First 100 Words Big Board Book

First 100 Soft To Touch

by Roger Priddy

Ideal for ages 2 and up., Big Board First 100 Words features 100 everyday words for children to learn and help build their vocabulary. Its simple design is sturdy enough to stand up to your child's loving and features colored pictures to capture their attention and imagination.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Kids, Animals, Nonfiction, Juvenile

14 pages, Board Book

First published August 1, 2005

About the author

Roger Priddy (b. 1960) is the creator of Priddy Books, which publishes books for babies and young children. Priddy Books is a division of Macmillan Publishers and books published by the imprint have won several Practical Pre-School Awards.

Reviews

[Michael Emond · Rating 1 out of 5]

Maybe I wasn't the target audience but this book selection did NOT go over well for my monthly book club.

[Jhaltom · Rating 5 out of 5]

After having read this book for the 377th time tonight I feel I can finally provide an adequate review of this masterwork. There are indeed 100 words in this book. I would not consider them neither my nor my daughters first words, however I was initially raised on a farm and she has a daddy that likes scotch and gambling on football. My point is individual results may vary a bit.

[Rashanda Ravenel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great picture dictionary that can be used with infants. The illustrations are very large and colorful to keep the attention of the little ones. The pages are hard, which makes it easy for our new readers to turn the pages. This book is great for talking to infants about things they see in the world everyday.

[gudetamama · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good concept but I have a few quibbles. Please take them with a grain of salt. I'm purposely being overcritical, because after you see something every day, several times a day, and your second coffee hasn't kicked in yet, you start picking it apart.

First is that some of the words are not those I'd consider the first, or are not simple. Sweatshirt. Mobile (the twirly thing above the crib, not a handprint) - when would a toddler actually need to say that? Soft toy. Stacking rings. Soft blocks. Sippy cup.

The photos for some aren't the best choice. Duck is a white duck with a rainbow butt, instead of the usual more easily identifiable yellow duck. Slippers pictured are actually shoes. Carrots are carrot sticks not the unprocessed form. Technology used outdated models: Telephone is a cordless landline. Television isn't a flat screen. The cry photo looks like laughing. Socks are these psychedelic Christmasy colored pair. What I'm saying is maybe it would have been more helpful to portray the baseline forms of each item, instead of including an uncommon specimen.

Then the formatting/labels. Each page has 9 photos, with the center panel being the description of the category of the items on the page. But there is no label of what it is. I had to write them down with a marker. For example: page for farm animals: I wrote "chick". For wild animals: "monkey". Toys: "train". Clothes: idk what it's supposed to be but it's a relatable enough photo. Home is fine. Food: I scribbled in "grapes". Bedtime: "sleep". Bathtime I left blank. Idk what is the middle photo in Things That Go (Couldn't it have been Vehicles?). Another truck? I left it blank.

Then another petty gripe is the font, for the letter m the middle bar doesn't come down enough. I drew them in with a black marker. Am I being psycho? Yes.

The label also says 0+ but kidlet wasn't really into it until around 9 or 10 months, and now 11 he'll reach for it and want to flip the pages and listen to me point things out. I know babies develop differently, but I'd say below 4 months no need to torture yourself with this prematurely, just read what you like out loud to your kiddo.

[Ruby the Wizard]

Groundbreaking stuff

[Christopher Syers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ernest Hemingway Roger Priddy

🤝

Telling touching stories via sparse prose

Like “For sale, baby shoes, never worn”, First 100 Words Big Board Book delivers significant emotional impact despite its compact form factor. Some passages made me tear up (“cry”), others encouraged fighting regarding personal beliefs (“stand”). Additionally, I learned so much - Malus domestica fruit is called “apple”? Wouldn't have known without reading this masterpiece.

Highly recommend, age notwithstanding. Babies, toddlers, adults, elderly alike will find joy here.

My review? It also contains exactly one hundred distinct terms (plus an emoji and a number). Friends, you are invited to verify that total!

[Declan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love finding the dog and the strawberry!

[Agne C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Puikiai įvertinta tos, kuriai skaitau ir rodau žodžius iš knygutės.

