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It is amazing that a few adjustments to a classic Seuss story, including shrinking the size of the size, reducing the number of pages and amount of text, and adding some flaps, textures, and interactive surprises, can actually enhance a story that already has an existing fan base dating back fifty years. Happy Birthday, Baby! highlights the key points of the original story, which focuses on how a particular town celebrates the birthday of its inhabitants. The text of the story is modified for its youngest fans, but it’s done in a masterful way that maintains the essence of the original story... Click here for more of the curledupkids.com book review of Dr. Seuss and Jan Girardi's Happy Birthday, Baby (Dr. Seuss Nursery Collection).
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*Dear Baby, What I Love About You!* by Carol Casey, illustrated by Jason Oransky - click here for our board book review

Carol Casey and Jason Oransky's
Dear Baby, What I Love About You!

*I'm a Happy Hugglewug: Laugh and Play the Hugglewug Way* by Niamh Sharkey - click here for our board book review

Niamh Sharkey's
I'm a Happy Hugglewug: Laugh and Play the Hugglewug Way

*Happy Birthday, Baby (Dr. Seuss Nursery Collection)* by Dr. Seuss, illustrated by Jan Girardi - click here for our board book review

Dr. Seuss and Jan Girardi's
Happy Birthday, Baby (Dr. Seuss Nursery Collection)

*Books Are for Reading* by Suzy Becker - click here for our board book review

Suzy Becker's
Books Are for Reading

*Magritte's Imagination* by Susan Goldman Rubin - click here for our board book review

Susan Goldman Rubin's
Magritte's Imagination

*Jacob Lawrence in the City* by Susan Goldman Rubin - click here for our board book review

Susan Goldman Rubin's Jacob Lawrence in the City

*Pajama Mamas* by Kate Spohn - click here for our board book review

Kate Spohn's
Pajama Mamas

*Copycat Charlie (Touch and Feel)* by Marcus Pfister - click here for our board book review

Marcus Pfister's
Copycat Charlie (Touch and Feel)
 
 
web reviews
1, 2, 3, Cook (Ratatouille): A Kitchen Counting Book - Disney

Baby Nose to Baby Toes - Vicky Ceelen
Bear about Town - Stella Blackstone
Bear and Kite - Cliff Wright
Bear and Ball - Cliff Wright
Bear in Sunshine - Stella Blackstone
Bear on a Bike - Stella Blackstone
Big Dog...Little Dog - P.D. Eastman
Bob the Builder: Fix That Fence! (Play Tool Book) - Suzy Capozzi
Buzzing Through (Soft Activity Book) - Manhattan Toy

C Is for Coco: A Little Chick's First Book of Letters - Sloane Tanen
Cars: Let's Cruise! (Frienship Box) - Disney/Pixar
Chicken Little: A Read-Aloud Board Book - Walt Disney
Clackers: Bee - Luana Rinaldo
Clackers: Fish - Luana Rinaldo
Cleo and Caspar - Caroline Mockford
Coco Counts: A Little Chick's First Book of Numbers - Sloane Tanen
Counting with Wayne Thiebaud - Susan Goldman Rubin
Cutie Pie - Matthew Kempler

Daddy Cuddles - Anne Gutman & Georg Hallensleben
Daddy Kisses - Anne Gutman & Georg Hallensleben
Dance with Me (Super Sturdy Picture Books) - Charles R. Smith, Jr. & Noah Z. Jones
Dewdrop Babies: Bluebell - Patricia MacCarthy
Dewdrop Babies: Buttercup - Patricia MacCarthy
Dora's World Books in a Box - Nickelodeon
Dreaming with Rousseau (Mini Masters) - Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober
Duck and Goose: How Are You Feeling? - Tad Hills
Duck in the Truck - Jez Alborough
Ducks in Muck (For Baby Board Books) - Jez Alborough

Elmo's Big Life-and-Look Board Book - Joe Mathieu
Eric Carle's Animal Flash Cards - Eric Carle

Fiesta - Ginger Foglesong Guy [bilingual]
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed - Eileen Christelow
Food! By Cookie Monster - Mike Pantuso

Gossie - Olivier Dunrea
Gossie and Gertie - Olivier Dunrea
The Great Cake: A Touch-and-Learn Book - Sherry Gerstein and Andy Bennett

