Book Review: Bedtime Peekaboo! Touch-and-Feel & Lift-the-Flaps

Book Details:

Name: Bedtime Peekaboo! Touch-and-Feel & Lift-the-Flaps!
Publication: DK Publishing 2006
Author: Dawn Sirett
Page count: 10
Language: English
Genres: Fiction, Children’s literature
Format: Board Book
Reading Age: 1-4 years
Weight: 7.8 ounces

Book Synopsis:

Bedtime Peekaboo!! is an interactive board book that takes your child through the night time routine and the smooth peekaboo flaps open to reveal pictures of babies and toys guiding our toddlers to the next steps in their bedtime routine. This book builds curiosity about what is under the peekaboo flaps and helps your child develop memory skills. Moreover the special touch and feel elements help your child to identify different textures. It is a perfect book to read during bedtime.

Book Review:

I got this book for my daughter when she was 10 months old and I started training her for our bedtime routine. She loves peekaboo and we read it every night before bed. The book contains illustrations and photographs of children from different age groups and gender on the left side and peekaboo flaps on the right. The fascinating part is that the silky flaps on the right display an enlarged image of the items with which the children play. For example, on the first page, a girl is shown playing with a wooden clock with a question at the bottom where is the long eared rabbit, is he behind the clock? and when one opens the flap with enlarged image of the clock, it reveals a picture of a rabbit with satin bow to touch and feel.

However out of 5 peekaboo flaps, only 3 pictures: rabbit with satin bow, doll with braided hair and cuddly pig with soft fur has touch and feel elements. After reading couple of times, my daughter knows and she places her hand directly on these touch and feel areas whereas in the remaining 2 pictures of striped tiger and soft blanket she curiously feel these pages and knows the difference in the texture.

The bedtime routine to sleep at 7 PM suggested in the book is highly ambitious yet achievable. The flaps being delicate can easily tear off. We had almost all the flaps taped within a week of the book’s arrival. Having said that, the book is simple, cute and has become our favorite bedtime read. I enjoy watching my daughter going through each flaps and whispering to me Shhh.. Dnt wake them up. They are sleeping!!

My Recommendation:

This book is colorful, tough and delivers a good night message through cute little bedtime routine. You will enjoy reading this together with your child and see his or her smiling face when you say Peekaboo!!!! Children also learn to play the popular game of peekaboo. We sit with this book to learn to identify and recite the numbers on the clock. I recommend having this book. You can also buy other books from the same DK publishing company such as Playtime Peekaboo or Farm Peekaboo. All are a pleasure to read.