Each page is filled with a color photo of a tot responding in some way to the photographer. Toothy grins and yawns, bright eyes, pouts, and tears deliver reinforcement for the spare text that echoes what all parents (and photographers) say and play to get that picture-perfect response.

This book is a great new learning tool to add to your little one's play time. The small book has board pages to help with easier turning and handling. Each page shows a close-up picture of a real baby's face laughing, thinking, crying, pouting, yawing, yelling, playing peek-a-boo and just being themselves. Between the emotions listed per picture, are the phrases "I see you", "Peek-a-Boo", and "I love you," and babies will recognize the tone inflection even if they don't understand the words. Each picture is surrounded by a solid boarder of a primarily color.

This book is a great new way to interact with your little one, because the pictures of real babies will likely encourage them to mimic the expressions. You can also mimic them as well while you're reading to help emphasize their meaning. Your child may want to touch the pictures and study them for a minute, or turn the pages to see what's on the other side. If your child doesn't want to read the whole book at once, it can easily be put down and started again at a different time. It also doesn't need to be read in order.

When my niece was less than a year-old, I picked up this book for her because, like most infants, she loved playing peek-a-boo! I was pleasantly surprised to see the book taught a lot more than how to play peek-a-boo though - it showed babies their own expressions. My niece wanted to touch the pictures, and seemed most captivated by the 'Happy' baby. She was probably wondering how those babies got in her book!

--Audra