've since heard them using some of the animal "sounds" from the book in the course of their daily play. My little one loves finding the baby hiding on each page. I would also highly recommend the companion book -- Hush! A Thai Lullaby. We would give that one 6 stars!

The illustrations in this book are vivid and beautiful. A father and daughter play hide and seek in the Thai jungle, surrounded by wild animals and lush vegetation. My 18 month old loves searching for the little girl in all of her hiding places and then seeing the joy of the parent and child when they find each other at the end. What child doesn't enjoy a good game of peekaboo?

Beautiful illustrations, I got this book for a friend of mine from Thailand who just had a baby. She had so many memories that now she can share with her baby girl. My kids (4 yr. old B/G twins) love the book.

This is a sweet book about a baby playing hide and seek with her father. It takes place in Thailand and they are playing around the yard. Animals are near and the sounds they make are on display too. Sweet book.

This was a perfect multicultural book - the story follows the dad trying to find his little girl who is playing hide and seek, he encounters many animals in his way instead. Each one he gives an example of what sounds they make in Thai. The watercolor illustrations were very pretty. The author grew up in Thailand, I believe this helps portray accurately the sensibilities of the culture.

Firstly, I think this book would appeal to babies-5. The colors are vibrant, and the illustrations charmingly capture a father engaged in a game of hide-and-seek/peek-a-boo with his young daughter. I also loved the multicultural aspect of the book, as the story is set in Thailand, and so we have a Thai father and daughter, animals that are found there, such as the tiger and elephant,and the portrayal of life in rural Thailand (the wooden house on stilts, tropical jungle, etc). A simple yet charming story that will have little ones begging for a game of hide-and-seek!