Baby Danced the Polka

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First, I want to thank my friend Susan for recommending Karen Beaumont's book, Baby Danced the Polka!  This is a sweet book with wonderful text, artwork and lift-the-flap details that make it a delightful book to read with our own children or to share as a gift.

Baby Danced the Polka tells the cute and fun story of a couple with their little baby living on an old-fashioned farm.  The farm is an interesting setting, and ma and pa are trying to do their chores -- interesting chores, like starching long johns and fixing chow...  and baby is supposed to be taking a nap... but... baby wants to DANCE!!!!  And so, baby dances all through naptime with a variety of toy animals, cat, pig, cow and sheep.

In the end, the whole family dances the night away together.

Nearly every page has a lift-the-flap that shows baby dancing and dancing.

I love this book for the great words and lift-the-flaps and also the happy family relationship, along with the real and very familiar situation of mom and dad tring to get some things done during naptme.

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Spot Goes to School

My oldest's first day of K-3 school is almost here! Today I put some labels on his extra clothes and packed the backpack. We also read Spot Goes to School, a lift-the-flap book by Eric Hill.

Both boys love this book, and it's a great read for younger children as well as 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds who are starting school. My two-year-old squealed when the flaps were lifted to reveal surprises on each page, and it's delightful to see him enjoy this book so much.

For my almost four-year-old, Spot Goes to School gives a nice summary of what a first school day might be like -- a welcome by the teacher and class, some first feelings of nervousness, a show-and-tell, a story time, playground time, and art time. At the end of the day, Spot is having fun and doesn't want to leave yet, but he does, taking his painting home with him.

I love lift-the-flap books. Spot Goes to School has held up well in our household -- we've only had one flap tear, and it was easy to repair. The pages are a heavier weight that's been sturdy -- I think our copy will survive all three of our kids.

Spot Goes to School is a fun book with a nice message, and it's one of our family favorites.



Spot Goes to School

Dear Zoo - a lift the flap book

I wrote to the Zoo to send me a pet.  They sent me an......

I love pop-up and lift the flap books.  Found this gem of a book at a garage sale last summer.  In the story, the writer asks the Zoo for a pet, and each page shows a special package from the zoo with an animal inside.  It takes a while for the Zoo to find an appropriate pet --- every page holds an exciting discovery for readers to see what the Zoo has sent. 

The words and photos are simple and the drawings of the packages and the animals are delightful.  It is one of my 3-year-old's favorite books, and he enjoys announcing the name of each animal he finds inside.

Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book