Reviews

Ciao, Baby! in the Park by Carole Lexa Schaefer

brizreading's review

4.0

Much more realistic than the previous Ciao Baby! book, in this book, Baby and Nonna do one simple, standard outing: the park. There, they see lots of animals and attempt to CIAO! them. The animals flee. Very realistic.

For some reason, I absolutely loathe reading the "scrunch push, scrunch scoot" crawling interludes. JUST MOVE, BABY. DAI, ANDIAMO. Clap, clap. Chop, chop. I am so impatient.

tashrow's review

4.0

In these two board books, Baby gets to explore their urban home. In the first book, Nonna takes Baby to the park where they see a squirrel, a grasshopper, and a pigeon before having to head home. Baby scooches and crawls toward each animal until they scamper, jump or fly away. In the second book, Mamma and Baby head across the city to visit Nonna. They have to take many types of transportation to get there, including a stroller, the bus, a boat and the train. When they head home after the visit, they take the vehicles back in reverse order. A loving and warm look at life in an urban setting with a Hispanic family at its heart. Appropriate for ages 1-3.