Customer Reviews

Sesame Street Elmo's Favorite Places

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I love this book for the simple fact that it allowed me to teach my 18 month old all the common words in various settings (park, aquarium, farm, school and home). It also has flaps which intrigue her as she likes to see whats behind each one. I am amazed at all the words she has picked up from this book! Fantastic book for parents wanting to establish letter recognition (alphabet page) and build their childs vocabulary!

Cute! Our grandchildren love it! They like the "hidden" places on the pages.

My 19 month old grandaughter absolutely LOVES this book. It really teaches words and she loves opening the flaps and saying the words. I would definetly recommend this one!

This book is adorable. My 2 yr. old grandchildren spend hours with me looking at the pictures under the tabs. Very strong cardboard pages.

This book was a gift from grandparents and it quickly became my 19 mo. old daughter's obsession. She selects it any time I ask her to bring me a book to read to her and will carry it to me on a whim as well, simultaneously calling out "elmo."

Great book. Very colorful and the flap parts are fun and pretty sturdy. It keep's my child's attention for a while.

Elmo's Big Lift-And-look Book (Sesame Street) (Great Big Board Book) My son was given the other Sesame street lift the flaps book (I've attached a link to it) with one of the pages all torn up. Despite this, he loves it, It's been his favorite book since he was about 15 months old, he's now almost 19 months. So instead of buying a new version of that book, I decided to try this newer book. This one has thinner pages that are somewhat flimsy for a lift the flap book. The flaps themselves are fine, but the actual pages just aren't thick enough. With the older book he could stand on top of it and it wouldn't make a dent. This one, however, he easily bent one of the pages in half. I wonder why quality of books is progressively worsening. I'm actually happier when I can find books used because they were made to a higher standard.

I am pleased with the content of this book it has a lot more vocabulary, however, some of the drawings are not up to par, for example, one page has an image of Grover riding a bike with both pedals down... something a young kid won't pick up on, but c'mon! Who is drawing these things?

I'll compare the books for you:
Page 1:
Elmo's Favorite Places (EFP): Counting on a farm. count 1-12, animals, food, etc. (I like that it shows a more natural setting instead of the busy city)
Elmos's Big Lift the Flap Book (EBLFB): Counting on Sesame Street. count 1-10, mostly sesame street characters and foods. (not healthy foods, and a busy city... not the greatest image)

Page 2:
EFP: The Aquarium. animals and fish peek-a-boo essentially, My son skips this page. But the animals shown are out of the ordinary and really interesting to me... hopefully to him soon.
EBLFB: Alphabet. BIG drawing of Elmo with his stack of alphabet blocks, letters on the blocks, pictures and words inside the flap. By far my son's favorite page.

Page 3:
EFP: Alphabet. Classroom scene with alphabet flaps around the image of Elmo and his friends at school. Also has some vocab of things inside a classroom.
EBLFB: Shapes. (Mine is missing all these flaps) Elmo and friends at the park scene. 7 basic shapes: circle/sun, square/easle, rectangle/truck, triangle/boat, parallelogram/kite, oval/tree knot, octagon/stop sign, with flaps showing a bold color and words inside.

Page 4:
EFP: Shapes. Busy playground scene with 9 basic shapes triangle/roof, circle/window, square/window, rectangle/truck, oval/trash can lid, octagon/stop sign, rhombus/kite, pentagon/ice cream stand, star/balloon.
EBLFP: Opposites. Playground scene with big/little, up/down, full/empty, dry/wet, closed/open, short/long, in/out, low/high flaps

Page 5:
EFP: Random object in Elmo's room. Most objects are hidden, i.e. a train in a tunnel comes out when you lift the flap. Added benefit to this page is a key at the top with other things to search for under the flaps, almost like a memory game. I like this, my son, not yet...
EBLFB: Random object in a classroom. Help Elmo fid his teddy bear. Look under and in things in the room for the teddy bear that is actually out in plain sight.

Both books are great for lift the flap. The older book is much more simple, not as detailed drawings, not even half as many vocabulary words so it's definitely aimed at a younger group. The newer "Favorite Place" book is more suited to the preschool ages. Educationally, this book far surpasses the older lift the flap book and is categorized better. So depending on the age range you are shopping for, either book has it's benefits. For us, right now the lifting of flaps is really the only interesting thing about the book, so sturdiness is what we are going for. next year I'm sure the other book will get much more use.

This is a great lift a flap book - my children spend a lot of time on each 2 page spread. Each has a different topic and lots of flaps to look under. One of the better lift a flap books in my opinion. Highly recommend.

This book is great to help toddlers learn more words and the "ABC's" page is awesome. I lift the flaps for A-Z and my 20 month old can name off everything in all the pictures. This book is definitely one of her favorites and will be for some time. I would recommend this book for any toddler.

My little niece loves Elmo and Cookie Monster so this book is great right there. She also loves the lifts and flaps these books have and loves to explore every inch of every page, it is adorable. Excellent book, thank you!