Category — Books for babies

Say that five times fast!

If you have a child, say, under 2, and if you are looking for board books for said child..yet don’t want to be bored yourself (get it? get it? board…bored), Leslie Patricelli has a series of hilarious board books that are fun for kids and for moms and dads. That’s a monumental task that she achieves quite nicely!

Patricelli’s book feature a smiley, oval-headed baby who she uses to illustrate concepts such as opposites (yummy, yucky; big, small; quiet, loud) or familiar baby things like a blankie or a pacifier. The baby itself is simply drawn, but it is his expressions and reactions that are what brings the humor (I think the baby is a boy baby although it’s not obvious its gender). That, and the word choices she makes to illustrate the concepts.

Here’s a sample from Yummy, Yucky:

Apple pie is yummy.
Mud pie is yucky.

You can probably guess the illustrations for this: the baby is trying the apple pie with a lick-smacking grin. On the page about mud pie, he’s holding a glob of mud (with a worm sticking out), with a grossed-out look on his face.
Very cute!
Leslie Petricelli also has a website with a very cute yummy/yucky game that would be fun to play with baby on your lap!