5 Minutes for Books staff reviewer Dawn received a copy of this book to facilitate her review and is here to share her thoughts and offer up a giveaway prize pack for one of you.
If you’ve got young children of varying ages, the coming weeks may see you sending some kids off to school while other littler ones stay by your side after getting the kids out of the house. Today’s giveaway focuses on some of the younger kids whose “back to school” days may still be a little ways off, but who are learning all the time nevertheless. Matthew Van Fleet is known for his concept books for small children, some with colorful illustrations, others featuring photographs of adorable animals, and they’re all super fun for young readers.
His latest board book, Munch!, invites small hands to pull four large tabs on the book’s side to make the illustrations come to life. As you can probably tell from the title, Munch! focuses on an act toddlers will definitely relate to- meal time. When those tabs get pulled, watch for an animal’s mouth to open wide and chow down. Some pages have additional features to touch with different textures, one incorporates sound (my favorite!), and all the pictures are silly and funny, totally appealing to children.
This latest chunky board book joins Sniff! and Lick! with a similar format and style, and even toddlers will quickly see the similarities and remember to interact with the collection of books in the same ways. The cool thing about board books is their durability and the appeal they have to children over several years.
Watch the clip below to hear Matthew Van Fleet talk about the design and appeal of his board books.
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Today’s giveaway features a collection of Matthew Van Fleet books for toddlers/preschoolers including: Munch!, Sniff!, Lick!, Moo, Cat, and Alphabet, along with a kid’s pajama set, everything needed for a cozy bedtime story time!
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My kids are currently loving on The Berenstain Bears and Elmo books.
Poppleton books, Berenstain bears…and our son really loves Eric the math Bear too!
My son loves “Tuck Me In!” for his bedtime book!
Richard scarry a cars and trucks and things that go
gOOD nIGHT mOON IS THEIR FAVORITE
My very fav kids book will always be “Green Eggs and Ham!”
My child has so many books he loves! We are a huge reading family! He especially loves Peter Rabbit and recently has gotten into the Bernstein Bears.
My little one loves the Lucy Cousins “Maisy” books and Linda Boynton’s fun books! I have to read these authors’ books over and over and over again. 🙂
My daughter June loves Brown Bear, Brown Bear and Calm Down Boris! We read both of them every night before bed 🙂
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We love I Took the Moon for a Walk.
the very hungry catepillar
Right now, Mei Mei’s favorite book is our big Kai Lan book where she can work on pointing and labeling. She’s pretty verbally delayd still so it’s a good fit. Not quite adept at sitting for a story yet even tho she’s 2, so it’s slow progress but we’ll take it 🙂
My daughter loves Cows Can’t Fly.
Green Eggs and Ham
Any Dr. Suess book was a favorite here
he’s partial to dr. seuss books right now
moo baa la la la
My daughters love this book all about princess stories.
the rugrats book series right now! he loves them
Right now my youngest daughter’s favorite is Goodnight Moon
We have one called Baby Faces that my girls just LOVE!
Right now it’s the collection of board books by Baby Einstein.
Oh he loves The Very Hungry Caterpillar! Have to read it everynight!
my daughter loves what makes a rainbow
The Very Hungry Catipillar.
clifford is a favorite besides dr suess
We love Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton!
My daughter likes reading fairy tales.
my son loves the very hungry caterpillar.
Llama,Llama Red Pajama is a must read in our house!
Today anyway, mine is into Disney’s Mickey and the Beanstalk.
My Kids like “Little Blue Truck Leads the Way” by Alice Schertle.
We love I love you through and through
I don’t think she could ever choose just one, but maybe all the Eric Carle books!
Goodnight Moon is a favorite!
We love Sandra Boynton at our house, and anything with animals in it, so these look perfect!
Any books with Elmo or Dora in them
That’s Not My Dragon is a favorite here.
she’s just starting to read so she doesn’t have a fav yet
My kids have tons of favorites. But they have to read at least one Curious George book every night before bed.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.
Tonight they were reading The Hungry Caterpillar!
Little Quack’s Bedtime. My twin granddaughter and grandson listen to this nearly every night. I play a cameo role over the phone playing Mama Duck and telling them it’s sleepytime.
We alternate nightly between Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site and Giggle, Giggle Quack. EVERY NIGHT.
Brown Bear Brown Bear
My daughter’s favorite book to read is “The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat”… Hilarious!
loves brown bear brown bear and goodnight moon.
They like to read ‘Today I feel Like A Warm Fuzzy’. Thanks.
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My daughter loves Goodnight Moon!
My boys love Curious George books and a book called Clickety Clack Moo Cows that type
Green Eggs and Ham.
Chica Chica Boom Boom!
Many thanks, Cindi
My son loves the Rainbow Fish
My son loves Goodnight Moon.
Madeline books and Strega Nona!
Goodnight moon is her favorite!
My little guy loves Pajama Time (Boynton) and Mr. Brown Can Moo (Seuss). We read those multiple times every day just to hear the giggles
It feels like I read Runaway Bunny about six hundred times a day.
My daughter loves her collection of Berenstien Bears books.
My kids always enjoy Dr. Seuss books 🙂
The Brown Bear, Brown Bear book
Elmos ABC’s
My little girl loves Sheep in a Jeep.
My son LOVES “The Teacher from the Black Lagoon” it’s a lil old for his age but he has me read it to him all the time. He loves it!!
My grandson loves the book “Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site”.
My son loves Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
My son is IN LOVE with books. If we didn’t have any other toys he would be okay because he plays with his books all day. We read them over and over. He put them in his book box and takes them out, over and over again. He reads them in the car, in church, on the couch….wherever he can get his hands on them. His favorite is Bubbles, Bubbles.
My son loves Guess How Much I Love You
i have just the three-year-old grandson that I would love to read/show these to.
She loves all the Dr. Suess books and so do we!
My daughter likes Dr. Seuss books, especially Green Eggs and Ham.
Goodnight Moon is my youngun’s fave!
We love to read The Big Red Barn at bed time
My son loves Good Night Moon.
My daughter really adores Bad Kitty.
We enjoy Goodnight Moon.
We love Noisy Nora.