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Aside: We're scientists so all of our friends got us multiple copies of those Chris Ferrie "Quantum/aerospace/chemistry/etc for Babies" books. Do not be like o
by Balgair 2y ago
Aside: We're scientists so all of our friends got us multiple copies of those Chris Ferrie "Quantum/aerospace/chemistry/etc for Babies" books.
Do not be like our friends.
His books are terrible for babies. They're more like books for dumb undergrads, if that makes sense. In that, he has a series of pages with only a purple circle on it and a short sentence (for example). Like, no baby out there just wants to look at a purple circle and have their parent tell them that this circle has different words on the page. They just see a purple circle. Works fine for the first or second read through. But after that, like, every kid is bored of it. The parents are bored of it. Like for real, just put more stuff on the page than the simple .ppt diagrams. At least a shadow of the thing. Put some monkeys or giraffes, some plant life, hide a ladybug. Anything but only a purple circle for three pages.
The Sandra Boynton books are great for kids though. Easy to riff off and make little songs and dance numbers. Get those for babies.
- throwway120385 2y agoYeah Sandra Boynton is pretty amazing. Our son loves them. A lot of people who don't have children or who haven't spent a lot of time with one think "oh yeah we'll just make some subject I'm interested in approachable." And don't even get me started on the books that rich and famous people produce that are absolute garbage for children. I'm reading to my son, Jimmy Fallon. You forgot your audience.
- zem 2y agoI don't have kids and had never heard of sandra boynton, but I happen to be waiting for someone at a department store some years ago and idly picked up a copy of "not the hippopotamus" from a nearby rack of children's books to leaf through. I was really impressed with the quality of the writing and illustrations, and told myself I would go home and send the author a fan email, but then I googled her up and discovered she was already super famous :)
- Suppafly 2y ago>His books are terrible for babies. They're more like books for dumb undergrads, if that makes sense. Yeah, I never assumed those books were actually for babies. I kinda thought they were a joke. I also get Sandra Boynton books for people when they have babies. They are a great way to encourage a love of reading and they are fun to read to your kids.