We really enjoyed saying hello to the baby animals。
Erin Stuhlsatz,
This was one of the babe's first books。 He seemed to enjoy looking at the black and white photos。 We have used the book to fight the patriarchy by explaining that the greetings are never to be used for human women。 "Hello, baby bunny。" No, only Ms。 Bunny。"What's going on, zebra?" May have racial overtones。 Best avoided。"What's up, chick?" NEVER"Hi, there, piggy。" It doesn't matter how chubby someone is, Piggy is not an appropriate nickname。"Good to see you, baby elephant。" Ditto here。"Quack, qua This was one of the babe's first books。 He seemed to enjoy looking at the black and white photos。 We have used the book to fight the patriarchy by explaining that the greetings are never to be used for human women。 "Hello, baby bunny。" No, only Ms。 Bunny。"What's going on, zebra?" May have racial overtones。 Best avoided。"What's up, chick?" NEVER"Hi, there, piggy。" It doesn't matter how chubby someone is, Piggy is not an appropriate nickname。"Good to see you, baby elephant。" Ditto here。"Quack, quack, baby duck。" She will just think you are weird。"Ni hao, little panda!" Panda might not be Chinese。 Don't make assumptions。"What's happening, pretty penguin?" I mean, just penguin would be weird, and the pretty makes it very condescending。 Even if she is pretty, that's not the most important thing about her。 "Hola, baby owl!" What? Is that because Hola and Hoo start with the same two letters? But they do not sound the same。But all joking aside, this is a very cute book that we have enjoyed very much。 。。。more
Arielle,
Perfect for small babies。 Simple illustrations。
Alice Rachel,
Serves its purpose well。 :)
Eva Little,
📖 Hello, Baby Animals: A High Contrast Book | By Duopress labs | Art by Julissa MoraMamá says: I realised only now that I have never read the actual words of this book to Eva。 I simply use the black and white -and as the title suggests ‘high contrast’ images to read to her my own Spanish version。 I make high pitch noises of what I think the animals sounds like (Does anyone know what a Panda sounds like?!) I’m sure the actual book is great though。 Should we even be leaving this review though。。。-E 📖 Hello, Baby Animals: A High Contrast Book | By Duopress labs | Art by Julissa MoraMamá says: I realised only now that I have never read the actual words of this book to Eva。 I simply use the black and white -and as the title suggests ‘high contrast’ images to read to her my own Spanish version。 I make high pitch noises of what I think the animals sounds like (Does anyone know what a Panda sounds like?!) I’m sure the actual book is great though。 Should we even be leaving this review though。。。-Eva says:This book is bold yet inconsistent。 There’s a bit of english, chinese and spanish。 Sometimes onomatopoeia (quack, quack) others just plain normal。 Aside from the striking use of black and white, I’m really not learning that much。 。。。more
Sara A。,
LOVED the contrast in this book and babies eyes were glued to the page! Will be requesting the others。
E,
So inconsistent it makes me crazy。 Sometimes the baby animal name is used, sometimes the adult。 Sometimes the animal sound is provided, sometimes not。 Sometimes another language is used, sometimes not。 If they were all baby animals and they each used a greeting in a different language, it'd be a 4 star book。 So inconsistent it makes me crazy。 Sometimes the baby animal name is used, sometimes the adult。 Sometimes the animal sound is provided, sometimes not。 Sometimes another language is used, sometimes not。 If they were all baby animals and they each used a greeting in a different language, it'd be a 4 star book。 。。。more
Beth Kakuma-Depew,
For my 6 month old niece for Christmas。 She was completely absorbed with looking at the black and white patterns。
Fritz Loehrke,
Why does the duck get a "Quack Quack" greeting when all the other animals speak human languages like English, Spanish, or Mandarin? I expect more than nonsense like this from baby books。 Why does the duck get a "Quack Quack" greeting when all the other animals speak human languages like English, Spanish, or Mandarin? I expect more than nonsense like this from baby books。 。。。more