Boards Books

We bought this book for our slightly-more-than-2-year-old twin grandsons, and they loved it. At this age, they're more interested in identifying the pictures than following the concept, but that's ok. They seemed more interested in the water picture than getting the difference between wet and dry, or jump up and jump down. But there's something about the monkey image that is endlessly fascinating to them. Go for it!

My 11-month old boy laughs every time I show him this book. I also enjoy reading this as you can actually create mini stories with each set of opposites so it's much more entertaining than usual oposite books.

I have read this book over one hundred times, no kidding! This is one of the finest literary and illustrative works ever made. The anticipation and excitement of the page where George lets the pigs out will make your kids squeal with delight!

My 16-month-old daughter has loved this book since she was around 8 months old. I'm not sure what appeals to her, but I think it must be the clarity and charm of the illustrations, the easy to understand concepts of "up", "down", etc. and the sweetly naughty behavior of George. Who knows -- it works!

Tag along with George as he explores opposite ideas in this charming little board book. "Curious George's Opposites", demonstrates contrary concepts "George climbs UP, and then jumps DOWN," in an amusing and pleasing fashion. The colorful images and simple text will capture babies attention while entertaining small children too. Birth and up.

One day, it begins to rain hearts, and young Cornelia Augusta begins to catch them. She realizes that these hearts would be great for making valentines. We watch her think of many different kinds of valentines, and think about who each one would be perfect for. What I love about this little book is the thoughtfulness Cornelia Augusta demonstrates, customizing each gift to please a particular friend (and the friends all turn out to be members of the animal world!). My young daughter enjoyed figuring out who each valentine was for and why. Very cute!

A wonderful and cute story. Short in length and great for younger children (ages 2-4). Definately recommend.

My mother bought this for Valentine's Day this year for my, then 2.5 year old, boy-girl twins and my kids love this book. It is May and we still read this book at least once a week.

The fact that little Cornelia looks at each heart and creates a special valentine card that matches the heart and the recipent shows thoughtfulness. I also liked that even though it never rained hearts again Cornelia wasn't disappointed or sad, but knew what to each Valentine's Day after that.

Our book also came with a page of stickers based on the illustrations in the book.

My six year old took the board book version of this book out of my hands. I meant to read it to my two year old son. Instead,
my first grader was enthralled with the illustrations, the story and the name of the loveable protagonist "Cornelia Augusta".

I especially enjoyed how ALL the rainbow hearts Cornelia Augusta catches are ALL different so she can craft personalized, different Valentine's for each recipient of one of her precious gifts.

The story is also a very opening one: there are always ways to create... no matter what the medium, what the celebration, whether the people are together or apart.

Also, I think the 3-5 year recommendation is a bit young. My 6 year old really enjoyed it as well, the language was perfect for a first grader.

It rains an abundance of hearts one day and
Cornielia Augusta catches them and brings them home and figures out who she wants to make things for.

She makes a necklace by stringing them together, then cuts holes in one and as the story goes on, the children try to guess who she made the valentins for.

It is simple and cute and give the children ideas about doing nice things for their friends.

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My 2-year old daughter loves this book! We've read it every night for the past month and she's still entertained by it. The pages and cover are thick and durable.

My daughter is 22 months and LOVES Dora. She loves reading tis book before bedtime and saying good night to all the animals ans characters. This was an excellent buy!

My daughter is 16 months and this book is a bedtime must-have. The first story is great but the second is a bit long and wordy to keep her attention.

Wonderful book for bedtime! The stories are not too exciting that they work the children up. They teach lessons and are such fun to read. I enjoy this book as much as my Grandkids.

My 12 month old daughter loves this book, I bought it to read to her before bed and she loves it .. she especially loves the little owl in the second story. She has sat in her crib with this book and looked at it for over 20 minutes! quietly! and without noticing mommy got up and left. Excellent book!!

Great little set of three very cute and classic books. The books are high quality boardbooks that instantly became favorites with my 22 month old daughter. Great value and price on Amazon too.

