The Bottom Line
- This baby book is about a subject that fascinates babies - animal tails.
- The book is sturdy, featuring pages, flaps and tabs that are thicker than most.
- Rhyming text and interactive book features are fun for babies and toddlers.
- As with any flap/tab book, the book may be destroyed if left alone with a baby.
Description
- A colorful, rhyming book that will hold baby's interest. Describes how animal tails move and feel.
- Pull tabs make many tails in this book move, and the skunk's tail is even scratch-and-sniff stinky.
- Features animals such as alligators, foxes, tamarins, peacocks, pandas, pigs, tigers and more.
Guide Review - Tails by Matthew Van Fleet - Review
If you've ever observed babies around animals, you'll notice that babies are often drawn to the tail and its swishing, swatting and texture. This book takes that fascination and allows babies to see the tails of many creatures up close.
The tails in this book move, sparkle and, in the case of the skunk tail, smell! Along with the pleasant rhyming text, each colorful page spread features interactions that will captivate babies from infant to toddler and beyond. Some of the tails wag or swat, some are fuzzy or bumpy and one, the peacock, is beautifully colorful and sparkly. Babies will love to look at the pictures, see the motions and feel the textures.
Unlike some baby books made with thin paper and flimsy pull-tabs, Tails is made with thick, durable paper and has thicker tabs and flaps. Not only are these thicker tabs easier for small toddler hands to manipulate, they are much less likely to be torn by clumsy little hands.
Whether you're buying Tails, by Matthew Van Fleet, for your own child or for a baby gift, this book is sure to become a treasured part of a baby book collection.
