I Spy Animals

I bought this for 3.5 year old who has several level 1 I Spy books. Having not seen the 8x8 book in person, I relied on the item description which lists ages 4-8. This is completely inaccurate. I would suggest this book is for ages 1-3 (3 is pushing it). There are only two items, at most, per page and they aren't hidden at all in picture. I'm returning it straight away as there is no challenge for my son with this book.

These smaller I Spy books are just cropped parts of the full I Spy books. Just buy the big ones and do age specific things with your kids instead of limiting the longevity of your book. My 2.5 year old loves I Spy books but this easy version never gets asked for.

This is one in a series of one of the best children's books available. They begin with a young child's abilities and grow to capture the curiosity and persistence of an adult sleuth dedicated to solving the problem. The idea is to locate items on a page of colorful and intricate designs, becoming more detailed and complicated as the series progresses. I used these books with all three of my children from their early toddler years onward. We would lie down together and "compete" to find the spool of thread, or the birthday candle or the daisy chain, and this was so much fun that we continued in these quests even into and beyond their college years on their visits home. The intricacy grows with the child.

We have 3 “I spy” mini books from Chick-fil-a. They are fun as my 3 (now 4) year old has loved them. I thought this larger version would be great and better since it’s normal book size.
It is not great. A one year old might enjoy “finding” the huge thing that is right in front of your face.
Also the picture quality is t as good as the mini books. Very disappointing.

The description says that it’s for up to five year olds, but honestly, this book is fit for two and three year olds. 4 & 5 year olds are quick enough for the original i spy’s. I wà disappointed by this book but we love the original series.

Be prepared for easy! Bought as a gift for a 4yr old, but way too easy. More so for 1-2 year old

The description says it’s for toddler to preschool ages - no way! I wouldn’t buy this for any age older than 1 year. It’s far too simple and basic! My almost 3 year old can locate items in the regular Eye Spy books which is sort of what I thought I was getting.

The riddles in this book are extremely easy. There are two or three items to find per picture, and the items are often the largest thing on the page. My 2 year old daughter spent no more than five seconds looking for any object. She had fun, but she found everything in the book in just a few minutes and as the pictures are extremely simple, there's hardly an reason to go back and look at them again.

I bought this book for my little brother as a Christmas gift, thinking that it was just as expansive and creatively jumbled and full of spying as the hardback books. But these smaller, softback books are not as jumbled and full of spying opportunity. In fact, they only ask you to spy 3 things on a page? A very small page compared to the larger books. So, maybe as a gift for am smaller child, this would be good, but for my little brother who is 8 years old, he kinda needs a little more to spy through I think.

This book is great for concentration. My granddaughter absolutely loves these books.We collect as many as we can find.
Investigate for yourself.