Today's post is about two more books in the popular Babylit series by Jennifer Adams and Alison Oliver. This series of board books helps babies and toddlers expand their vocabularies with words and accompanying pictures. Adams is the author while Oliver's bright, colorful illustrations demonstrate the concepts or items named.
Treasure Island is a shapes primer. Readers will learn about squares, stars, hearts, triangles, ovals, rectangles, crosses, diamonds, circles and crescents. My favorites are crosses and diamonds. The crosses illustration is a treasure map with crosses indicating the treasure. The diamond is illustrated with a large colorful parrot whose body is composed of a diamond.
Emma is an emotions primer. Emotions covered are those of being excited, surprised, happy, sad, bored, angry, scared, amused, tired and loved. Each emotion is illustrated with an appropriate color and gives the name of a character from the novel. My favorite is scared where Miss Bates is faced with a spider. Children often don't have words for what they are feeling and this gives them the vocabulary necessary to express themselves.
This entire series is a delight. Children learn words for the items surrounding them while getting an early exposure to the classics of literature. The illustrations are bright and colorful, making these books a child will reach for again and again. These are the perfect books to buy if you have a small child, or if you are looking for an appropriate gift for one.
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