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Baby Donald Makes a Snowfriend is a book about shapes. It is one of the “Baby’s First Disney Books” series and was published by Grolier, Inc. No author nor publication date can be found on the copy of the book that I own. A little research of my local library’s website, however, reveals that the book was published in 1987 and was written by Marilyn J Sapienza.
Summary
The book teaches about shapes. The story is really very simple. First you see Baby Donald and he has drawn some pictures of shapes and taped them to his wall. He names each of the shapes for us. Next, Baby Donald goes out to play and he takes some of his toys. The toys he takes are all very definite shapes like square blocks, a round ball, and a triangular spinning top and a triangular carrot.
We then see our friend, Baby Donald with his friend Baby Daisy building a snow friend in the snow. They have circles for the head and body and other shaped toys make up the trimmings such as square block buttons, a triangular carrot nose, etc. But, Baby Donald takes the carrot nose off of the snowman and gives Baby Daisy a very mad look as he tells her that the carrot is supposed to be their snack! He crafts a nose out of snow and sticks it onto the snowman instead.
Text and Illustrations
The text in this book is very simple and easy for an adult to read to a child. The black lettering is placed underneath the pictures on each page and there is one to two lines per page, which equals about 4-10 words per page.
Almost more important than the text in this book are the illustrations. The adult can read the words and then the child can help look at each illustration for more shapes. The words alone would take less than a minute to read to the child. If, however, you look at each picture with the child and let the child help find all the different shapes, it will be more interesting and more educational for the child. There are so many different shapes that the child can find in this book.
The pictures are bright and fun to look at. Each page has many examples of distinct shapes on it. In addition, there are a lot of colors too. On the first page where Baby Donald draws each of the shapes, each one is a different color. And, on the other pages, you can find many more examples of different colors as well. So, even though this book is a book about shapes, there is no reason why you can’t learn about colors too!
My experiences
I got this book from a free offer when my daughter was young. Even if I had had to pay for it, it would have been worth it since it is a book that we have all enjoyed!
My daughter and son both have enjoyed this book. I remember reading this book to my daughter when she was around three years old and she was very fascinated by the fact that there were so many shapes to be found. My son does not yet know shapes but he does like the pictures and he brings me this book to read to him quite frequently. He can point to the characters in the story and I am showing him the different shapes by pointing at them. I am sure that very soon, he will be showing me the shapes instead of vice versa! It is a short book to read but time can be spent on it if you and your children really enjoy the pictures together. And, then there’s my son who will start the book right back at the beginning as soon as we get to the end!
Recommendations
I would recommend this book for children from age one through age four. It is a board book and it has held up well. It is fun to read and it is fun to learn together with this book. This is a great read-together book!
Recommended:
Yes
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