Hello, Ocean Friends: A Black-and-White Board Book for Babies That Helps Visual Development

by duopress labs, Violet Lemay (Artist)

Overview

The bestselling high-contrast books for babies!

Hello, fish. Howdy, seahorse! What's up, turtle? Hello, Ocean Friends...

Making connections between images on a page and the real world is an important building block for your baby's communication skills—and this charming introduction to ocean creatures, paired with friendly text and bold, basic patterns, provides an important high-contrast experience for young developing eyes.

Using simple greetings like "Hi there, starfish" and "Hola, jellyfish" alongside black-and-white art by Julissa Mora, Hello, Ocean Friends is the perfect building block for babies just beginning to look around and learn about their world.

Selected by the NYPL Summer Reading Challenge 2017. 

Also available: 

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Hello, Garden Bugs

Hello, My World

Baby Loves Sports

Hello, Bedtime

Booook! A Spooky High-Contrast Book

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Hello Night, Hello Day

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938093418
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	04/01/2015
Series:	High-Contrast Books
Pages:	20
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 4 Years

About the Author

duopress labs creates innovative books and gifts for children and adults under the duopress imprint. A minority-founded and minority-run company, duopress is now part of Sourcebooks, where it continues to inspire and entertain readers of all ages.

Editorial Reviews

04/13/2015
Readers meet (and greet) 10 aquatic animals including a starfish, crab, jellyfish, and shark in this lighthearted board book. Set against black backdrops, Lemay’s sea creatures have rough, chunky features reminiscent of linoleum prints, while black-and-white patterns of dots, squares, and other shapes on the left-hand pages provide additional high-contrast imagery to catch babies’ attention. The varied greetings range from polite (“Good to see you, dolphin”) to folksy (“What’s up, turtle?”), with Spanish and Hawaiian hellos in the mix, as well. A closing emoticon offers an irreverent reminder that some greetings don’t even require words. Up to age 4. (May)

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