I got this along with the other books in the series on colours, words and opposites. They are all beautifully illustrated with contrasting colours on the different pages and bright, charming scenes. I also like that each book ends with a bedtime scene. 'Numbers' finishes with 'lots and lots of stars' to get the child into the right frame of mind at bedtime! :) This is my favourite of the four books I have. I like that the featured objects are scattered/ placed naturally into the scene i.e. not just arranged in floating piles or pyramids like in so many other 'numbers' books. They are picked out in contrasting colours to make it easier to see them. Though having the objects in orderly piles… Read more
I got this along with the other books in the series on colours, words and numbers. They are all beautifully illustrated with contrasting colours on the different pages and bright, charming scenes. I also like that each book ends with a bedtime scene - a nice touch helping to give the child the 'right idea' if you're reading them at bedtime. I'm not entirely sure about the inclusion of the word 'paint' in this one though. I found it a little abstract. A child who is young enough to be learning their first words is probably unlikely to be old enough to be using paint or to know what it is. Shell is also a little abstract for a baby but we do live near the sea so I suppose it is possible that… Read more
I got this along with the other books in the series on colours, words and numbers. They are all beautifully illustrated with contrasting colours on the different pages and bright, charming scenes. I also like that each book ends with a bedtime scene. 'Opposites' finished with 'awake' and 'asleep' - a handy hint if you're reading this with a child at bedtime! :) My baby was only five months old when I got these books for him - his first books - and he really loves them. I didn't expect him to show so much interest but he gets genuinely excited when I take them out to 'read' them with him and, as he's too young to understand them, I can only attribute this to the skill of the illustrators in… Read more
