What is Ezri Reading?

My Body by Heidi Johansen from PowerKids Press. This book hit perfectly with Ezri. It is a board book with pictures of babies with one body part highlighted. For example, one page has a baby sleeping and there is a blow up of that baby’s ear next to the baby with the words, “My ear.” Pretty simple, but Ezri is just learning the names of her body parts and reveled in pointing to them in the book and then on herself and then on her baby doll. The photo enlargements let her know exactly which body part was a knee or a hand in a way other body books haven’t. I don’t think she understands what an arrow in a graphic means yet, so the enlargements worked where other body books didn’t. The ending page with “my smile” may be lost on her at this point, but I can see I slightly older child liking the ending with the smiling baby.

Peek-A-Boo What? by Begin Smart Books is a board book with full page sized flaps. Like other books (Peek-a-who? by Nina Laden comes to mind) it rhymes peek-a-boo with another phrase underneath the flap. So, for example, the top of the flap says “peek-a-boo” and you lift to get “peek-a-two” with a colorful illustration of two dogs. The flaps have holes where the O’s in “peek-a-boo” are. Ezri can easily open the flaps and likes the bright illustrations. Like other Begin Smart books, which are designed by a team rather than created by a single artist or writer, the book feels more serviceable than inspired. These books won’t be the ones that have life into her preschool years, but Begin Smart does a good job of knowing what interests the toddler/baby and they are publishing books just for babies. We have several other books by them in Ezri’s library and I anticipate picking up more at the library.

In other developments, Ezri has started to sing. In addition to her adorable dancing, we are now treated to a rendition of the alphabet song. It starts ABC and there are other letters that follow and it has a tune. She sings other songs we can’t quite make out, but it’s cool to hear her singing.

Re: the photo
With the carseat in the car Ezri is not that interested in sitting in it. She’s usually pretty good about being strapped in, but it isn’t her favorite.
When the carseat is on the porch, Ezri loves sitting in it and climbing on it and treating it like her easy chair.