The bestselling high-contrast books for babies!

Hello, friendly reindeer. Looking jolly, Santa. Hola, Christmas tree. Happy holidays to all...

When babies are first born, they can't distinguish between colors the same way that older babies can. But studies show that babies can see high-contrast black-and-white shapes and patterns from the very first days of life, and this charming introduction to Christmas and the holiday season, paired with friendly text and bold, basic patterns, provides an important high-contrast experience for young developing eyes. Using simple greetings like, What's going on, Christmas elf?, Looking jolly, Santa, and Ni hao, bright star, alongside lovely black-and-white art by Jannie Ho (illustrator of Hello, My World), Holly Jolly! A High-Contrast Christmas Book is the perfect board book for babies just beginning to look around and learn about their world.

• Printed on sturdy board using nontoxic soy-based inks
• Great quality and baby safe
• Real board books, perfect for little hands
• Round corners for extra safety
• A great baby shower or Christmas gift

Also available: Hello, Baby Animals; Hello, Ocean Friends; Baby Loves Sports; Hello, Garden Bugs; Hello, My World; Booook! A Spooky High-Contrast Book; Hello, Bedtime; Holly Jolly! A High-Contrast Christmas Book; and Hello Night, Hello Day

Infants have limited capabilities with vision upon birth and respond well to high-contrast images, which is why this black-and-white contrast book is perfect for their young and growing minds. This beautiful accordion-style board book provides developmentally appropriate visual stimuli for your baby's visual development, while exposing them to life-like imagery that can grow with them and expand their vocabulary. Each animal painting was designed by Tabitha Paige, artist, speech pathologist, and author of the best-selling series Our Little Adventures.

This book is meant to be functional for your baby's many different learning needs as well as versatile for any space. The unique accordion-style format is perfect for tummy time, allowing your child to unfold the pages and stare and play with them, either with you or on their own, making it one of the best baby books you can get for your infant. Beware, though: it's not toddler-proof! If tiny hands manage to turn it into a delightful chaos of flash cards, consider it an unintended bonus feature for early learning adventures!

Infants have limited capabilities with vision upon birth and respond well to high-contrast images, which is why this high-contrast book box set is perfect for their young and growing minds. The three accordion-style board books included in this set provide developmentally appropriate visual stimuli for your baby's visual development, while exposing them to life-like imagery that can grow with them and expand their vocabulary. Each watercolor painting was designed by Tabitha Paige, artist, speech pathologist, and author of the best-selling series Our Little Adventures.

Each book in the set supports a different developmental stage:

• 0+ Months: Simple black-and-white art stimulates focus and tracking
• 2+ Months: Complex black-and-white images strength visual acuity
• 4+ Months: Colorful images paired with their sounds promote cognitive development

Chicago Public Library Best Board & Picture Books of 2024

From the acclaimed and bestselling creator Tana Hoban, this sturdy accordion-format board book features iconic black-and-white images of recognizable objects from a child's world accompanied by full-color photographs of babies interacting with those objects. A perfect gift for new parents and for tummy time.

Before babies can see color clearly, they respond to the high contrast between black and white. This accordion-style foldout board book is sturdy enough to stand on its own, is ideal for little hands, and features Tana Hoban's bold and iconic black-and-white images of familiar objects along with full-color photographs of adorable babies interacting with those objects.

Showcasing everyday objects from childhood--for example, a bottle, a spoon, or a flower--Black & White in Color educates, entertains, and helps a baby's developing brain make connections in an ever-expanding world.

This edition includes high-contrast art from two bestselling Tana Hoban titles: Black on White and White on Black. These classic and popular board books have sold more than one million copies.

Welcome to the enchanting realm of High Contrast My First Good Night Book, where we open the door to a world of visual wonder for newborns.

In the early days of life, newborns' perception of colors is still developing, making high-contrast black-and-white shapes and patterns a mesmerizing sight for their curious eyes. This captivating baby book is thoughtfully designed to captivate young minds and provide a visually stimulating experience, setting the stage for delightful discoveries.

With a charming introduction, this book introduces babies to simple objects in their surroundings through friendly black-and-white illustrations, carefully curated to support their visual development. Through these bold patterns, infants are invited to embark on a journey of exploration, engaging their growing eyes in a captivating high-contrast experience that nurtures their curiosity and learning.

