Is it a Book or a Toy? BOTH!

What is Ezri reading? These are some titles that are for reading, but also for playing with.

Carrots or peas? illustrated by Anthony Lewis.
This has a baby on each page whose face can be turned to smile or frown depending on whether the reader thinks they like or dislike the item or activity at hand. For example, Does Jack like to shop? You can flip his face from smile to frown to decide. It’s like the youngest version of those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books possible. Ezri likes flipping the faces about especially on pages where the reader is being asked if the baby likes a certain food because then I say, “Yuck!” or “Nom-nom-nom” depending on which way the face is turned.

Farm Faces
Goodnight Faces
Zoo Faces
all 3 of these books of masks are by iBaby and written by Lucy Schultz and illustrated by Ana Larranaga
Ezri now likes to peek through the pages of this book of masks and make the animal noise of the animal facing her.
She does not actually know what the viewer is seeing, so she is making a moo with the cow page against her face while I see a mooing pig.
These books of masks have stayed a hit across the months as a book/toy.

This morning we spent some time in the Pop-Up book corner of the library playing with the book:
Maisy Bakes a Cake by Lucy Cousins
The pull tab that made Maisy rub her hands under the water faucet to wash her hands seemed useful for instructing cleanliness and also easily recognizable to all toddlers. There was a pull tab that made Maisy mix her cake, one that made the cake rise in the oven, a slider that let you sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar and a page of Maisy’s friend Charley chomping on the completed cake. This would be a great book to use before a toddler baking session. The pop-ups were not too delicate for my almost two-year-old.

As we were leaving the Junior Room of the library, Ezri waved and said “Bye, bye, Harry Potter” to the cardboard cut-out of Harry. She then said, “High Five Harry Potter.” And we went over so she could high five the cardboard cut-out’s outstretched hand. Is it too early to say she’s a fan? She really only knows Harry from the library displays. Too young to be a Rowling reader for some years yet, but she gives him high fives.