

Here’s the thing.
I love children’s books. Always have — as a kid, teacher, mom, I could/can never get enough. Books and I have this special relationship 🙂 …I just can’t stop buying them. SO, I thought…why not review a cool kid book every week or so for those of you that might be interested.
I’ll say a little about the book and why we like it — have pics of my kiddos reading it. Maybe branch out to pics of other kiddos reading a book they recommend. That might be fun!
So, here’s the first review.
[click pic if you’d like it bigger]
Book: Tails
Author: Matthew Van Fleet
Got this book: from a friend for J’s birth (I was totally shocked I’d never seen it before — it’s great!!!)
Rating: 10 Golden Grahams (that’s good!!! 10 is the best. 🙂 )
About: This board-like book is great fun for the little ones. The text rhymes and it talks of tails of various animals. It certainly appeals to all senses — kids touch furry tails, smell a skunk tail, drag their finger along a bumpy tail, hear the cute text, and move little strips (like a pop-up book, but durable) to see various tails move. There’s also a fancy sparkly peek-a-boo page for the peacock, which is an absolute hit. It’s a very interactive, colorful book and would be a great gift for someone’s child or a total hit for your own library.
*It’s not as thick as a board book, but pages are extremely well made. Ours has lasted for quite a while and shows no signs of trauma from little hands pulling and prodding all the time. 🙂
Age: Baby-Preschool
Price: $13.95 ($10-something @ amazon right now)
=====> IF any of you have a book we should take a look at, let us know! We’re always looking for the latest and greatest books. I hope we can find some new, awesome books out of this, too!
About the pics…no flash, taken last-minute before bed because the kids were being so cute (couldn’t resist!) Because of the no flash and low light, I had to use an ultra-high ISO — makes pics grainy if it’s too high, but I took care of that with some software I recently purchased. I did have the kids reading right next to a light, which helped a bit.
Thanks for reading and here are a couple more pics — just couldn’t narrow them down today! ~m


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