Board book: 26 pages
Publisher: Boxer Books; Brdbk Rep edition (October 15, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1907967672
ISBN-13: 978-1907967672
Product Dimensions: 1 x 6.5 x 6.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #10,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #23 in Books > Children's Books > Early Learning > Basic Concepts > Sounds #236 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works
I randomly got this book from the library and the one of the librarians made a point to come over and tell me how great Emma Garcia's books are. She was right! My two year old son absolutely loves this book (we have since purchased it). He loves all things related to construction and this book helped him learn about what each tool does. We got him a tool kit for his birthday and now when he uses each tool he makes the same sounds that are in the book. The bright large illustrations are very engaging for toddlers. We have since gotten "Tip Tip Dig Dig" as well. I look forward to seeing more books from Emma Garcia.
The large colorful illustrations and the fun text make this a perfect choice for toddlers, especially ones with a fondness for all things construction. These tools are really cute, and when you can do things like "chippety chip" with the chisel and "grabbety grip" with the pliers, then you are bound to have fun. This is sure to generate lots of little construction workers wanting to "tappity tap" their own hammers. There are 16 tools in this book, so it's a bit lengthy and works well as an intro to some not so common ones, like a clamp, a level, and a sander. Just like the author's other titles, this is a good selection for a toddler and young preschooler's permanent collection. Kids will request lots of repeat readings and will soon be reading this one on their own, just so they can keep saying those fun words like "twizzle and twist", and "stickety stick". A big recommend.
I purchased this book to complete the set of three by Emma Garcia for my 2 year old son for Easter. I've been able to instill a love of reading (being read to) by finding books in his wheelhouse (trucks, cars, trains, etc.). I've really enjoyed these books because it's easy to have a dialogue with him beyond the words on the page. The illustrations allow us to explore colors, sounds, and shapes outside of the storyline. This book is no different the other two.In this story, we are building something that won't be revealed until the last page. All the tools make a sound. We start with the hammer. "With the hammer, we go tap, tap, tap." "With the saw, we go cree craw, cree craw." Children learn about the most obvious of tools, but also tools not in your traditional play toolbox like a level, a grip vise, and a mallet. At the end, like in all the books, there's a review. Here, it is the of all sounds of the tools. Once you've reviewed, the big reveal of what you "made" is on the last page.Depending on my son's patience, I can drag out the story by asking him what sound did the hammer just make, what color is the grip vise, or can you point to the nails. Overall, this is a favorite in my household of both mom and kid alike. My son likes it because it involves all things that go boom, crash, bang. I like it because it has been great in vocabulary building and knowledge overall.
Very fun book to read aloud and share with a child. This series is my son's favorite! We have Tap Tap Bang Bang, Toot Toot Beep Beep, and Tip Tip Dig Dig. He selects these books from his book shelf for someone to read to him. He loves to imitate the noises/actions in each book which he's been doing since he was 14 months old. Not just as a Mom but also as a Speech-Language Pathologist, I think these are incredible books for language development. I wish Emma Garcia would create more books!
This is a great little board book to introduce tools and talk about what different tools are used for as well as building/fixing things. I bought this to give to my daughter along with a Melissa and Doug play toolkit for Christmas. We've read it many many times and she now knows the tools names and likes to make the sounds they make in the book. (She "Cree Craws" like a saw over and over again!) She also now loves to help Mommy and Daddy fix things around the house. I dig it. Good purchase for our library.
Being someone that owns a lot of tools and works with tools regularly, at first glance I thought "MEH, the images only vaguely resemble real tools".That said, I am giving this book five stars on behalf of my 1 year old who is obsessed with this book. He loves to point to the various tools in the book and have whomever is reading it with him make the tool sounds (i.e. You can BANG BANG with the hammer). He will flip thru the book over and over again and it keeps him engaged longer than most of his other books (animal book excepted). It is a fun book in that as the reader you're making various tool sounds throughout and you have the freedom to be creative in your reading.
Perfect, indestructible book for our grandson (11 mos). Pictures have vivid colors and are simple enough in composition to hold the very brief attention span. Just a few words to practice and learn sounds. He can help turn pages without doing damage. Great companion gift with the Little Tikes Tough Workshop.
I bought this book to go along with the Melissa and Doug wooden toolbox, and M&D big rig building set for my 2 year old. He's new to the building thing, so I thought this book would help him figure out the tools. The reviews were what sold me on the book, but I wasn't really all that impressed with it. Each page describes a tool with fun words like "tappety tap the nails", or "swivel and twist" the screwdriver..... and I wasn't sure my son was even liking the book while I was reading it to him, until I got to the last page and it showed what the tools were building...a go kart! This little boy LOVES cars, so it made him so excited to see it. He immediately wanted to read it again. So 4 stars for the fact that it wasn't what I thought it would be, but my 2 year old loves the ending.
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