Baby Faces

by Dawn Sirett

Perfect for early childhood development, happy babies, laughing babies, silly babies and crying babies are found on the pages of this padded board book. Look at all the sweet baby faces showing that they are happy, sad, sleepy, and more. Your baby can make the same expressions to help recognize common expressions. This durable little book is sure to pique baby's interest. With bright colorful photos and simple word labels that capture the expressions and moods of babies throughout their busy days, Baby Faces will mesmerize little ones when they see other children just like them.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Emotion, Kids, Storytime, Juvenile

16 pages, Board Book

First published October 14, 1998

Reviews

[Sasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my kid's favorite books (to put in his mouth). It shows pictures of babies in various moods. This claims to help a kid's social development, which sounds like it might be taking itself a little seriously.

The thing that keeps it from being a five-star book for me is this kid right here:

This kid fuckin' sucks at peek-a-boo. He's not hidden at all! Fuck this kid.

BTW you know what this makes me think about is it must be rough to be a racist parent. This book has a wonderful assortment of babies of many different colors. Racist parents are probably like man, what do you have to do to find a book with just white babies.

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

A board book with photographs of babies experiencing various emotions.

I went through this one a lot with my daughter when she was young, and I was a bit indifferent then. But now that I'm a sentimental old man, I think I like it as much now as she did then.

[Audric the Illiterate · Rating 5 out of 5]

2+ hours at the doctor is no problem when you’ve got this to page through! A true delight.

[Chinook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maddie stared intently at the other babies and Kait liked talking about their emotions.

[Jody Black · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my daughter's favorites from 6 mos to a year. She loves to flip through and look at the babies with faces describing different feelings (sad, surprised, angry, sleepy, dirty, hungry, etc). We also read this book to learn about labeling emotions. I sometimes open it and point to the face that describes her current state and ask her if she feels like that baby, and tell her what word is used to describe him or her. I think it may promote empathy, but at the very least I'm hoping it will help her label her feelings.

[Kimbely Fletcher · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to use in educating your baby in emotions. This book shows several emotions made by other babies. It is well illustrated, and very colorful.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Minus half a star for the "where's baby / peekaboo" combo. The baby is right there. He's not even a little bit hidden in that basket. Lazy.

[Jacob Nations · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Baby Faces" is a delightful children's book that captures the curiosity and joy of babies exploring their own expressions and those of others. The book is filled with large, colorful photographs of babies displaying a range of emotions, from happy and sad to surprised and sleepy. Each page is dedicated to a single emotion, making it easy for young readers to understand and relate to the feelings being depicted.

The simplicity of the text complements the vivid images, making it an excellent choice for infants and toddlers who are just beginning to recognize faces and emotions. The sturdy board book format is perfect for little hands, ensuring durability through countless readings and explorations.

"Baby Faces" not only entertains but also serves an educational purpose by helping children develop their emotional intelligence and facial recognition skills. The book's ability to engage young readers and stimulate their interest in social cues makes it a valuable addition to any child's early learning library.

Overall, "Baby Faces" is a charming and effective tool for parents and caregivers to use in fostering emotional awareness and connection with their little ones.

[Sarah]

This book highlights the concept of emotions. It is a board book and is appropriate for the very young child (Piaget's sensorimotor stage of cognitive development, 0-2 years). This is a stage where the child repeats interesting actions, and this book can be used by the reader/caregiver to imitate the facial expressions of the baby in the picture and then read the emotion label while pointing to the word in the book. Babies typically are drawn to other baby faces, so this is a great way to engage the infant. According to the cognitive hypothesis outlined by Rice (1983), books with familiar subjects can be used to expand a child's language.

[Kate M. Colby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack borrowed this book from the Ashland Public Library.

I picked it because he has loved other books with real photos of kids, especially the faces close up, and boy, did Mama do good. When we got home, it was the first library book he wanted to read. He’s asked me to read it several times today, and he has looked at it on his own too.

He smiles at the other kids and laughs as I do the emotions…but he has also started showing a conflicted character when he sees me do the negative emotions. Like he wants to laugh because I look silly but he also recognizes the emotion is negative. He started mimicking how I do the tired page by rubbing his eyes, which was super cute.

[Julia Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every page is literally just a crisp photo of a baby's face with a single descriptive word under it. That's it. Don't knock it until you've tried it. We keep this on the changing table and it's often the only thing that will hold our wiggly child's attention long enough for us to change her diaper. ("Find the peekaboo baby!...What does the laughing baby say?")

Oh, and the babies aren't 90% white and the photos are actually high quality -- two traits that aren't universal to the surprisingly large "photos of babies" board book canon.

[OxoNewbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Given away free by BookTrust. BookTrust certainly have a knack for choosing the best books. My baby loves this book! I started reading it to her when she was under a year old and at about 16 months, she can understand the expressions and mimics it.

5 stars.

[L. Lawson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Every single face is a boy's face. There are no girl baby faces? Not a book to buy for my daughter. [Read it at the bookstore to see if we'd like it...but obviously not.]

[Marissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful for teaching emotions and expressions. Plus babies love looking at other babies! The images get more interesting as the book goes on.

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A real hit with babies!

[Shauna Ludlow Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the diversity of cultures photographed for this cute board book.

[Erika Mathews · Rating 4 out of 5]

Happy faces are a favorite of very young infants. :)

[Anishka Maia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love seeing the different expressions of the babies in this book. I love this since I was 6 months old.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute board book and I like the diversity of emotions included as well as a diversity within those pictured.

[NaKisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

My kids love this book and trying to mimic all of the faces. It’s great for learning emotive expressions and for site words when learning to read.

[Harper · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love looking at other babies!

[Charlee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book so much that I ate the cover off of it.

[Melissa Swistek · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing really revolutionary - it’s a book of baby faces. This is maybe better appreciated by toddlers than babies?

[AME22 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Baby A loved it! (7mos)

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Huge favorite with our 17-month-old!

[AKC · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kids love reading this book over and over and looking at all the expressions!

[jacky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dec 2009 - I read that looking at pictures of faces is highly recommended for babies in their first month, so when we went to the mall today, I went to the book store looking especially for a book like this one. Luckily, Mike found the only copy of the only title they had like it. Natalie definitely was interested in looking at the pictures. I just wish the pages were a little bigger.

June 2011 - I later gave away our copy of this book. We found several other baby faces books we like better. Ones with larger photographs. Ones with more variety. Ones with just better photography.

[Camille Ryckman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brief summary - photographs, these books capture the expressions and moods of babies throughout their busy days
Annotation - Children like to see the faces of other babies and the various faces will keep your babies interest.
Age appropriateness 0-1 year
Connection to six early literacy skills
Print Motivation - Babies will like to read and reread this "story"
Opinion - I think it is a fine book, but there is a strong need for babies to see other baby faces. There is some similar books, they are all pretty much the same - photos of baby faces.

[Wendy Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the very best book for babies. It's a board book that goes through different photographs of infants. It labels each photo with a description of what the baby is feeling. This book is fantastic for print awareness and print motivation for young babies. They absolutely LOVE to look at other babies.

[Breanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

What can I say? Babies love other babies!! I think this is a must have book for new parents. I started reading this to our daughter at 6 months (yes, that's young but you should be reading to your children early, even from birth). She loved it and soon learned to interact with the babies and show the emotions.