Soft Shapes: Shapes [Foam Book]

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Book Description

Grade Level: P and up | Series: Soft Shapes

These best-selling soft foam books are great for bath time (or anytime) fun. Pop-out play pieces float in the bath and stick to the sides of the tub.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Find the different shapes--the yellow triangle of a sailboat, the orange circle sun, the purple square house, and the red heart--pop them out, and put them back in again! The removable pieces in this soft, colorful, nontoxic foam book teach very young children about shapes and colors. The shapes float--in fact, so does the entire book--so they're perfect for bathtime, not to mention bed, travel, or any old time. Also check out Animals, Counting, Big and Little, or any of the other titles in this terrific series. (Ages 1 to 4) --Emilie Coulter

Review

Soft Shapes: Shapes has been awarded the 1999 Children's Media Award. -- 1999 Parent's Guide to Children's Media

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Product Details

• Foam Book: 8 pages
• Publisher: Innovative Kids; 1 edition (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584760109
• ISBN-13: 978-1584760108
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.8 x 6.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,504,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soft Shapes:Shapes, February 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Soft Shapes: Shapes (Foam Book)

My grandson received this book when he was 12 months old as a gift. Its format creates an interactive opportunity to learn about shapes and to play with them.

This book has been a godsend when we are in a situation where he needs to be quiet, like at church. It holds his attention, teaches him colors, shapes, and eye-hand coordination.

The book is sturdy, yet soft with no sharp corners. I am purchasing a copy tonight for another new mother! A toy, a book, an educational attention-getter and priced right!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My son is growing into this book, July 7, 2000

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Amy (Alexandria, Vatican City State (Holy See)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soft Shapes: Shapes (Foam Book)

My son received this book as a gift when he was eight monthsold. The first thing he did was to pop it in his mouth--and with fourteeth he succeeded in giving it some good bite marks. I rescued it before he could take a bite out of any of the shapes, but I believe that he could have.

Now that he is outgrowing the Must-Put-New-Thing-In-My-Mouth phase (ten months) he really enjoys the book. He loves to take the shapes out of the book (one by one at mom's insistance!) and turn them over and over in his hands and look at them from all sides. He also likes to turn the chunky but light pages and he is learning to point at the shapes when I say the corresponding sentence ("Find the yellow triangle," for example). I only wish there were more than four shapes in the book.

In short, I would recommend closely monitoring babies in the heavy chewing phase while they have this book, but it seems to be a great way for children to learn shapes and colors.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great books!, January 28, 2012

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AlyOop (Northern Cali) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soft Shapes: Shapes (Foam Book)

I purchased several of these books for my daughter just before her first B-Day. She loved them, especially in the bath!
She did chew on them, a lot! As others have said, they are VERY durable. They have a few corners missing, and many bite marks, but are still in great condition.
She has moved on to "Big Girl" books, but I will definitely be saving these for the next baby.