Country Animals (Animal Board Books (Cambridge, Mass.).)

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Summary: Colorful book that has a folksy feel to it
Review: I like this book because it features different animals that my daughter might actually see outside a zoo. For example, we see squirrels all the time. I also like the way that there is only one animal per page. Younger children prefer uncluttered pages and too much on a page is a sure way to lose their interest. Also, the illustrations are not too literal. They have kind of a folksy feel to them, though they are also readily identifiable. One minor legalistic bone to pick: my husband says that a deer shouldn't have both spots (like a doe) and antlers. Oh well!

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Summary: Great for small babies!
Review: This book RIVETED my 3-month-old baby. We'd prop the book open to give him tummy time, and he'd stare at each page for minutes on end. When he got a little older, we'd make the sounds for each animal. This book includes some nice unusual animals: squirrel, owl, bat, dragonfly, grasshopper, fox, frog, snake, deer, swan, and badger. I recommend getting the whole set of four in this series: Country Animals, Farm Animals, Pet Animals, and Garden Animals.