Category Archives: Board books

My First Book of Patterns by Bobby & June George and Art by Boyoun Kim

October 16, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from Copy Courtesy of Phaidon] My First Book of Patterns is a beautifully designed and elegant board book that introduces young ones to different lines, shapes, and the patterns that they create. Done in bold, vibrant colors with scenes that are eye-catching and immersive, My First Book of Patterns is a wonderful book to read with young ones. Created by Montessori educators, designers, and artists, this 66-page board book takes patterns-and-shapes format to a whole new level. Its layout and […]

Categories: Board books, Children's Books, Kidlit, Recommended Board Books • Tags: Board books, Book Review, Children's Books, kidlit

When Your Lion Needs a Bath by Susanna Leonard Hill and Artwork by Daniel Wiseman

October 8, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

When Your Lion Needs a Bath is so much fun. It easily incites happy giggles among little ones but also has adults quickly realizing the uncanny similarities between bathing lions and reluctant children.

Categories: Board books, Cybils, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Board books, Picture Book, Picture Books

Circle, Triangle, Elephant! A Book of Shapes & Surprises by Kenji Oikawa and Mayuko Takeuchi

September 12, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

Before and After is excellent in every way. It playfully and creatively explores the concept of before and after while ingeniously utilizing the advantages of the board book format. Before and After is engaging, delightful, surprising, inclusive, and laugh out loud funny.

Categories: Board books, Board Books about Shapes, Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Board books, Children's Books, Circle Triangle Elephant, Humor, Kenji Oikawa, Mayuko Takeuchi, Picture Book, Picture Books

The Tinyville Town Series by Brian Biggs

September 4, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

In Tinyville Town Gets to Work! author and illustrator Brian Biggs gives us a charming and warm introduction to a wonderful world full of diverse, hardworking, smiling, and capable individuals.

Categories: Board books, Children's Books, Diverse Picture Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Careers, Picture Books about Community, Picture Books about Construction, Picture Books about Overcoming Obstacles, Picture Books with Great Characters • Tags: Brian Biggs, Children, Illustration, Picture Book, Picture Books, Review, Tinyville Town

Before & After by Jean Jullien

August 31, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

Categories: Before and After Picture Books, Board books, Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Art, Books, Children, Children's Books, Humor, Illustration, Jean Jullien, Phaidon Press, Picture Book, Picture Books, Recommended

Giveaway! Feminist Baby by Loryn Brantz

April 21, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

[Prize pack and review copy provided by Disney Hyperion]: Feminist Baby with her cute pink (and sometimes blue) bow and large, adorable eyes is not to be trifled with. She is her own baby and fully intends to express herself in all her baby-ness and beyond. Told in a sassy and lighthearted tone, Feminist Baby offers giggles and laughs and ends on an uplifting and determined note that this baby will be whatever she wants to be. Feminist Baby is […]

Categories: Board books, Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Babies, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Feminist Baby, kidlit, Loryn Brantz, Picture Book, Picture Books

Music Is… by Brandon Stosuy and Illustrated by Amy Martin

October 17, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

I received a review copy from the publisher. No other compensation was received. Music Is… is a gorgeous board book told in opposites that celebrates a wide variety of musical concepts, instruments, and the people that enjoy them. Beautifully contrasted bright images of people with headphones, bass drums, pots and pans, harps, tambourines, french horns, cassette tapes, records, tubas, banjos, guitars, electric and upright pianos, harpsichords, and cymbals all introduce and reinforce musical concepts while adroitly teaching basic opposites of […]

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The Good Morning Game by Hervé Tullet

April 2, 2015 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy of this book from the publisher. No other compensation was received.] A simple and joyous story of waking up, taking a shower, eating breakfast, and going off to school makes for a brilliant board book that both my sons love!!! All of Tullet’s books are amazing. He solidly blurs the lines of book and toy to make for a gleeful experience full of creativity and giggles for people of all ages. With The Good Morning Game, you draw a […]

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The Game of Lines by Hervé Tullet

March 5, 2015 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy of this book from the publisher. No other compensation was received.] I had no idea that a book filled with only bright pink and yellow lines could be so absorbing, and yet it is so easy to lose track of time when playing The Game of Lines. Each time I look through this book with one of my sons, I find myself oooh’ing and ahhhh’ing over each new image as if I were looking at […]

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