Customer Reviews

Pretty Brown Face

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My son, Maxwell, loves this book. We brought it for his 1st birthday. His dad reads it to him often. It's a positive reinforcement of the uniqueness of being African American. This book does a great job at highlighting the beautiful features of African American children. Maxwell smiles and laughs when he sees his own pretty brown reflection at the end of the book.

A beautifully written and illustrated book for children of all races. My daughter especially enjoys looking in the mirror on the last page. Its a wonderful self exploratory book for babies.

This delightful story with equally delightful illustrations is a rare gem. I like the way the baby is taught about having a pretty brown face. I love the loving way the father and child look at one another and interact. It is for all races and it does an excellent job of showing love for a baby and many children will want to explore their own faces after reading and/or hearing this lovely story. Be sure to check out "Baby Dance" by Ann Taylor, et al. as well.

Based on the editorial written above I passed on this book. I was surprised to find it at a used book shop and after reading it just once to my 14 month old son it became his favorite. He will hunt through about 50 books on his shelf to pull it out. He has started touching the parts of his face as each one is mentioned in the story and even kisses the baby when the book comes to the lips kissing. Of course the mirror at the book is greeted with smiles.

This bought this book for my grandsons (2 1/2 and 15 months). It quickly became one of their favorite books. They especially enjoy the mirror in the back. Thanks for such a positive and very simple book. SEG

This book is great. I bought this for my son shortly after he was born. 11 months later, this is his favorite. It's a great depiction of a father and son and it's a good way for baby to start learning about himself (i.e. Eyes, Lips, Hair, etc.) And the last page has a reflective mirror so he can look at himself. He was physically drawn to his own reflection. Now when he gets to the end, he looks at his face and laughs. You and your little one will love this book!

It is a wonderful book to help children appreciate their heritage. The text is well-written.

The people and closenes in the illustrations are beautiful. However, I am disappointed in the quality of the illustrations.

I hope they make a new edition with better illustrations by the time we have our second child.

I appreciate the author pointing out the various features that make all of us unique and special in our own way. I love the fact the the mirror is there for the little ones of all racial backgrounds to see themselves and learn to love what they see.

My son loves this book. We bought it for him when he turned one. He absolutely LOVES having this book read to him. He loves looking in the mirror at the end. This is a great book teaching him about the different features of his face and that it is a pretty BROWN face. Absolutely love this book and would recommended it to my family and friends.

I love this book, my daughter loves this book. My 2 year old loves pointing out body parts and facial features. I read "Look at that hair, curly and soft" and she gets to touch her hair. I read "Look at that nose, sitting there proud" and she gets to touch her nose. And so on thoughout the book. The last page is a mirror which is one of those crappy mirrors that got scratched up pretty quickly. But overall I really like it.