97 Ways to Make A Baby Laugh (Paperback)

by Jack Moore (Author), Penny Gentieu (Photographer)
Key Phrases: Have Dad

Editorial Reviews

Review
97 Ways to Make a Baby Laugh, by New Jersey resident Jack Moore-father of a previously unamused boy named Brick--keeps the chortles coming with a collection of infant-tested sight gags, skits, parlor tricks, and practical jokes. Among the author's suggestions are the "Live Jack-in-the Box" game (featuring Dad), "the Magnet Trick," which involves moving an object across baby's high-chair while holding an undetected magnet underneath, and a "Silly Face Contest." They're a little nutty, require no training, and few props, and are guaranteed to work-with one condition: grown-ups can't hold back. Which means not only will you be tickling Baby's funnybone, but your own as well. -- The Parent Paper

Product Description
Completely nutty yet effective, this charming book for parents who want to tickle their baby's funnybone--and their own--is like a book of parlor tricks, except that the person who's being entertained is six months old and often as impassive as a stone. Adult readers, especially those harried by the day-to-day details of caring for an infant, will rediscover their own sense of the absurd and delight in the suggestions and illustrations.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; Later Printing edition (January 5, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761107363
• ISBN-13: 978-0761107361
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #197,027 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More Like a Big Silly Greeting Card than a Book, August 3, 2000

By A Customer

This is a cute title, but the suggestions in this book, as illustrated above, pretty much range from silly to absurd. It's like a greeting card you read once and throw away. If you're looking for games to play with your baby or ways to stimulate him mentally, look elsewhere. If you're so completely unimaginative that you can't make a funny face without reading instructions, look no further ;)

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Funny reading - lousy ideas, September 26, 2001

By	carrie sika (Dix Hills, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This book is a great read if you are just looking for a laugh (for yourself, not your baby.)

Only a handful of the ideas are feasible. Unless your husband really wants to wear a giant diaper, or you want grandma to go in a huge box and be a giant jack-in-the box. The ideas are cute and funny, but few are practical. Laughing with your child is a wonderful thing, and enjoying your baby is important, but these ideas are not well-thought out and a waste of your time. Finger plays and tickling sessions will elicit more genuine laugther than throwing random objects out of your window from the 2nd floor, while baby looks out the 1st floor window!

A poor choice at any price!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Daddy Shower Gift, November 26, 2001

By A Customer

I think this is a cute little book. Only fault is it lacks alot of substance, but its silly with great little photos. My husband and I are having our first baby Spring 2002. Some friends of mine are throwing a Daddy Shower for my husband as a gag party, and to make him feel like he is part of it all. I think for $7~or less it's a great little gift idea.