I recommend ALL of Eric Carle's books. They are great! I especially love to hear kids read them!

My little guy loves these books. He chews, drools and yanks on the pages and the books are unaffected.

Here's what the description missed...
Very Little Library: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Lonely Firefly, The Very Busy Spider

I am very interested in buying this set of books but I do not see anywhere where it says which books are included in this set? Am I just missing it? What books are included??

This is a good set. My kids (under 5) already loved the Very Hungry Catepillar and now they won't stop having us read the other two. Each one is unique. The Catepillar book shows everything a caterpillar has eaten, the Spider book lets you feel the fuzzy spider webs, and the firefly book lights up at night. Great fun.

I purchased this book for my daughter when she was about 9 months old, and she was enraptured by it from our first read. In fact, we read it so much that I memorized the entire book, word for word, and I would recite it to her while holding her in my arms when she woke up at night. Something about the cadence of the words is very soothing. The illustrations of the babies are adorable and engaging to small children, and I believe this book really helped give my daughter the vocabulary she needed to talk about her body. Now, almost three years later, the book is upstairs in her little brother's room, but she still pulls it out and wants me to read it to her. A must have.

My 13 month old has just started learning body parts and thinks this book is WONDERFUL! So far she can point to her nose, ears and mouth. I think it is too hard for pre this age but I expect to get a lot of use out of it for many years to come!

My Son is 19 months old and he LOVES this book! We first checked it out from the library, but we HAD to buy it, he like it so much.

After checking out this book at our library three times, I decided to finally buy this book for my one year old. We read the book daily, and she now mimics the children in the book. As we come to the appropriate page, she plays peek-a-boo, claps, holds up one finger to count along, and blows kisses to the children in the book. It's rare to find a children's book so well written.

This book has been my 18 month old's favorite for about six months now! She anticipates every page and we do movements along with the story. Most of it rhymes really well...and it is FUN to read with her. I would recommend this book for the 9 months-2 year old crowd. You won't be disappointed if you love reading with your children!

Great book for the family and classroom for earth day. Gorgeous pictures with wonderful writings. A must have book!

All the books in this series contain beautiful pictures and an important message. My 8 yo daughter loves them!

I loved this book the first time I read it and have read it out loud to zoo volunteers who have gotten weepy over the message. I buy this book for every expecting mom I know and always receive much thanks about it. I read each copy before I give it and always have a hard time reading the end without getting choked up. A very powerful book that I hope hooks youngsters on caring for the Earth at a very young age.

THE FAMILY OF EARTH has beautiful pictures of animals. My baby loves to read it and to look at the pictures of lions, zebras, giraffes, elephants, dolphins, leopards and chimpanzees.

The text is simple and poetic, but may be a bit lengthy for the board book audience. With my little one (16 months old), I find that I need to shorten the text on a couple of pages. (The way the text is written makes this easy to do. I just stop after the first sentence in a spot or two where it runs long for his taste.)

THE FAMILY OF EARTH has a political bent, and will likely be picked up by people with some liking for environmental messages. I would think this would be a safe gift book, though. The core message is that, "We all share the same earth." A fairly right-wing person I know read it and thought it "a bit odd," but was not offended.

My baby loves THE FAMILY OF EARTH. He is clearly interested in learning names of exotic animals and in looking at Schimmel's gorgeous pictures. THE FAMILY OF EARTH is one that he picks up and wnats me to read to him over and over.

This makes a wonderful gift for any grade K-4 teacher, or as a school library donation in honor of your child's birthday. It has a powerful message that can reach the hearts of young and old, that we (and all living things) have more in common than most of us realize. Schim Schimmel does this in a very gentle and non-preachy way that appeals to all.

This is a cute book; my 17 month old daughter likes to look at the pictures. The kittens on each page are pretty small and hard to see, so I think she'll have a better time with it when she's older. Right now, she looks at the pictures but rarely points to the kittens.