Step into the world of High Contrast My First Good Night Book, a delightful read tailored for infants taking their first steps into the wonders of the world. Featuring engaging high-contrast black-and-white imagery, this book not only captivates young readers but also sparks their curiosity and wonder, creating a magical bedtime ritual that promises to be both educational and enchanting. ������������

Are YOU big?

A simple question sends readers to the far reaches of the universe. From an average-size kid . . . to a hot air balloon . . . to a storm cloud . . . to the M100 Galaxy, size is a matter of perspective.

Bold text, expressive art, and real-world science come together in this original Mo Willems STEAM-based, early-learning concept book.

This exciting novelty board book makes early learning easy and exciting for babies and toddlers learning their first shapes.

Part of DK's new Slide and Seek series, Slide and Seek Shapes will stimulate early learning in a fun and interactive way. Young children will love the slide elements and eye-catching illustrations, like diamond-shaped kites flying in the sky and triangular sails flapping on a boat. The easy and clear text introduces different shapes, and the sliders create an exciting reveal on every page.

This interactive and colorful board book offers:

• A safe and sturdy format with sliding surprises inside for little ones to move.
• Full-color illustrations, high-quality interactive elements, and easy-to-read text.
• A learning tool for young children, encouraging them to name and point to objects in order to learn new words.

More in the series

If you enjoyed Slide and Seek Shapes, why not try other books in this touch and learn series? This collection of sensory books also includes Slide and Seek First Words, Numbers, and Colors, for stimulating babies' development and learning first concepts.

In this visually stunning picture book, Caldecott Medalist Steve Jenkins illustrates animals both large and small at actual size.

How big is a crocodile? What about a tiger, or the world's largest spider? Can you imagine a tongue that is two feet long or an eye that's bigger than your head?

Sometimes facts and figures don't tell the whole story. Sometimes you need to see things for yourself--at their actual size.

A must-have for any collection. (School Library Journal)

From award-winning and beloved author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh comes Felicidades!, a celebratory bilingual concept picture book of shapes featuring a birthday party. Felicidades! includes a double gatefold finale reveal, and a brief author's note in English and Spanish that lends additional context.

cuadrado-una mesa/square-a table

circulo-un pastel/circle-a cake

triangulo-gorritos/triangle-party hats

ovalo-globos/oval-balloons

rectángulo-regalos/rectangle-gifts

diamante-un papalote/diamond-a kite

medio circulo-rebanadas de fruta/half-circle-fruit slices

pentágonos y hexágonos-un balón de fútbol/pentagons and hexagons-a soccer ball

estrella-una piñata/star-a piñata

corazón-una paleta/heart-a lollipop

Feliz cumpleaños!/Happy birthday!

Discover the joy of learning shapes through playful movement and vibrant photography.

Watch This! transforms learning into a vibrant adventure. Can you make a circle with your arms? Or a triangle with your fingers? Work together to make a rectangle or even a pyramid.

This captivating board book blends education with fun, promoting kinetic learning where children use their bodies to explore and understand different shapes. It's a method that not only fosters physical activity but also helps develop essential gross motor skills. By moving and positioning their bodies to create shapes, kids gain a better grasp of spatial relationships, geometric concepts, size, and patterns, all crucial for early math skills and foundational for future learning.

Combining playful activities with significant educational benefits, this board book is perfect for fostering early learning and physical activity in young children.

Bold and Playful: Celebrates movement, energy, pattern, color, and shape, tailored especially for the youngest readers.

Engaging Photography: A group of children twist, bend, and stretch to create various shapes, photographed against vibrant backgrounds.

Hands-On Learning: Encourages children to explore shapes using their bodies, fostering creativity and physical activity.

Perfect for Little Hands: Durable and sturdy, ideal for toddlers and young children.

Ideal for

• Families with young children who enjoy interactive and educational play.
• Parents and educators looking to support early learning and motor skill development.
• Classrooms and daycare centers seeking fun, collaborative group activities.
  

In this inviting concept book, children use their bodies to make different shapes. Eye-catching photographs showcase gross motor skills in action. A kinetic celebration of body and mind.
- School Library Journal

A beautiful picture book to encourage talking and building vocabulary by associating words to attractive well researched pictures. The books of the series cover most preschool topics to help your child get ready for school. The soft padded cover makes the book ideal book for your child to learn about colours and shapes.

