You Are My Baby: Ocean
You Are My Baby: Ocean book cover

You Are My Baby: Ocean

Board book – March 25, 2014

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Price
$8.99
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1452126500
Dimensions
8 x 0.63 x 7.38 inches
Weight
13.1 ounces

Description

From School Library Journal Two books in one feature larger pages showing a parent animal with nestled smaller pages featuring the baby. Readers can enjoy each story on its own or turn the big and little pages in sequence to pair these creatures from the ocean deep. Adorable gouache illustrations of smiling octopuses, whales, turtles, and others will warm readers' hearts.—Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal "The delightfully drawn animals and the guessing-game aspect will be appreciated by both toddlers and parents."--Booklist"The delightfully drawn animals and the guessing-game aspect will be appreciated by both toddlers and parents."--Booklist"The delightfully drawn animals and the guessing-game aspect will be appreciated by both toddlers and parents."--Booklist"Will warm readers' hearts."--School Library Journal"Will warm readers' hearts."--School Library Journal"Will warm readers' hearts."--School Library Journal Lorena Siminovich was born in Buenos Aires and now calls San Francisco her home. She has written and illustrated a number of children's books, including the bestselling In My series. She is also the creator of Petit Collage, a line of modern wall décor and accessories. Read more

Features & Highlights

  • In a new title in this series of charming and inventive board books, readers will find a little book nestled inside a bigger one: Turn the pages to match the baby animals to their parents, and learn some early concepts along the way.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Binding comes apart

Cute book but the binding started coming apart soon after it arrived. Can't read it with my baby till he's older for fear of it getting completely destroyed :( quite sad
8 people found this helpful
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I think the concept and art are great and would love to recommend it

I bought this book for my son's 2nd birthday. I was shocked how quickly it fell apart. He is average when it comes to wear and tear on toys and books: generally very careful, but not without occasionally standing on a book or flipping pages a bit quickly. I had to re-glue the binding on the inset (small) book within days. Within 2 months, the books have torn apart and the binding on the large book is going. I think the concept and art are great and would love to recommend it, but the design or construction is flawed if it is going to be touched by little hands.
4 people found this helpful
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Short and difficult to turn pages

I thought it would be fun to have the small book within the book but there's nothing to this book. Other than there being no real point to the book, the inside pages are extremely hard to turn and the outside pages are hard to turn without turning the inside pages. For a kids book I thought it would be fun but it was very disappointing quality.
3 people found this helpful
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Such a great story, shape, and illustrations

This is the cutest board book ever! I haven't seen one like it. Each page has a mini cutout - so the picture of the mama is on the big part of the page, and the baby is in the small part of the page. This means that the child get to turn his/her own little page. It has the same fun feel of a book that has little flip up parts for a child to look at, in that it gives the child something special to do, but with no risk of breakage - it's nice and sturdy.
3 people found this helpful
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Great book for all ages!

This book is really cute. I bought it for my newborn, and my 8 year old actually loved it. The small flaps are a little hard to manage when holding and reading to the baby- but this will get better as he gets older and I love the concept!
3 people found this helpful
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Meh

It's a cute book with cute pictures but the verses leave something to be desired and the little pop out section is difficult to navigate when doing story time with my little. If I had seen the whole thing in person I probably wouldn't have purchased it.
2 people found this helpful
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Super cute

I purchased this as a part of a baby shower gift. It's super cute and a really nice quality. It doesn't fall like it would fall apart after a few uses. One thing that you can't see well from the photos is the 2nd reveal section. The large whale is like a normal page. Where the baby whale is on the cover, those open up separately to reveal the mama's baby. The storyline is cute and makes a good evening bedtime story.
2 people found this helpful
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The book is cute in theory, but it's somewhat ...

The book is cute in theory, but it's somewhat awkward to hold and turn the pages on both parts with a baby/child on your lap.
2 people found this helpful
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Great Book Series for Older Babies

The story and design of this series of books is beautiful. My son loves the colors and getting to know the different animals. Plus they are a great starting point to imagining bigger stories about each parent animal and baby. The one drawback I've found is that it can be difficult to hold the book and flip and keep both sets of pages open while also holding your baby. Now that my son is getting better about sitting up on his own, this is easier. But they definitely aren't the easiest books for infant story time.
2 people found this helpful
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My Toddler’s Favorite Book!

I have bought this book three times for my little boy. It is a delightful book but easy to tear because of the way it is made and because my little boy played with it so much. Just don’t let the toddler take it and be too rough with it and it should last longer than mine have, lol. This book is a must have for every nursery!
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