L, L!
by Peter Linenthal, 1998
“This board book responds to the findings that very young children react
best to high contrast black and white illustrations.”- Children's Literature
Black-and-white picture books for very young babies have become all the
rage in parenting circles in the past few decades, and this one from Peter
Linenthal is one of the best.
Child development researchers are largely in agreement that whilst a baby’s
sense of sight develops slowly from birth, the right kind of stimulus can be
a helpful tool in his/her understanding of their new surroundings. We now
know that at birth a baby can really only see objects 8-12 inches away and
as their sight develops they begin to enjoy looking at highly contrasted
images, particularly those rendered in just black and white.
This is where books such as Look, Look! come into their own. Amongst the
first of its kind, this board book comprises a series of black-and-white
illustrations depicting simple objects and animals in Linenthal’s bold and
curvaceous style, along with a small amount of text on each page in a
limited range of bright colors.
Clearly, this isn’t the stuff of bedtime stories! But as a very early
introduction to the joy of books Look, Look! can’t be beat. As such, it
comes as no surprise that Linenthal’s range of black-and-white books are
part of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, a fantastic scheme that
ensures that one book each month reaches the homes of children from birth
to 5 years old in over 1600 communities across the United States.
by Peter Linenthal, 1998
“This board book responds to the findings that very young children react
best to high contrast black and white illustrations.”- Children's Literature
Black-and-white picture books for very young babies have become all the
rage in parenting circles in the past few decades, and this one from Peter
Linenthal is one of the best.
Child development researchers are largely in agreement that whilst a baby’s
sense of sight develops slowly from birth, the right kind of stimulus can be
a helpful tool in his/her understanding of their new surroundings. We now
know that at birth a baby can really only see objects 8-12 inches away and
as their sight develops they begin to enjoy looking at highly contrasted
images, particularly those rendered in just black and white.
This is where books such as Look, Look! come into their own. Amongst the
first of its kind, this board book comprises a series of black-and-white
illustrations depicting simple objects and animals in Linenthal’s bold and
curvaceous style, along with a small amount of text on each page in a
limited range of bright colors.
Clearly, this isn’t the stuff of bedtime stories! But as a very early
introduction to the joy of books Look, Look! can’t be beat. As such, it
comes as no surprise that Linenthal’s range of black-and-white books are
part of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, a fantastic scheme that
ensures that one book each month reaches the homes of children from birth
to 5 years old in over 1600 communities across the United States.
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