Learn the wonder of different shapes through the art of Josef Albers

Squares & Other Shapes uses the vivid artworks of Josef Albers to guide children through a wide range of geometrics, one artwork per page, beginning with squares and returning to them as a familiar refrain throughout. The variations between the vibrant shapes add to the book's visual richness, and the accompanying text provides a relatable and engaging commentary that will encourage discussion.

Josef Albers was a leading pioneer of 20th-century Modernism, best known for his Homages to the Square paintings, and his publication Interaction of Color. Albers was a teacher, a writer, a painter, a theorist, and, in this groundbreaking book, his influential art is used to teach shapes, one of the most important concepts for young children to learn.

Each title in this must-own series of artful read-aloud board uses masterpieces by celebrated artists to teach one of the top early-learning concepts for toddlers. Each concept is explored playfully through a curated selection of beautifully reproduced artworks while the accompanying text enriches the experience with witty, conversational commentary and an 'about the artist' text. Companion books in this series feature the art of Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Ellsworth Kelly, and Alexander Calder.

Ages 1-3

The bestselling high-contrast books for babies!

Good to see you, pumpkin. Boooo, little ghost. Hoot, hoot, eerie owl.

Making connections between images on a page and the real world is an important building block for your baby's communication skills--and this charming introduction to a lineup of not-scary Halloween characters, paired with friendly text and bold, basic patterns, provides an important high-contrast experience for young developing eyes.

Using simple greetings like What's happening, scary bat? and, Looking spooky, Mr. Zombie alongside lovely black-and-white art by Jannie Ho, Booook! A Spooky High-Contrast Book is a perfect book for babies just beginning to learn about their world.

Why Black & White?

• Exposing babies to contrasting images has a positive impact on the development of visual-spatial skills and recognizing new objects.
• When babies are first born, they can't distinguish between colors the same way that older babies can. But studies show that babies can see high-contrast black-and-white shapes and patterns from the very first days of life.

Also available: Hello, Baby Animals; Hello, My World; Hello, Ocean Friends; Hello, Garden Bugs; Baby Loves Sports; Hello, Bedtime; Holly Jolly! A High-Contrast Christmas Book; and Hello Night, Hello Day

DK Braille: Shapes helps children learn, find, and remember their shapes through die-cut shapes, embossed images, and braille or large format text in this special book designed specifically for blind or visually impaired readers.

Feel the difference between a circle and triangle as the rhyming story guides readers through the pages, each page making information easy to understand for the tactile reader.

DK Braille: Shapes is a unique book that helps young blind or visually impaired readers learn their shapes in a format specifically designed for them.

A flagship series of high-quality, custom books with braille and tactile images for blind and partially sighted children, or sighted children with blind parents. DK Braille books combine uncontracted Unified English Braille and large type with high-contrast colors, embossed images, and tactile cutout shapes for children to feel with their fingers. The combination of text alongside the braille enables sighted parents to share the reading experience with visually impaired children, and for sighted children to share with their visually impaired parents.

Stickering and pasting are not just for fun, they're the building blocks for your child's motor control skills. In this book, children place stickers of fascinating animals onto colorful nature backgrounds to make lively wildlife scenes. Children will develop fine motor control and spatial reasoning skills by completing these fun animal art projects.

Inspire an early love for the outdoors! A lion is big, and a cat is small. A tree is big, and an acorn is small. A sunflower is big, and a bee is small. Introduce first words while comparing the itty-bitty things and great big wonders we see in nature.

• Barefoot Baby-Proof books made from a durable, waterproof, nontoxic material that meets ASTM safety standards
• Washable & perfect for bath time
• Builds vocabulary and early math skills

An engaging, multilayered book that helps little ones identify shapes on their favorite construction-site vehicles

Dump Truck, Dump Truck
Coming through
I spy a triangle--how about you?

It's no secret that toddlers of any gender love big vehicles. Shape Up, Construction Trucks uses rhyming verse and bright photographs to celebrate this enthusiasm in a unique take on conceptual shape books. Each spread highlights geometric shapes hiding in plain sight on excavators, bulldozers, cranes, and more. And after the toddlers have browsed the pages to their heart's content, a final note to parents offers enriching, age-appropriate activities to keep building their child's foundational skills.

By kindergarten, most children should have developed the spatial sense to identify shapes in real-world environments. Shape recognition lays the foundation not only for geometry, but for learning to recognize letters and numbers as well. With repetitive, easy-to-remember verse from the award-winning author of Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That, Victoria Allenby's Shape Up, Construction Trucks is a highly visual shape book that digs deep.