Architecture, Animals (Architecture (Preservation Press))

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Summary: Not Much Has Changed Since Proust
Review: I bought the "Architecture" series of board books for my daughter, now two years old, and she likes them well enough. (They are just the sort of thing Marcel's idealist grandmother in "Swann's Way" would have approved--pictures of good buildings to inspire the intellect to lofty things.) But I am ambivalent--who is the intended audience? A baby, since they are board books? My daughter has already mastered her colors and shapes and counting to ten, but does she need to be learning terms like "brownstone"? The photos are more appropriate for a six-year-old perhaps, but he'd be bored with content directed at teaching him colors, I think. Kind of cool books nonetheless.

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Summary: A fun book
Review: I've been reading this book to my son since he was about 9 months. It's a great alternative to some of the more conventional books about animals. The rhymes are pleasant and encourages participation by the child as he learns to talk.