I bought this for my toddler after checking it one out at the library. My 14 month old loved it so much, I had to buy it. I's simple enough to not overwhelm him and he loves to point at the kitty on each page!

I bought this book for my 19 month old daughter a week ago. I am planning on buying a few more in the series because she loves it so much and I enjoy reading it with her.

This book is very good because I get to point, clap and meow a lot. My grandma always laughs and acts surprised when I find the kitten, but I don't know why, because it really wasn't so very hard after the first time. Since there aren't any words, we get to talk about the cute pictures. I call the cat Edgar because that is my cat's name. We had so much fun Grandma bought me four more books in the series. I like them, but this one still is the one I like the best.

At 15 months our little one started looking for kitty on every page and continues to choose the book at every opportunity. Now, three months later he is Talking obout just where the kitty is. This little book is terrific because it allows interaction at several levels of baby development. What a bargain. I am going to get at least three more in the series. (I will need to order them because they are very hard to find in stores.) They are not available in the library anymore because they have all been lost or loved to pieces.

Setting - England and Ireland 1827 --- Devan, Marquess of Castlereagh, had fallen in love with the very beautiful Katherine from the moment he saw her, a mutual attraction, some would say that was pre-ordained. Moments before they were to run away and elope to Gretna Greene a great fire erupted that trapped Katherine, and no amount of heroic effort on the part of Devan could save her. Totally devastated, suffering the nightmares of Katherine's screams to save her, Devan left London for the tranquility of his Irish estate, Dahlingham. Days after his arrival he gazed out to the gardens and spied the mysterious new maid his housekeeper and her daughter had found unconscious on the grounds days before. The young woman had no memory of who she was, or where she had come from, and had been nursed back to health by his housekeeper and her daughter Collette who would name her Raven. When Devan finally sent for her, he saw the very image of the woman he had loved and lost, his beloved Katherine. Soon, she was installed in the upper floors, and treated as his guest while he tried to discover who she was. A mystery as her speech switched back and forth from an Irish peasant brogue, to a `lady' with precise and correct English speech.

Almost immediately, Devan's nightmares of Katherine stopped only to be replaced by dreams of Raven who invaded his consciousness both night and day. Raven had nightmares and dreams as well, of a time, people, and places from long, long ago, until soon the face of her dream lover became the face of Devan. Terrified that she was losing her mind, as well as her heart, Raven did her best to distance herself from Devan by using the friendship of his friend Victor, Duke of Brookshire. Was it reincarnation, a foul trick, or was it madness? History would almost repeat itself, if not for the interference of Devan's wonderful friend Victor, who would save the day for Raven and Devan and give them the chance to right a wrong that had torn the two apart 200 years before. But wait, the story does not end there, as another more surprising twist will stun the readers in this amazing sensual tale of reincarnation and second chance at love.


In this, her debut novel, the author admits being inspired by the tragic folk ballad of Barbara Allen and Sweet William. She has crafted an amazingly intense and totally sensual tale, so complex and riveting that it will simply take your breath away with emotions her vivid words evoke in the readers mind. Filled with memorable visual imagery, and stimulating dialogs you will find your emotions engaged with scenes of passion, love and betrayals. This is an outstanding, debut novel by a very talented writer that should not to be missed, and should have fans of historical and supernatural genres immediately looking to find a copy that they'll want on their `keeper shelves'. --- Marilyn Rondeau, Official Reviewer for www.historicromancewriters.com ---

I admit I looked forward to this book's release after reading a couple teaser chapters online. I love books with Ireland settings because it's one of my favorite places to visit and read about. I also admit I wished it had been paperback, because then I wouldn't have had to wait until after the holidays were over to order it! But now I'm glad I got it in hard cover because I know I'll be reading it again. It's a classic.

