Customer Reviews

I Spy Little Animals

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
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We have all the I Spy books to date and this is my 3 year old's favorite. He LOVES searching for the certain animals, identifying the other animals, and even attempts to sound like the different animals. We've had this book since before my son was 1. Don't wait until your child is a toddler to buy this book!

These board books are a smaller and simpler version of the original "I Spy" series. If you are not familiar with the "I Spy" series, the basic concept is similar to "Where's Waldo" in that you "search" for specific objects. But in this case, the searching field is a series of photographs that depict varied and interesting items. Each photograph has a particular theme and is full of colorful and inventive objects.

The original "I Spy" books ask you to find many objects in each photo and can be very challenging. My husband and I got a kick out of finding the objects ourselves and by no means breezed through the books. These simplified board books are geared toward a much younger audience--they offer toddlers and younger children a way to play the same type of game. The photographs contain only a handful of objects, and the reader is asked to find only two objects per page.

My daughter really enjoys these types of interactive books. They give her a chance to be "proud" when she finds whatever she's looking for. There is also a similar series I would recommend called "Find the Duck (Puppy, Piglet, Kitten, Teddy)..." books. In the "Find the..." series the child is looking for the same object throughout the book. . If you are interested, I wrote a review on that series where I go into more detail about them.

Overall, these are a nice way to interact with your toddler--they offer an opportunity to teach patience and to carefully investigate things. My only criticism is that I noticed that the photos that they use are just blown up portions of photos taken from their original series. I wish they would be more creative and use entirely new photos.

I bought this for my two year old and he loves it. He knows where all the pictures are ( he did before we left the store) an he still sits there with it in front of him for long peroids of time. I am trying to get the whole set. I don't know how many are in the set though and I was hoping that there would be some place where you could buy them in a complete set.

This is a really cute book and would be perfect for a I spy beginner and a younger reader. My child is 3 1/2 years old and she loves I spy books and this is not for her. I gave it five stars because if I had purchased this last year when we were at a different level it would be fine. I will keep it and bring it out when my son is a bit older.

Good starter I spy book for the younger spier in your house. I would say 3 or 4 would be the oldest.

The book is okay - better for a 3-year old than a 5-year old, but it is TINY! I'll remember to look at the book measurements next time...

The Little I Spy books are definitely a good intro to the hidden picture game. The board books are a great size for little hand to hold and flip through on their own. They are pretty easy. There are 2 or 3 pictures to find on each page. The pictures are rather obvious. If your child is happily playing the big I Spy books, these are going to be a step down from those. If your child has never played the game before, they'll like this not overwhelming intro. My son finds them very easy, but still enjoys looking through them on his own. (He's 2, but has been doing the big I Spy books for about 6 months or more.)

We have quite a collection of the I spy little...My 2 1/2 yr old son loves them all. They are his favorite books & have been for quite awhile. I love them too!

Bought this item for my 17-month old grandson; he loves finding the easier items. He can work on the harder ones when he is older. The bright pictures easily capture his attention, too. Great book and a good learning tool.

This is just the right size, length, and difficulty level for my one year old. She loves the "Little" series!