What Is That? [Board book]

Tana Hoban (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Share these familiar objects with your baby. It is never too early to look and talk together!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Hoban adds to her string of handsome, well-designed books for very young children. These black-and-white board books will attract infants beginning to focus their eyes as well as to toddlers ready to name or talk about objects and animals. What Is That? features large white silhouettes of familiar objects such as a pacifier, stuffed bunny, a stroller, a table and a chair, set against a glossy black background. A balloon on a partly coiled string appears ready to float across the page. In Who Are They? black silhouettes of animals are displayed against flat white pages. The positioning of parents opposite children creates interest and offers counting possibilities, as the number of young animals increases by one with each flip of the page. Two titles that are sure to be popular with the board-book set.
Nancy Seiner, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Tana Hoban's photographs have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and in galleries around the world. She has won many gold medals and prizes for her work as a photographer and filmmaker. Her books for children are known and loved throughout the world.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books (September 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 068812920X
• ISBN-13: 978-0688129200
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 6.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #758,852 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tana Hoban's photographs have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and in galleries around the world. She has won many gold medals and prizes for her work as a photographer and filmmaker. Her books for children are known and loved throughout the world.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My little one loves this one too, August 12, 2006

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C. Poston "princessoftheking" (Columbia, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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What else more is there to say? Black and White shapes, Babies LOVE them. My little one still enjoys this book and he is 9 months now. He picks this one and the Peter Linenthal book "Look, Look" before any of the other ones we have. Only thing I noticed with Hoban is the repeat of the duck shape in this book and another one.

1.0 out of 5 stars Boring, December 18, 2010

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Really boring - just one picture per page, some of them unrecognizable. Neither of my kids ever cared about this book. There are other much better and interesting black/white/red ones than this.

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than toys, November 9, 2006

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My baby was really stimulated by the book. The additional color of bright red was an extra bonus. We used it during tummy time, mommy's meal time, as well as reading time.