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Look at the Animals!
Birds sing, zebras run, and whales spout in this delightful follow-up to Look Look!, which has sold nearly 50,000 copies. Bold, black-and-white illustrations offer the clean shapes and strong contrasts best suited to young babies’ developing minds. The warm, simple text makes this a perfect first book for sharing with a little one who’s just beginning to look and learn. An ideal shower gift that’s sure to become a favorite with baby.
18 pages, Board Book
First published February 2, 2006
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October 25, 2019
Studies show that babies LOVE looking at black and white pictures and other pictures of high contrast, so this would be a perfect book to read to babies. It's the perfect book to read when your child is learning the colors black and white. It's a great book for learning animals as well.
** Talking Points: Do you like the color white better or the color black better? Why? Which opposites, (like black and white) do we need? And which opposites do we only want one of (like kind and unkind).
** Talking Points: Try diffusing Black Spruce as you are reading this book. People are love back spruce of how deeply it calms things down. I think you'll love it for that as well!
** Talking Points: Do you like the color white better or the color black better? Why? Which opposites, (like black and white) do we need? And which opposites do we only want one of (like kind and unkind).
** Talking Points: Try diffusing Black Spruce as you are reading this book. People are love back spruce of how deeply it calms things down. I think you'll love it for that as well!
July 30, 2020
My 2-month old got this book from the Imagination Library program. The illustrations are just black and white, but my infant loved them.
He got very excited while I was reading the book to him and letting him look at the pages and touch the book. He kept kicking his legs, and babbling.
This book introduces little ones to a few animals, and uses very short sentences that you can repeat to them even if you don’t have the book on hand to help them learn.
I enjoyed this book, and my infant seemed to enjoy it as well.
He got very excited while I was reading the book to him and letting him look at the pages and touch the book. He kept kicking his legs, and babbling.
This book introduces little ones to a few animals, and uses very short sentences that you can repeat to them even if you don’t have the book on hand to help them learn.
I enjoyed this book, and my infant seemed to enjoy it as well.
July 29, 2020
Big fan of these high contrast books! This is my second or third one from Linenthal. No they don’t have a plot, but they aren’t supposed to! I love that my 3 month old can clearly see and engage with the pictures with the contrast and they are simple words to help with language development. I also appreciate the reading tips on the front cover.
December 6, 2018
High contrast, so fum for baby. I appreciate that it has the infant equivalent of a plot, even if that plot is just that the whole world apparently revolves around your baby. Because, well, as far as your kid knows, it does!
August 14, 2020
This book is perfect for a newborn or infant! My four month old loved looking and squawking at the pictures - and trying to chew the corner of the book. I especially like the "birds sing" page. An Imagination Library book for babies.
February 7, 2026
Look, there’s only so highly a high contrast book can go in terms of rating. This one is good. The snail page is my baby’s favorite (probably because he has a snail toy on his bouncer too). Kinda loses me at the end when everything the animals do is “all for you” (???)
October 28, 2016
E really likes the black and white illustrations; quite developmentally appropriate for her 7 month old brain!
July 3, 2017
black and white
July 3, 2019
The black and white pictures really bring focus and attention, and there are so many different ways to read and get the most out of these book with a baby.
January 7, 2020
Learn about different animals and what they can do with this black and white board book for babies and toddlers!
February 11, 2021
Black & white stylized graphics are still simple and easy-to-identify as familiar animals. Minimal text. Attractive.
May 29, 2021
Read to Isla as a newborn. She likes to look at the high contrast images.
December 2, 2021
Lovely book
August 12, 2023
Good for babies; pretty typical early concept pick.
December 15, 2023
Super great contrasting images made my girl smile
April 8, 2024
Simple black & white. Fun animals and action.
October 6, 2024
Love the guide to reading at the front. I already do those things, but it’s nice to see!
April 8, 2025
Bold, contrast book. We got this early on from the Dolly book club. I used it early on but used it again to at around 12 months. A drug trip, for babies
E gives it 7/10
E gives it 7/10
March 9, 2026
Really great for such a little baby but even an older baby would do goo learning to read with this story
December 13, 2012
This book has completely hypnotized my 4 month old children in a way I find mystifying. They stare at the black and white illustrations with their mouths agape, much in the same way that 1960s audiences probably stared at 2001: A Space Odyssey or Easy Rider. Maybe the babies can read something into the monochromatic imagery that I can't. Who cares? This book is better than Tempra. I tip my hat to you, Mr. Linenthal!
Want to Read
December 17, 2012(decodable text) This is a good book for beginning readers. It has simple sentences, and introduces readers to a variety of animals. There are black and white pictures that following along with the reading to help students visualize the animals as they read. This is a great story for struggling/beginning readers to start with. It can also be used to discuss animals, zoo life, etc.
March 7, 2015
My 3-year-old picked this out at the library, but since it's clearly intended for infants I ended up sneaking it off to my daughter's room and reading it with her instead. It is great for babies because the illustrations are super-basic and all in bold black-and-white. My 4-month-old seems quite entranced by it, and it has proven to be a useful distraction during tummy time.
January 20, 2017
"Look" is a powerful and thought provoking black and white book with some really direct narration. Dogs play, Pandas eat, Birds sing, and snails crawl are just a few of the things these animals do. But why? Well, (spoiler) it's "all for you (the reader)". This is a book I will revisit. If I ever want to read a book in less than 12 seconds. Recommend!
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May 28, 2013
Karina (2 months) really likes looking at the black and white animals, and it's fun for us to make animal sounds and tell her more about what's going on in the pictures. Because the pictures are so simple, we don't get lost in complexity like with some other illustrated books.
January 1, 2014
I like little bit of story to this one- each animal is featured with an appropriate verb, although the ending "all for you" seems a bit egocentric, even if babies are generally considered egocentric. The images are rather stylized but the graphic design of each page is striking.
April 12, 2009
Fun board book with black and white pictures of animals. Our girls are getting a little too old for these kinds of books, but they liked the pictures.
June 30, 2009
This book is like baby crack for my 3 1/2 month old daughter! The words are very simple, so we spend more time just gazing at the pictures than actually reading it, but she loves it.
August 4, 2009
Lyrical and gripping, filled with a pervasive sense of the interconnectedness of all living things. Couldn't look away.
July 12, 2010
This black and white book is cute and shows interesting animals. (Board Book)
January 13, 2011
I read this one to my baby sister.
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