(Where Is Babys Belly Button?) By Katz, Karen (Author) Hardcover on 01-Sep-2000

We’ve only had this book about a week and I can already see how much my 16-mo-old has learned about body parts. He started pointing to his feet and belly button! Very engaging and effective. As for the flimsy flaps, I have a Mommy trick: I buy bulk amounts of clear packaging tape and use it to laminate all our books. I did it with the flimsy flaps and I’m sure they’ll hold up.

Karen Katz is our favorite author. My older daughter used to have the whole collection of these books. Now the little one loves this one as well! It was the first “real” book she fell in love with, at around 10 months.

I got this book for my then 5 month old infant and he was fascinated with the concept of things concealed. This was the first book he actually loved and engaged with. We read through this book with him daily. He quickly grasped the concept of Where is ... and was excited when the flaps where lifted to reveal the item. I noticed that he also quickly translated it to things in his surroundings. When asked where is Dada etc, he would look in the direction of the person or item long before they, meaning the experts, said he should. He is now 13 months old and still loves the book. Ever since he could walk and multitask, it surprised us that he would take this book up and walk to either his Dad or me so we could read it to him. Needless to say, its pretty worn at this stage. If there is a less than positive remark I can make is that, although its a board book, my little guy found a way to rip most of the flaps off. There is tape on every page :-) Not so sure if they could make it any sturdier though. Love this book!!! Definitely get it for your little one.

My toddler loves flap books. One of his first words and body parts he could identify was his belly button. This is such a cute and fun book. I even gifted it to a friend for her son. Great for development and different from a regular book. Also being a board book is critical for tiny hands that like to rip things apart. Speaking of ripping apart - know that eventually all the flaps will get pulled off by your curious child but totally worth it!

I bought countless books before my baby was born, including most of the classics, and from about 6 months on, tried to get him interested in any and all of them with no success. Eventually between 7-9 months, after reading the reviews here, I ordered this. And voila! He seemed to like it -- well, he would at least sit still on my lap long enough to turn the pages and lift the flaps! Three months later, it is definitely his favorite book -- he giggles when I pull it out, and loves to lift the flaps up and down, and up and down, and up and down. After three months of all that upping and downing the flaps ARE raggedy and curled up, but he doesnt seem to mind. I figure on buying it again when it really gets worn. I would definitely recommend this if you are trying to get a younger, active baby interested in books.

My grandson loves it!

Bought this for my son after watching several Hapa Family videos on youtube where it was highly recommended. Upon arrival, I was a bit skeptical of the flaps cause my son is AGGRESSIVE but they really have help up so well! He seriously LOVES LOVE LOVES this book! Its so cute and fun, the illustrations are so great and have great representation. I love talking with him about where each body part is located that is mentioned in the book and hes really started to learn them! Definitely recommend it to any parent, its a great addition to your kiddos library!

We got this for my baby at around 6 months and she loved it then but constantly wanted to eat the flaps. This is not a board book so we didnt pull it out for her much until around 8 months when she stopped teething on the flaps. Even at about 8 months she was really good at lifting the flaps herself and now at 10 months she is starting to associate the body parts in the book with her body parts. We always touch her foot, hand, etc when we find that part in the book. The other day she lifted her own shirt to find her belly button which was cute but also shows us that she is learning. We used clear packaging tape to mend a tear from an excited baby lifting a flap too hard and it probably wouldnt be a bad idea to do that to all of the flaps to make this book last.

What an adorable little flap book! The pictures are vibrant and colorful, the text is big and the length brief enough to hold the attention of my antsy toddler, and my little one just loves lifting (and putting back...repeatedly) the flaps on each page. My little one grabs it from the shelf every day and I have even caught her reading it by herself! The best part? Its only a few dollars! It would make a good gift for a baby shower and is small enough to be used as a busy book for car and airline travel. I highly recommend.

My son really loves lift the flap style books so I decided to purchase a new one and this is a classic. What I like about it: The illustrations are adorable. I also, obviously like that it is a lift the flap book, because they engage my son for so long. One of the reasons I chose this particular book is because it addresses body parts and I thought it would be helpful when learning those body parts. What I dont like: Quality, quality, quality! We own several board books, but this one isnt nearly as nice as many others we own and have seen. He is 19 moths at the time of writing this and we have had it for about 6 months now and it has not held up nearly as well as the other lift the flap books we own, and he plays with this one far less. He loves his books and isnt very rough with them, so this is one of the few books we have that are damaged. The pages are very thin compared to literally every other board book we own, and the flaps are extremely flimsy and got bent during the first use. Overall, we like this book, but if I could go back in time I would choose a different book. It has not been a hit for us and is a bit disappointing. I would have given it 4 stars (maybe 5) if the quality was better.