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS BOOK HAS SAVED NAP TIME SO MANY TIMES

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

6/29/2022 - This is the first book Madison ever owned. Her Grandma Cindy got it for her last summer as a prize from the summer reading challenge at the library.

Every 2 pages had a new category of words, each with a colorful background. My only dislike is that children may become overwhelmed with several words on a page. But we could always use a post-it or index card to cover up other words on the page.


5/22/2023 - First I read the book to Madison. Then we went back through it and I asked her to point to various objects. She impressed me so much with how much she knew! And it showed me what I need to teach next :)

[Audric the Illiterate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Didn’t know one of my first 100 words was supposed to be “fire engine,” and now it’s too late.

[John Strott · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book lacked any sense of plot or character development, but my 16 month old demands we read it constantly, so what do I know

[Jana · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read this book close to 100 times in the last year. It is absolutely Lily’s “go to” book. I am looking forward to hearing her read one of these days. Her vocabulary should be quite extensive. 🥰

[Chrisanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fave. Not sure if it's the texture or the bright colors or the babies in the pictures.

[Tyler Grose · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great vocab, just couldn’t get into the plot

[mairead! · Rating 4 out of 5]

Newfound appreciation for books like this -- less for me, more for A. I get it now. ;) The "real" images are so important and helpful for her. It's been fun to work through different areas of interest (house animals, non-house animals, things she sees outside, things she sees in the house, etc.) and looking forward to her getting more into colors and shapes. Currently she chants "PAPA!" and points at the airplane because the one time we read it and he was flying at the time, which I told her. #steeltrap

[Sylvester (Taking a break in 2023) · Rating 5 out of 5]

4* colour photography
4* concept

This is a long-time favorite. Squirt loves the bright colours and the familiar objects. We've been reading this over and over for months and it hasn't lost any of its interest for him. He's learning new words every day, so this is a great book for that, and of course, he turns each page by himself, which seems to be what really matters in the end.

[Teandra Knapp · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is awesome for children learning words and or learning to talk. All 4 of our children loved this book. It is colorful and bright for little ones. It teaches colors, shapes, word recognition all at the same time. If your little youngster is learning to talk and loves to point at objects or asks, "what dat?" this is the book for you.

[Bryon Imbarrato · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aligning to Vygotsky's idea of "visuals" being used in our thoughts prior to the merge of language, this book would serve as a great tool to ensure young children are being given the symbols and words needed to have complete thoughts, and then communicate those thoughts when language is developed. This book is great for "find the ____" type games, as well as sight words and simple vocabulary.

[Malckey P · Rating 5 out of 5]

Auntie Sharon and Auntie Amy gave me this book for my birthday. It is so cool! I like to carry it around with me and then show it to people so they can learn new words. I also like that some of the kids look like me. I can't say all 100 words yet, but I'm working on it.

[Ezra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish there were 100 more!!

[Elizabeth]

#ReadToNibling

I liked this one less than Numbers, Colors, Shapes , though M still consistently sat through this.

The initial two-page spread of colors is fine, but the choice to use photographs for "things that go" meant that I found them sometimes overly detailed such that I'm not sure how well kids would recognize them. The "dump truck" looks confusing, the "tractor" looks more like a monster truck. the "truck" is an eighteen-wheeler viewed from head-on (whereas my instinct would be to image a pickup truck), the "ship" is a cruise ship, the "car" is a sports car. I did appreciate that the "train" looked like the MBTA's commuter rail :)

The next few spreads are words related to different activities and are basically fine -- though I'm not sure how much kids will understand the verbs (especially when "Mealtime" had a "sippy cup" and a "bottle" and then a picture of a kid drinking from a sippy cup labeled "drink"). Also, I feel that putting "fork and spoon" in a single photo makes it hard to teach them as distinct nouns.

I was also surprised by some of their word choices -- "mobile" (as in the thing that hangs over a crib), "sweatshirt" (which I don't think even looks like a sweatshirt -- and my brother noted the winter-heavy nature of that "Clothes" spread, given that M is growing up in Florida), a "rattle" which I would not parse as a rattle, "stacking rings."

