Once I Was a Pollywog

TITLE: Once I Was a Pollywog
AUTHOR: Douglas Florian
ILLUSTRATOR: Barbara Bakos
PUBLISHER: Little Bee Books
COPYRIGHT: 2016

Once I was a pollywog,but now I am a frog.

Once I was a piglet,but now I am a hog.

Once I Was a Pollywog is a fun little board book by Douglas Florian and illustrated by Barbara Bakos.

This is a rhyming book that shows the animals as babies and then as the grown up animals they become.  At the end there is a baby boy.  The animal pictures are cute with the baby on one page and the grown up animal on the next.

My little guy has enjoyed me reading this book to him and likes to growl when we get to the bear page.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher for my honest review. Thank you.

Have a day of blessings!
 

Baby Loves Sports

TITLE: Baby Loves Sports
AUTHOR:
ILLUSTRATOR:
PUBLISHER: DuoPress
COPYRIGHT: 2015

Baby Loves SPORTS is a board book from Duo Press.  This is a "high-contrast" book. (It is interesting to read the research on the value of  high-contrast books for babies if you are not familliar with what this is.)

I have read a few high-contrast books with my baby and found this one to be of good quality all around. Each page has a different sport featured. One page will have a player and the opposite page will have the ball that goes with that sport.  Black and white are the dominant colors; however, there are some dark colored background pages too.

My baby boy (11 months) likes touching the pages and reaches for the balls.  He has enjoyed looking at it multiple times.  This book would make a nice baby shower gift or to add to your baby's library.

This book was sent to me by the publisher for my review, these opinions are mine.  Thank you.

Have a day of blessings!
 

My Little Book of Cars

TITLE:  My Little Book of Cars
AUTHOR:  Michael Worek
ILLUSTRATOR:
PUBLISHER:  2013
COPYRIGHT: Firefly Books

Read this book with your toddler to discover cars and other modes of transportation.  This book is filled with great photos of all sorts of cars, trucks, and other things that go!

This is a good book to develop vocabulary for your toddler.  It uses some color words too to describe the cars.  One thing I noticed is some of the pages have simple two word phrases to describe the picture while other pages have sentences.  However, there are no capital letters or periods used on these pages which I found odd.

What's on my Farm?

TITLE:  What's on my Farm?
AUTHOR:  Michael Worek
ILLUSTRATOR:
PUBLISHER:  Firefly Books
COPYRIGHT:  2013

Find out what you can find on a farm in this adorable children's book.

What I like about this book is that there are a lot of pages of pictures with one word/phrase per page about the picture.  Sometimes you find these picture books that only have a few pictures, and every farm book has the same 5 animals in it.  This one is different in that it has the regular animals and farm words but a lot of others as well.  It includes pictures of animals as well as foods grown on farms like grains, berries, and watermelon.

This would be a wonderful book for your young toddler to increase vocabulary.  The cover is puffy and thick; this is not a board book.

Just Like a Baby

TITLE: Just Like a Baby
AUTHOR: Juanita Havill
ILLUSTRATOR: Christine Davenier
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books
COPYRIGHT: 2009

Family members come to welcome new baby Ellen. Each one has their own idea of what she could be following in their footsteps. Ellen has her own ideas though. Preschool through primary aged children will enjoy this book.

My son and I enjoyed reading this book.