The story starts with the Marquess of Castlereagh returning to his home in Ireland after the death of his fiance in London. Shortly after his return, he meets a woman that's been taken in as a member of his staff, and to his shock, she looks exactly like the woman who died. He calls her to his library, hoping he's been granted a miracle, but he soon realizes this woman, Raven, is just a common Irish girl, who's suffered a tragedy so awful that she can't remember her past before the day she came to his estate.

After meeting Raven, Devan (the marquess) is freed from the dreams of the fire that took his fiance that he's had ever since the night in England when she died, only to begin having strange dreams of Raven, who calls out to him for help in these dreams.

Devan soon realizes that the only way to put an end to the disturbing dreams is to solve the mystery of Raven's past.

It's just beautiful how the author lays out the clues throughout the story and then ties up every loose end, and through it all Devan and Raven discover a precious love.

I loved this story! I could feel every heartache and victory these characters experienced. Devan and Raven are wonderful characters, but I also fell in love with the whole cast of characters, which I don't normally do. This book made me feel just about every emotion imaginable. There's passion and humor and drama. It's just a beautiful story all around.

Not only is it written very well, but the story is so original that I consider it the best historical romance I've read in a long time, and I read a lot of them. I think other readers who love historicals set in Ireland and England will love it too.

I was surprised a debut book captured me as completely as this one did. If you love historical romance, especially those set in the Regency, then you won't want to miss this book. Lovely writing, steamy love scenes, and a story that will haunt you long after you've finished reading. Readers of the historical romance genre will appreciate this book's original plot. This book had its funnier moments and also its more dramatic moments. One pivitol scene in particular, where the hero finally learns the truth of the heroine's past, made me actually weep. There were a couple scenes that I thought could have been a little bit longer and more fleshed out, but even so it didn't detract from my overall enjoyment. Excellent book and a must for readers who love historical romance.

Set in the year 1827. Devan, Marquess of Castlereagh, lost his beloved Katherine in a great fire the night of the ball at Dakshire. They were to elope that very night. Devan leaves London for his home in Ireland to drown his grief in the bottles. Shortly after settling in at home, he looks out this library window to spy a servant tending the roses. When he sees her face, he is startled. She is the exact image of his Katherine.

Raven has no memory before being found on the lawn of Dahlingham near death. The housekeeper, Mrs. Captain, probably would have turned her out as a crazy person, but Collette, her daughter, begged to be allowed to nurse the girl back to health. By the time Lord Castlereagh returns home from London, Collette has named her Raven, nursed her to health, and Raven has a position tending to the laundry and the garden.

Since Katherine's death, confusing nightmares tortured Devan. He knows that Raven and his is connected. He decides that by bettering Raven's life and helping her learn to be a lady, he would ease his nightmares of failing to save his love from the flames. Raven, somehow, held the key to it all.

Unknown to Raven or Devan, Raven walks in her sleep every night. Raven plays out the dreams of being a lady from two hundred years ago named Mairéad. Devan follows Raven's nightly treks, not realizing she is not awake or in some sort of trance. When questioned about the outings at a later date, Raven insists HE dreamed it all. He is left to wonder why she is lying.

Through it all, Devan's friend, Victor, Duke of Brookshire, visits almost daily. He adores Raven and even courts her. As Victor comes to understand that love has bloomed between Devan and Raven, he decides to give them a helping hand. After all, someone has to known some sense into the pair.

***** Fans of Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, HEADS UP! You do NOT want to miss out on this author! Laura Mills-Alcott is quickly rising to stardom with her magical historical romances. This one will touch your heart and linger in your memory forever! I cannot urge you strongly enough to rush out and get your copy of this story. Best get hardback. You will not be able to read it only once in your life. This one will win awards! Absolutely unforgettable! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

Set in the year 1827. Devan, Marquess of Castlereagh, lost his beloved Katherine in a great fire the night of the ball at Dakshire. They were to elope that very night. Devan leaves London for his home in Ireland to drown his grief in the bottles. Shortly after settling in at home, he looks out this library window to spy a servant tending the roses. When he sees her face, he is startled. She is the exact image of his Katherine.

