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my kids love this book. LOVE it. we count apples, eggs, boats, people. we sound out words. we mistake f is for foot for f is for toe. it's great.so why not five? because x is for "ex". SERIOUSLY?have some self respect.
A great concept to introduce a more cultural way of teaching ABC's. Unfortunately, the colors are so muted that they aren't at all eye catching for a toddler on the move. The words associated with most of the pictures are not first words and are complicated for small children. Pretty for adults but not so great for little ones.
Our two year old has loved this book for the last year, and we love it, too! It's a great way to introduce art and spice up the illustration game for the learning-the-alphabet-crowd.My one reservation, as noted in another review: X does not stand for "ex". C'mon, The Met, get it together! I realize that letter is a real pain, but you can't just throw a non-word that starts with another letter in there in protest.
Instead of the usual alphabet book using boring photographs, or illustrated by one or two artists, why not use the existing works of some of the world’s greatest artists to introduce babies and toddlers to the world of art? Behold: My First ABC by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Instead of the usual photo or cartoon apple for the letter A, you get a still-life painting by no less than Paul Cezanne; for D, the word ‘dancer’ is illustrated using The Dancing Class by Edgar Degas.Each letter is illu...
What a clever concept for an ABC book. It even had info about each piece of artwork at the back. You just don't see that in board books!
beautiful bookthank you selma!