Hello Santa! - Christina Turner
Hide & Peek: A Lift-the-Flap Letters Book - Sherry Gerstein
Hide & Seek: Dinosaurs! - Betty Ann Schwartz and Steve Mack
Hide & Seek: Big Trucks and Diggers - Betty Ann Schwartz

I Like Stars (For Baby Board Book) - Margaret Wise Brown
Imagination Vacation (A Color-Foil Shapes Book) - Sherry Gerstein and Andy Bennett

Little Butterfly Finger Puppet Book - Klaartje van der Put
Little Kitten Finger Puppet Book - Klaartje van der Put
Little Mouse Finger Puppet Book - Chronicle Books
Little Puppy Finger Puppet Book - Klaartje van der Put
Little Mister - Randy Duburke
Look at Me! My Photo Book of Princesses - Chronicle Books

Mama, Where Are You? - Diane Muldrow and Rick Peterson
Matisse: Dance for Joy - Susan Goldman Rubin
The Me Book - Jean Tymms
Mini Masters Boxed Set - Julie Merberg & Suzanne Bober
Miss Mouse - Birte Muller
Mommies! - Kate Spohn
Mommy Calls Me Monkeypants - J.D. Lester and Hiroe Nakata
Mommy Loves - Anne Gutman & Georg Hallensleben
Monday the Bullfrog - Matthew Van Fleet
Moo, Moo, Who Are You?: A Fold-Out Surprise Book - Sherry Gerstein
Mrs. Mustard's Baby Faces - Jane Wattenberg
My Animals (Black and White) - Xavier Deneux
My Friends - Taro Gomi

On an Island with Gauguin (Mini Masters) - Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober

Painting with Picasso - Julie Merberg & Suzanne Bober
Pooh Adorables Hummables: No Honey! - Alexis Barad
Pooh Adorables Thinkables: Pooh Opposites - Walt Disney
Pooh Adorables Thinkables: Pooh Shapes - Walt Disney
Potties! - Stuart Trotter

Quiet Loud - Leslie Patricelli
Quiet Time with Cassatt - Julie Merberg & Suzanne Bober

Rainbow Fish Hide & Seek Cloth Book - Marcus Pfister
Rainbow Fish Opposites/El Pez Arco Iris Opuestos [bilingual] - Marcus Pfister
Richard Scarry's Books on the Go - Richard Scarry

Sesame Beginnings: It's Naptime, Little One - Naomi Kleinberg, ill. Christopher Moroney
Sesame Beginnings: Potty Time! - Parker K. Sawyer
Sesame Street: Baby Party! - John E. Barrett
Sesame Street: Baby Play - John E. Barrett
Sharing with Renoir - Julie Merberg & Suzanne Bober
Summer (Bright and Early Board Books) - Alice Low and Roy McKie

Tasty Tales Friendship Box (Ratatouille) - Disney
Ten Dirty Pigs/Ten Clean Pigs: An Upside-Down, Turn-Around Bathtime Counting Book - Carol Roth and Pamela Paparone
Ten Little Dinosaurs - Pattie Schnetzler
Time to Play (A Lift-the-Flap Book) - Nigel Gray and Bob Graham
It's Tough to Nap on a Turtle - Christopher and Rolf Harder

Up, Up, Up with the Cat (Dr. Seuss Nursery Collection Rag Book) - Dr. Seuss & Jan Gerardi

What's That Sound? At the Circus - Sheryl McFarlane
What's That Sound? By the Sea - Sheryl McFarlane
What's Up, Duck? (A Book of Opposites) - Tad Hills
What's Wrong, Little Pookie? - Sandra Boynton
Where's My Bone? (Soft Activity Book) - Manhattan Toy
Who Cares? Pooh Cares! (Hummables) - Bonnie Worth
Who Loves You, Baby? - Nina Laden
Who Loves You, Baby? - Nina Laden
Whoever You Are - Mem Fox and Leslie Staub
Won't You Be My Hugaroo? - Joanne Ryder and Melissa Sweet
Won't You Be My Kissaroo? - Joanne Ryder and Melissa Sweet
Woof's Bedtime (Touch-n-Feel Board Book) - Caroline Jayne Church
Woof's Playtime (Touch-n-Feel Board Book) - Caroline Jayne Church
Woof's Snacktime (Touch-n-Feel Board Book) - Caroline Jayne Church

You're All My Friends - Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram
Yummy Yucky - Leslie Patricelli







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