Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Board Books for Babies) (Board book)

by Annie Kubler (Author, Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Created for parents and toddlers to enjoy together, these board books feature well-known rhymes and also include musical notation.

Product Details

• Reading level: Baby-Preschool
  
• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: Child's Play International (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0859536580
• ISBN-13: 978-0859536585
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,856 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Two Babies Enjoy This One, and Are Inspired to Play!, July 1, 2006

By	Jennifer Juday "Working Mom & Cook" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Annie Kubler's ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT is a great little book. We have had this book for about a month at my house, and my 10-1/2 month old baby and a good friend who is about 22 months old both enjoy this book a lot.

My son took to ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT immediately. It is a bigger than average board book, about 8 inches by 8 inches, but not too big for him to pull the book into his lap and comfortably page through. The colors are bright, and the babies that Annie Kubler draws are charming.

The words are pretty simple. It consists of three verses of the old song.

I love that ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT shows children singing the song and moving to it. The first time I read this to our 22 month old friend, he was immediately pulled in when I started using the movements that you see in the pictures. He liked it so much that he asked me to read it again (well, sing it again) about ten times.

My 10 month old son loves it so much that is is the first book he asks for by name. "Rowrowrow!"

This book has inspired several boat-related games with our two babies. We are loving it!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Toddler's Favorite!, April 20, 2006

By	L. Nesbitt - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book for my son when he was about 12 months old. It immediately became his favorite book...he loved for me to read/sing it to him before bedtime. He's now 20 months old and still has me singing it to him almost everyday. He loves to flip the pages with me and study the drawings of the babies. The art work is absolutely wonderful. He usually only goes for books with real life pictures, but this one is an exception. When I first picked up this book I thought, "Doesn't this song only have 2 verses...it might get old real quick." But I was pleasantly surprised to see there was much more to it...we love sharing the new verses to this old favorite with other kids...they love it too!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great fun to read aloud, February 20, 2005

By	mamasabria - See all my reviews

This book is so simple, yet so perfectly done. It has been a favorite of both my son and my niece from about 12 months on (he's now 19 months and still loves this book). It's almost impossible to "read" this book without breaking into jovial song -- "Rock, Rock, Rock your boat, Gently down the stream, If you see a crocodile, Don't forget to scream!" (there's one more verse but I won't give it away) The book is larger than most of our other board books and has wonderful illustrations of happy babies acting out the lyrics.

I have found that my son pays attention and enjoys having books read to him most when the books are rhymes or songs (otherwise he prefers pointing out things he knows by name in the illustrations, but doesn't care so much to hear the story). This book has been a real winner in our house. I highly recommend it as a first birthday gift to any baby whose parents like to sing to him/her.