August 2009 Notable Toys — Books

My Baby Can Talk – Exploring Signs introduces babies to twenty-four words and signs to encourage them to explore and begin to communicate about the wonders of the world around them. This playful exploration presents baby’s expanding world in a fun and fascinating way – offering words and signs for colors, foods, nature and play. This charming board book can be used to support the words and signs presented in the My Baby Can Talk – Exploring Signs DVD or introduce this book separately for hours of educational enjoyment.

My Baby Can Talk – Sharing Signs takes babies and their parents on an inspiring discovery of twenty-four words and signs that babies and parents love to share – including apple, bath, ball, diaper, elephant, flower, help, please, share, sleep and thank you! This charming board book can be used to support the words and signs presented in the My Baby Can Talk – Sharing Signs DVD or introduce this book separately for hours of educational enjoyment.

The My Baby Can Talk – First Signs Board Book invites babies and parents to come on an engaging and interactive journey to discover the first twenty-four signs and words that are most loved by babies – including eat, drink, milk, more, book, go and favorite animals! This charming board book can be used to support the words and signs presented in the My Baby Can Talk – First Signs DVD or introduce this book separately for hours of educational enjoyment.

A complete early language development book series recommended by pediatricians, trusted by parents and loved by babies. Crying is one way that babies can communicate – offer your baby another. These delightful board books are the perfect compliment to the My Baby Can Talk Award Winning DVD series or offer these books separately for hours of educational enjoyment with your little one. Jump start communication today before your baby can speak!

Each page comes alive with the word, a vibrant real world image and a delightful poem for you to share with your baby. You will also find an illustration of the sign and a formal sign description for you to learn and offer to your little one.

The My Baby Can Talk™ board book series includes three books that teach babies and parents to communicate at an early age, reducing frustration and creating a special bond that is so important for healthy child development. My Baby Can Talk teaches babies and parents American Sign Language (ASL) in a format that delights the senses while tapping into a baby’s natural language abilities.

Babies are able to communicate at a much earlier age than they are able to speak. Research has shown that babies who use sign language tend to speak sooner with larger vocabularies, show an increase in IQ scores and engage in more sophisticated play.

Inspiring early language development – from simple gestures to first spoken words!

This iBaby Float Along set includes a book that teaches early-learning concepts and include three floatable turtle toys to serve as bath toys. The bath book teaches children all about opposites as the turtles float in the tub during bathtime. By Ana Martin Larranaga (illustrator).

A hermit crab is in search of a place to be alone by the seashore, but he discovers that many creatures call the seashore home. Sidebar facts about sea lions, starfish, pelicans, and other amazing animals introduce kids to life at the seashore. By Ruth Koeppel (author) and Scott McBee (illustrator).

Little Pirate spots a spider aboard the ship. Is it an insect? By exploring the difference between spiders and insects, Little Pirate - along with the reader - discovers the wonders of the world of bugs.

The doctor is in, and he's ready to help make sense of the five senses! Kids will have a blast reading a wacky poem about all the senses, and then they'll have fun learning basic anatomy and spelling with an exciting, riddle-packed version of the classic game hangman!

It's not just birds that hatch from eggs, as Little Pirate discovers. After finding an egg in a nest near their ship, Little Pirate, Mystic, and Parrot ask questions and make observations as they learn all about animals that hatch from eggs.

Bobby the bat can read-most of the time. But he just can't see when it comes to sight words. Finally, with the help of a wise old owl, Bobby becomes the best reader in Bat Town! After reading the story, kids can sharpen their own sight word skills by playing an innovative version of the classic card game slap.