I'm also not sure how much kids would understand "dog" vs. "puppy" and similar (we also get kitten/cat, chick/hen, and lamb/sheep -- though "ducks" is a single image of an adult duck with 3 ducklings). The adult and child animals are often separated by a few panels, which I feel like would make it harder for the child to learn the difference, but maybe not?

[April Petillon · Rating 5 out of 5]

All books for children should be free

All books for children should be free no matter what, especially on something like a tablet. So because I didn't have the money to spend on a book my son only got about 4 pages of the book for free.

I think that's absolutely horrible that a book as popular is this 1 and as much money as I have made they wouldn't make it free for somebody who has a tablet. That's great and everything that you gave a couple of pages for free, but to be perfectly honest no children should have to pay for a book. It's not like they are asking for a toy or candy or any thing like that!!

Very shameful that A children's book Who's main goal is to teach Is not free on the tablet.

It is shanefull and this is a very popular book which I know overtime has made a ton of money.

[寿理 宮本 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes, that sure is 100 words.

Mind you, some of them are compound words (like "yellow duckling"), although some of the choices are odd ("duck" is a rubber duck, and one that is half white, half rainbow-striped...?).

Actually, now that I look, there's duck, yellow duckling, and ducks. This feels like a rip-off! (kidding) "Car" appears twice, also, as in a sports car and a toy car.

I don't know. I'm sure this book has absolutely jumpstarted some young reader's ascent to Yale, so I can't really assess its quality as someone well outside college-age (and also as not a parent). Probably decent. Photos are okay quality. Durability is... well, I assume it would hold up to NORMAL wear-and-tear, but my copy has had the spine ripped off, so who really knows.

[Caroline Talley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genre: Non-Fiction- Concept book
Awards won: none
Audience: 0-3 Years
A. The topic of this book is learning basic words for babies.
B. The words were presented in a child-friendly way by being super colorful and having pictures to associate with each word as they see it. The cover was also soft padding which made it very safe and inviting for the kids.
C. The main text features were the titles on each page saying what the theme for the page was and the words under each picture acting as a caption.
D. This book could be used with children who are just starting out learning how to read and say words in their everyday life.

[Abigail Bowden · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a petty complaint about a children’s board book series, but for touting the “first 100 _______”, in this case words, they don’t actually do that! Maybe i missed the fine print stating the 100 is a quip and not genuine. But I do feel cheated when they put ‘pajamas’ under both bedtime and clothing categories here. They do the same in other books, lots of duplicates when they could’ve easily found something different to stand out and actually include the maximum possible vocabulary. I don’t intend to ever buy these for anyone else, and I’m glad they were just a gift for us and I didn’t actually lose money on them. It’s not that hard!

[Avery Hungrycaterpillar · Rating 4 out of 5]

BROCCOLI!

I really like to point to the things so the grownups will say the words. I wasn't too fond of this at first because the story is seriously lacking (We go from colors to trucks to animals with no apparent connections? Didn't the author learn to use connecting words to compare and contrast these seemingly unconnected themes?) but now that I'm learning new nouns every day I really like lists of words. Be warned, there is a bedtime page in here. Let's just skip over that one and get to more animals.

[Braily McKee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Says ideal for 2 and up but I have to disagree! I read this to my child since he was born and by one he was saying maybe 2-4 of the words but could also make sounds of the animals he saw and recognize them. By 2, when this book is considered ideal, he already knew every word in the book. We still read and go over this book, but I definitely recommend reading it to your babes way earlier than 2 years old!

[Stephanie Ewanciw · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book would be a great book to refer to for new vocabulary words for young children. There are so many colorful pictures that we can relate to and find these objects in our everyday life. Teaching symbols and words is necessary in order to communicate and have complete thoughts developed and this book is perfect for doing so. Ages 2+

[Rocio Ramirez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Genre: concept book
Awards: N/A
Audience: Pre-kindergarten - 1st grade
A. The topic of the book is essential words to learn (first 100).
B. It has the word accompanied by the word.
C. There is only pictures.
D. I would use this book with children that are beginning to read and use book as well as do a read-aloud with the child individually.