Age Range: 2 - 6 years
Board book: 13 pages
Publisher: WS Publishing Group; Second Edition edition (October 18, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 193606149X
ISBN-13: 978-1936061495
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1 x 5 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
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This board book features twenty-six sliding panels that illustrate the letters of the alphabet with attractive, well-drawn animal pictures: A for Alligator, B for Bear...etc. This one is a favorite at our household... The biggest selling point of this book is its durability: most pop-up books and panel books are easily ruined by overeager or rambunctious children. This one, however, has sliding panels that are encased in tough, solid cardboard pages, and is almost impossible for small children (ages 0-2?) to tear apart. The sliding action helps develop eye-to-hand coordination, and the panels move easily from side to side, avoiding the frustration that some movable parts can create. The pictures are nice, some of the animals are unusually named (urial and xenops, for example...) and once your kid gets the hang of it, he or she can be left alone to explore the book with no fear of it winding up in pieces. Recommended!
It's not clear from the product description how this book works. There is a panel for each letter. There is a slider in each panel. When the slider is pushed to the right you get something like "B b is for ...". When you push the slider to the left, you get a picture of a bear and the word "bear", (as is pictured on the site). So, you get an animal for each alphabet letter and you get slider activity for each alphabet/animal. The kids have enjoyed moving the sliders. (The board book is heavy stock and the sliders are substantial and slide easily. There have been no tears or crinkles yet.)This might sound silly, but the choices of the animals are pretty interesting. Not too obvious and not too obscure. So, "C" is for "camel", not "cat". You get a jaguar, a koala, a walrus, and a xenops, (look it up).The upshot is that this is a durable and appealing early animal alphabet book, and worth trying to find. (O.K., a xenops is a kind of bird.)Please note that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher or the marketing agent of this book.
This is a must in every child's 'learning to read' phase. This thick cardboard book can withstand the action of children and will be in your library for years to come.There is a slide on each page allowing the child to interact with the alphabet, the book, and the animals on each page. The upper- and lower-case letters are each shown with their corresponding animal (A for alligator and B for bear).I continue to buy copies of this book since I discovered it a few years ago, and the children I give it to have had hours of fun looking, reading, and playing.
This book is a great concept and designed really nicely.However, a little pressure on the seam and it just tears and comes apart. For us, this book was damaged not after weeks or months of use, but after about an hour or two of supervised use. The paper holding each page together is too thin.
My toddler loves this book! Sliding the squares back in forth helps his fine motor control and keeps him interested in the book. I love how there is an animal to go with each letter to help teach letter sounds as well. This is a favorite we always come back to. It's also a perfect size to bring on car or plane trips
Slide and seek board books are the best designed books for very young children. My daughter has loved books since she was born. She's one now and pretty rough with books. The books that have flaps are cute but no match for her. She rips the flaps right off. With the sliding design she can't rip off anything! She loves this book and loves ABC's and animals! It's perfect! I also purchased the numbers slide and seek board book by the same author and we don't like it as much. It was published after this one, which is surprising because it doesn't work as well. With the numbers book, my daughter gets frustrated bc the parts that slide are very difficult to maneuver. She ends up tearing them out and it becomes a pain for the both of us. The numbers book is not made as well as the alphabet book. I don't recommend buying the numbers book for very young toddlers. But I highly recommend this alphabet slide and seek board book!
My 15 month old loves looking at the beautiful pictures of animals and sliding the parts back and forth.
My 2 1/2 year old twins love the Animal Alphabet book! It's a great book for children since it teaches the alphabet, along with an animal for each letter of the alphabet. The book is also fun because kids can slide the panels over so it gives them a chance to interact with the book. It's made of thick board book material and is the perfect size for small hands. I would highly recommend this book for all young children because it's fun AND educational!
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