Peekaboo! I See You! (Sesame Beginnings Series) » (BOARD)

In the first year, one of a baby’s developmental milestones is mastering the imitation of others and learning to play simple games. The hands-down favorite at this age is Peekaboo, and this flap book offers babies an interactive game of Peekaboo. Each spread features a close-up of a Sesame Street Muppet hiding behind sturdy, hand-shaped flaps that open to reveal the character’s full face. Simple rhyming text offers clues to help a very young child identify the character before opening the flaps.

Publishers Weekly

Sesame School Random House launches the Sesame Beginnings series, a line of board books designed to teach pre-literacy skills to babies and toddlers. The books are leveled 1-5 to correspond to different developmental stages, and the first book, Baby Faces by Wendy Cheyette Lewison, illus. by Christopher Moroney, connects the facial expressions of familiar Sesame Street characters with phrases such as "Boo-boo" and "Bye-bye." Peekaboo! I See You!, by the same team, engages youngsters with the familiar game; flaps lift to reveal the names of each character ("Someone is hiding. Do you know who? Peekaboo, Big Bird! I see you!). Cookie See! Cookie Do! by Anna Jane Hays, illus. by Barry Goldberg, uses gatefold spreads to highlight the growing physical competency of two-year-olds ("Elmo says, Reach up high. Stand up tall"). Toddlers learn simple games and songs in Pat-a-Cake and Other First Baby Games and Sing a Song of Sixpence and Other First Songs for Baby, both illus. by Tom Brannon. (May) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.