Wow! Babies!
By Penny Gentieu
It's a fact...babies love to look at other babies and this big, stylish book is brimming over with the most expressive baby faces ever. With bright, eye-catching photos by a master phtographer, Wow! Babies is a collection of dozens of faces that Mom, Dad, and Baby will simply drool over! Each spread explores a different mood, emotion or important time in a baby's very busy day. Babies' faces will light up as they recognize other babies laughing, crying, cooing, and playing. Penny Gentieu's spectacularly vivid photographs, combined with delicious pastel nursery colors make this an ideal gift for any family with a new baby--or one on the way. Here's looking at you, kid!
Baby! Talk!
By Penny Gentieu
Talk to a baby in the language all babies love with this delightful interactive introduction to babyspeak from the creator of Wow! Babies! Illustrated with Penny Gentieu's renowned photographs, Baby! Talk! introduces parents, family members, and caregivers to the expressions and words that encourage babies to communicate and try out their verbal skills. Its pages overflow with large, adorable photographs of expressive baby faces and body language that babies will immediately understand and respond to. Perfect for lap tme, Baby! Talk!'s big sturdy format, irresistible photographs, and eye-catching design will give every baby something to talk about.
Grow! Babies!
By Penny Gentieu
In her distinctive style, renowned photographer Penny Gentieu has ingeniously chronicled 20 babies over the course of an entire year. Spread by spread, month by month, babies and parents can share the fascinating stages of growth and celebrate each baby's individual journey: smiling at three months, touching toes at five months, crawling at nine months–and developing his or her own special personality along the way! Every spread is brimming over with large, adorable photographs of this multicultural gang, who are sure to mesmerize babies, toddlers, parents, and caregivers. The gentle text serves as a reminder of baby's capabilities at each stage of development.
What Babies Think
Text by Tom Friemoth, Photos by Penny Gentieu
Babies are truly a mystery. As adults, we are left to guess when it comes to trying to figure out what they mean with their myriad facial contortions and expressions. What Babies Think is a humorous look inside the minds of babies. Photographed by professional photographer Penny Gentieu, this charming gift book contains adorable close-up photographs of babies accompanied by sweet and funny "dialogue."
My First Baby Signs
Text by Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn, Photos by Penny Gentieu
Babies have a lot to say! My First Baby Signs introduces ten of the most popular signs and provides parents a place to begin. Once baby waves bye–bye, the possibilities are endless.
Baby signing is easy and natural. Infants and toddlers can learn how to say what they need, what they see, and even what they feel long before their vocal chords are developed enough to let them use actual words. Both books include the most popular signs and provide parents a place to begin 'talking' with their little one from the start.
Baby Signs For Bedtime
Text by Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn, Photos by Penny Gentieu
It's as easy as waving bye-bye!
Babies have a lot to say, even before they can actually speak familiar bedtime words like "sleepy" and "quiet." Baby Signs are simple gestures that allow babies and toddlers to communicate what they see, what they need, and even how they feel. Research has shown that Baby Signs decrease frustration and tantrums and help your baby talk sooner.
Baby Signs For Mealtime
Text by Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn, Photos by Penny Gentieu
Babies want to express their needs, especially at mealtime. Through baby signing, they can communicate when they want more, when something is too hot, or even to let everyone know it's 'all gone!'
Baby signing is easy and natural. Infants and toddlers can learn how to say what they need, what they see, and even what they feel long before their vocal chords are developed enough to let them use actual words. Both books include the most popular signs and provide parents a place to begin 'talking' with their little one from the start. In this revolutionary breakthrough in parent child communication, parents have a priceless window into their young child's mind and heart.
Baby Signs For Animals
Text by Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn, Photos by Penny Gentieu
Babies have a lot to say, even before they can actually speak familiar animal names like "dog" and "bunny." Baby Signs are simple gestures that allow babies and toddlers to communicate what they see, what they need, and even how they feel. Research has shown that Baby Signs decrease frustration and tantrums and help your baby talk sooner.
You and Me, Baby
Text by Lynn Reiser, Photos by Penny Gentieu
"Hey, Baby! Look at you, looking at me, looking at you looking at me," says the parent narrator of this interactive book that helps new parents interact with babies as young as two months. Big close-up photographs illustrate each phrase--"waving at me, waving at you, waving at me" and so on through smiling, feeding, hugging, splashing, peeking, all the things babies do. Lynn Reiser's minimal text promotes early language development while it helps cement the bond between parent and baby. Penny Gentieu's adorable photographs of real babies and their parents portray the warmth of that bond.
My Baby and Me
Text by Lynn Reiser, Photos by Penny Gentieu
A NATURAL FOLLOW-UP to parent-baby bonding seen in You and Me, Baby!, Lynn Reiser and Penny Gentieu's new concept book focuses on sibling bonding of the two-to-four year old with the new baby in the family. Told in the voice of the "big" brother or sister, close-up photos show the two siblings together doing what each does best, such as drinking from bottle versus from a cup, or giving a toothless gummy smile versus a big toothy grin. It's a nice mix of diverse children of both genders. Here is an upbeat book that helps preschool siblings feel special and important as it promotes a loving relationship.
Baby For President
Text by Tom Friemoth, Photos by Penny Gentieu
Baby For President is a humorous look at the possibility of a baby president. Included in the book are over 70 color photographs of very expressive babies captioned with what the babies are thinking. Their qualifications are a given. Their innermost thoughts are revealed. Apprehensions, anxieties, the real reasons for running, with all the surprises and thrill of victory are expressed through a fresh cast of characters in a presidential campaign. BFP is PG, but no guidance is necessary.
97 Ways To Make A Baby Laugh
Text by Jack Moore, Photos by Penny Gentieu
Set your inhibitions aside. Completely nutty yet effective, 97 WAYS TO MAKE A BABY LAUGH, now with over 702,000 copies in print, is the perfect, charming gift book for parents who want to tickle their baby's funnybone, and their own. It's like a book of parlor tricks, except that the person who's being entertained is six months old and often as impassive as stone. Adult readers, especially those harried by the day-to-day details of caring for an infant, will rediscover their own sense of the absurd and delight in the suggestions and illustrations.