Raven has no memory before being found on the lawn of Dahlingham near death. The housekeeper, Mrs. Captain, probably would have turned her out as a crazy person, but Collette, her daughter, begged to be allowed to nurse the girl back to health. By the time Lord Castlereagh returns home from London, Collette has named her Raven, nursed her to health, and Raven has a position tending to the laundry and the garden.

Since Katherine's death, confusing nightmares tortured Devan. He knows that Raven and his is connected. He decides that by bettering Raven's life and helping her learn to be a lady, he would ease his nightmares of failing to save his love from the flames. Raven, somehow, held the key to it all.

Unknown to Raven or Devan, Raven walks in her sleep every night. Raven plays out the dreams of being a lady from two hundred years ago named Mairéad. Devan follows Raven's nightly treks, not realizing she is not awake or in some sort of trance. When questioned about the outings at a later date, Raven insists HE dreamed it all. He is left to wonder why she is lying.

Through it all, Devan's friend, Victor, Duke of Brookshire, visits almost daily. He adores Raven and even courts her. As Victor comes to understand that love has bloomed between Devan and Raven, he decides to give them a helping hand. After all, someone has to known some sense into the pair.

***** Fans of Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, HEADS UP! You do NOT want to miss out on this author! Laura Mills-Alcott is quickly rising to stardom with her magical historical romances. This one will touch your heart and linger in your memory forever! I cannot urge you strongly enough to rush out and get your copy of this story. Best get hardback. You will not be able to read it only once in your life. This one will win awards! Absolutely unforgettable! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

Mr Funny is the 18th book in the Mr Men series, first published in 1976. This was a colorful favorite of mine when I was little. It features Mr Funny's unusual life, and a silly trip to the zoo, which is all nicely illustrated and fascinating to follow. Worth a look.

My children ages 4,5 and 7 LOVE the Mr Men books. They are easy to read and alot of fun.

We're so glad to have found Mr.Men on a US site!!Having been raised reading these great stories in England, my boys(Aged 3 and 5)now love these fun characters,We have the whole set!!

Even the worms laugh at Mr. Funny's shoe car!

This is one of the top 10 of the twenty or so Mr. Men books we've bought for our son. I grew up with Mr. Men when I was a kid growing up in the UK. Now I can read them to my son.

Mr. Funny goes on a road trip (in this shoe car) and tries to go to the zoo. However the zoo is closed because the animals are sad because they are ill. Mr. Funny to the rescue! He makes a series of ever funnier funny faces making the lion laugh is mane off, the elephant is trunk off and the funniest face made anywhere, ever; make the leopard laugh his spots off! His job done he returns home to a glass of toast and daisy sandwich!

A top 10 Mr. Men book!

How can anyone *not* love these books? "Mr. Funny" is especially dear. In a few, short pages this character spreads the news that laughter cures all. Who needs to sit through 2 hours of "Patch Adams" when you can read this little book in under five minutes?

Having 42 grandchildren and 46 great grandchildren and being an advocate for reading, reading, reading I believe this book is the greatest for children to hear as first words from parents (well, first words after "I love you, darling.") I have testimonials of positive results from grandchildren of the effect the reading of this book has on even infants.

I bought this is a gift for a new mommy--My children LOVED this story and I can still hear it in my dreams!!!!!!

I love the night light. It's just enough light to avoid stubbing a toe. Love the book too.

If you don't have this book as part of your "bedtime" collection, you must have made the decision to remain childless. Awesome first book for baby, still works for 2-3 year olds.
Be a hero at your next baby shower, bring a copy to the new Dad...

This book and nightlight combo is absolutely adorable. It goes without saying that the book is a surefire hit with little ones, but I wasn't sure how the nightlight would be received. My girls ended up fighting over it because it was so appealing! Nightlight could be a little brighter, although I guess that's not exactly the point...I can't imagine anyone being disappointed by this set.