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Hello, Baby Animals: A Black-and-White Board Book for Babies That Helps Visual Development (High-Contrast Books) Board book – Illustrated, September 13, 2016
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The bestselling high-contrast books for babies!
What's going on, zebra? Quack quack, baby duck. Hola, baby owl!
When babies are first born, they can't distinguish between colors the same way that older babies can. But studies show that babies can see high-contrast black-and-white shapes and patterns from the very first days of life, and this charming introduction to simple objects found around a baby's world, paired with friendly text and bold, basic patterns, provides an important high-contrast experience for young developing eyes.
Using simple greetings like "Hello, baby bunny" and "What's going on, zebra?"" alongside lovely black-and-white art by Julissa Mora, Hello, Baby Animals is the perfect board book for babies just beginning to look around and learn about the world.
- Printed on sturdy board using nontoxic soy-based inks
- Great quality and baby safe
- Real board books, perfect for little hands
- Round corners for extra safety
- A great baby shower gift
Also available: Hello, My World; Hello, Ocean Friends; Baby Loves Sports; Hello, Garden Bugs; Booook! A Spooky High-Contrast Book; Hello, Bedtime; Holly Jolly! A High-Contrast Christmas Book; and Hello Night, Hello Day
- Print length20 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6 x 1 x 6 inches
- Publisherduopress
- Publication dateSeptember 13, 2016
- ISBN-101938093682
- ISBN-13978-1938093685
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Babies love to look at high-contrast books
High-Contrast Books are Fun!
Babies love the charming illustrations and bold, basic patterns in these high-contrast books that are sure to capture their interest for countless moments of fun. You can pick between our introduction to a delightful lineup of animals with simple greetings, or the use of basic shapes in the world of sports. Or you can collect them all to enjoy mommy and daddy time while helping to develop your baby’s vision.
High-Contrast Books Help Develop Visual Connections
Making connections between images on a page and the real world is an important building block for your baby’s communication skills—and these charming books provide a great high-contrast experience for young developing eyes. Color vision is not fully developed in newborns and many babies have trouble distinguishing colors. Since most babies are attracted to borders and high-contrast patterns and black and white shapes, these books are the perfect way to introduce the little ones to the world.
Our High-Contrast Books are Baby Proof
With a small format (6 x 6 inches), sturdy pages and round corners for extra safety, these books are perfect for little hands and curious minds. Designed for babies as young as 6 months these books are a great introduction to the world around them.
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Description | Introduce little ones to ten favorite animals through high-contrast art. Pages feature a cheerful white illustration of a friendly animal on a black background, plus a greeting to that animal. | Using simple greetings like “What’s up, clouds?”, and “Hola, baby” alongside lovely black-and-white images this is the perfect board book for babies just beginning to look around and learn about their world. | Through simple illustrations of favorite ocean animals – from dolphins to seahorses – against black backgrounds, babies can learn to make visual connections. | A charming high-contrast introduction to bedtime. Black-and-white patterns and illustrations pair with friendly greetings for favorite pjs, a teddy bear, a comfy pillow, and more. |
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Description | This charming introduction to a lineup of not-scary Halloween characters, paired with friendly text and basic patterns, provides an important high-contrast experience for young developing eyes. | This charming introduction to Christmas and the holiday season provides an important high-contrast experience for young developing eyes, using simple greetings like, "What's going on, Christmas elf?" "Looking jolly, Santa," and "Ni hao, bright star"! | In this book babies receive a primer to sports, from a tennis player holding a racket to a golf ball soaring over the page. To help developing eyes, each figure is illustrated in white against a black background, with bursts of color throughout. | Ladybugs, snails, and butterflies, oh my! This playful introduction to ten garden bugs, paired with friendly text and bold, basic patterns, offers the perfect high-contrast experience for developing eyes. |
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Description | Food and ingredients from around the world are featured in these 20 large-size high contrast art cards, perfect for the development of your baby’s visual-spatial skills. | Adorable sheep, bears, zebras, and much more abound in these 20 large-size high-contrast art cards, perfect for the development of your baby’s visual-spatial skills. | 4-book set! The books cover a range of topics, from animals to shapes to numbers, and are designed to promote early learning and cognitive development in young children. |
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duopress labs creates innovative books and gifts for children and adults under the duopress imprint. A minority-founded and minority-run company, duopress is now part of Sourcebooks, where it continues to inspire and entertain readers of all ages.
Product details
- Publisher : duopress; Illustrated edition (September 13, 2016)
- Language : English
- Board book : 20 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1938093682
- ISBN-13 : 978-1938093685
- Reading age : Baby and up, from customers
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 6 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the authors
duopress labs creates innovative books and gifts for children and adults under the duopress imprint. A minority-founded and minority-run company, duopress is now part of Sourcebooks, where it continues to inspire and entertain readers of all ages.
Julissa Mora is Cuban American, born and raised in Miami. Although she does not live there anymore, she loves going back to visit family and eat lots of Cuban food. She studied illustration at Ringling College of Art and Design. It is extremely important to her to portray multicultural scenes in her illustrations that represent the real world. She believes that there should be more Latin voices in the Children’s Market and she hopes to be a part of that change. She currently resides in Austin, Texas with her spunky daughter, energetic dog, and supportive hubby.
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Customers find this board book perfect for newborns and three-month-olds, with high contrast images that grab babies' attention. The book is simple and serves as a great beginner book, keeping babies engaged.
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Customers find this board book excellent for babies, particularly newborns and those around 3 months old, as their babies love staring at it and it keeps them entertained.
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Customers appreciate the high contrast design of the book, noting that the black-and-white images grab babies' attention and help with visual development, particularly for newborns.
"...It's a cute read and I love that he can easily see the high contrast pages" Read more
"I guess it is true about babies attraction to black and white. My cousin 5 months love this book and his BW play mat." Read more
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"This beautiful baby book offers help with visual development because of the contrast provided in the imagery...." Read more
Customers find the book entertaining and engaging, describing it as fun and interesting, with one customer noting that their child is very attracted to it.
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Customers appreciate the simplicity of this board book, describing it as a great beginner book.
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- Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2025My nephew loved this book as a newborn! It's a cute read and I love that he can easily see the high contrast pages
- Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2025I guess it is true about babies attraction to black and white. My cousin 5 months love this book and his BW play mat.
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- Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2025Books are amazing! I really love books that give babies more visual enjoyment. Very good for young babies eye development. Also not to busy for over stimulation. Great size for older baby to hold.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2025Love this! Great item!
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- BekReviewed in Australia on July 25, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars My Niece Loves It
My 4 month old niece loves it
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AndreaReviewed in Mexico on July 25, 2024
4.0 out of 5 stars Le gusto a mi bebe!
Llego antes de lo esperado y le gusto mucho a mi bebé que tiene casi 2 meses, lo único es que llegó un poco doblado y desgastado de los bordes, pero aún así es útil.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 2 month old baby really focusses on ut!
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- Amazon CustomerReviewed in India on March 13, 2021
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice buy
I bought it when my baby was 2mths old. She has been staring at these black and white picture since then. By 5th mth she hold the book herself and enjoyz it