Baby! Talk!

by Penny Gentieu

Peek-a-boo! I see you!
How big is baby? Soooo big!
 
Baby! Talk! introduces parents, family members, and caregivers to the expressions and words that encourage babies to communicate and try out their verbal skills, in a sturdy board book format perfect for tiny hands.
 
Each page is overflowing with Penny Gentieu's adorable photographs of expressive baby faces and body language, which babies will immediately understand and respond to because babies love to look at babies!

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Storytime

22 pages, Board Book

First published April 20, 1999

Reviews

[Ronan Crutchfield]

Book of the month from Imagination Library. I loved, loved, loved looking at the pictures of the babies!

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

I do not understand

[Jenna White · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nothing special. Just pictures of babies doing things. Not sure Everett was that interested.

[Heather Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

lily summer reading 2018, board book, babies, first words

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

My baby really liked looking at all the photos of babies in this book.

[Rovona Clark]

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - December 2019

[Spencer · Rating 2 out of 5]

2021
Not interesting enough for my little one

[Synthia Salomon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a lot of talking in this one but my baby loves this book and the photography!

[Leo · Rating 5 out of 5]

13 month old Leo loves it.

[Jennifer Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute but the title is odd. Sounds caveman-ish.

[Henry · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is one of my favorites. Thank you, Imagination Library for this gift!

[Elke Ursin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just happened upon this book at the library and threw it in my bag. Who knew that this would be one of my baby's favorites? She just loves it! When she sees the babies doing what they are doing on each page she tries to imitate them, and it's so cute! She starts clapping her hands when I turn to that page, and throws her arms up over her head when I ask how big is baby. Too cute. Now, my only negative for this book is that some of the pages don't have a clear activity that my baby can do. For example, the page on Go Baby Go! has several pictures of babies doing something, but there's not really anything specific that my baby can do (she can't walk yet). Well, I'm going to be buying this book soon, so we'll see how things change as she get's older.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Used for Go, Baby, Go! baby storytime 11/12/10.

I wish this was still in print in the picture book size because our library's copy is going to fall apart sooner rather than later and this a perfect baby storytime book. A brief, interactive text that's not boring complemented by lots of photos of babies. I love that the babies are of all different ethnicities. Even the endpapers have interactive possibilities if this were used as a lapsit - the front has items that are likely to be familiar to babies with their words printed next to them and the back has a baby with body parts labeled. I guess the next step is to have our graphic artist make a laminated storyboard, but I know not every library is lucky enough to have that option.

[jacky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice big pages with many cute babies per page. Simple phrases and statements we say to babies are displayed and acted out by the babies. For example, How big is baby? So big!, with photographs of babies with their arms up. I especially liked the messy babies at the end under "all gone." Very fun. Natalie seemed to enjoy this one, too, and she is usually indifferent to books.

[Samantha Penrose · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute -- babies love to look at other babies doing familiar things, but why on earth would you design a book for babies with giant, flimsy paper pages?!
(I understand it is also available as a board book.)

[Salsabrarian]

Ilustrated with color photographs of babies illustrating simple sentences like Where are baby’s toes? and Clap hands baby! and Peekaboo I see you! Similar to “Big Book of Beautiful Babies†by David Ellwand (black and white photographs).

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a very pretty book in comparison to others that we've received. It's just plain and seems weirdly put together. Not my favorite.

Review Update: My daughter LOVES this book and looks at it more than her other books. She looks at the faces over and over again.

[Tricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

good for baby program. baby photos with brief text.

[Gail · Rating 4 out of 5]

This used to be my daughter's favorite, but she seems to have tired of it. It taught her to clap hands, touch her toes, and play peek a boo.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute baby photos. But the text is a little too simple. There's no rhythm or flow to reading it.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another cute board book aimed at helping parents interact with their babies--not just reading the book, but follow through with the actions.

[Khristina · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is cute, but my son wasn't to amused. He tried to rip the pages, but he is only two.

[Brandi · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very basic book for babies and toddlers with photographs of babies and toddlers feeling and doing various things.

[Maren Prestegaard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nasty when you get these books from the library and they are completely doused in spit. Will be glad to be done with the pictures of naked babies stage of reading.

[Casandria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect book for Library Babies!

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a favorite of our daughter's when she was a baby. We read it over and over and over. It gets a baby moving and finding their body parts!

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book.