Wuthering Heights: A BabyLit® Weather Primer

We have several of these books and I love them all. I bought them for my grandson who is 2. When he comes over, he runs right for them. They are for me as much as him because I appreciate the adorable artwork and idea behind them. I hope to collect them all.

Look, let's be real here. Wuthering Heights isn't for everyone and it certainly isn't for toddlers. Toddler books are fantastically dull. Any parent who claims to enjoy reading toddler books either has an exclusive library of Sandra Boynton books or is lying through their teeth.To appreciate this book, you have to be familiar with Wuthering Heights and to either be a complete and utter literature dork (preferably with a Masters degree or above) or have studied this book in an English Lit class. For those of you who haven't, here are the cliff notes. It is a pretty dark book, full of tumultuous emotion and cruelty. It is also full of passionate (emotional, not physical) love. Weather is a central theme in the book. Instead of writing that Heathcliff felt like someone was flossing his heart with barbed wire when Cathy ran off with Edgar Linton there is a tremendous great storm on the moors that gets a long and graphic description. (Okay, hand up, I have a toddler AND a nearly 7yo, I haven't read the book in years. I'm pulling this out my arse as an example of how weather is used in the book.)I don't want to speak for Jennifer Adams since I don't know her and have never exchanged correspondence with her, but I'm willing to bet that the thought process went like this: "I love Wuthering Heights. I hate toddler books. I know, I'll make a toddler book about weather and put in some quotes from Wuthering Heights for me so I don't tear my eyeballs from my face when reading to my toddler."It's conceivable that she thought "For my toddler's well-rounded development I need a book about weather. I will include quotes from quality literature to extend my toddler's vocabulary and introduce good sentence structure. Hmm. Weather. Oh, I know, Wuthering Heights." Not likely, is it?I'm all for this craze of enrichment for toddlers and early childhood development and STEM toys and needing a thing to do stuff that talking with eye contact, telling stories, kicking stones and playing with sticks did for children for centuries. Let's be honest. Your toddler is going to get as much out of this book as they will out of some crappy book that has one word and one simple picture per page. This book is for parents who can't remember when they last got through more than one page of a good book without falling asleep. It's for parents who remember fondly when they curled up under a blanket in front of the fire with hot chocolate and a good book and spent an entire weekend in their pajamas reading. It's a reminder that returning to such a life is only about 15 years away.If you want a book that will make your toddler laugh, get something by Sandra Boynton. My favorites are Are You A Cow? and Moo, Baa, La La La. If you want something for you, get some BabyLit. If you like Wuthering Heights, get this BabyLit book.

BabyLit PRIMERS are primers. Presumably BabyLit Story Books are story books. This is a primer which is meant to teach.This focus on weather such as cloudy, sunny, windy etc. It creatively embeds elements of Wurthering Heights without trying to tell the story. It uses the backdrop of the original story to teach weather without attempting at all to tell a baby friendly version.I love these! They are exactly what I expected. None of the books are long winded of course as they are primers, but this one has a bit of more advanced wordiness because of the quotes chosen.

This series are the best kids books! My daughter has several of the BabyLit books in hardcover. She loves them! She's always carrying them about. I love the way they transfer to the Kindle - that way we have several books to take on trips or to have while out and about.

I was disappointed with all of the baby lit books. I was hoping for a baby version of the classic plots, but they're essentially just random words related to the books. Not a book I could ready twenty times in a day, which I suppose is okay because my toddler would never WANT me to read it twenty times in a day. Very telling.

Does a wonderful job presenting weather as a topic, and the artwork allows for more exploration than just that weather--but the primary season for a weather and the other activities surrounding a weather event. Really well done.

These are the most deliciously creative little mini-classic books you'll ever find.My daughter and I read through ours almost every day. Wuthering Heights is my all-time favorite book, and it is so fun being able to share something so special with my 3 year old.This specific book has a different "weather" on each page. She loves looking at the changes between the sunny day, foggy day and windy day, etc.. Bright colors and intriguing illustrations!I'm obsessed. :)

Durable pages, whimsical drawings. Includes quotes from the story that pay homage but aren't necessary for enjoyment of the book. My 19 month old loves it - shouts "heights" as she get it off the shelf again and again, examines the detailed pictures, always makes it to the end, often for a second read.

Libros bonitos basados en las novelas clásicas más famosas de la historia, con bellas ilustraciones. Perfecto para una nena de 2-3 años de edad con buen vocabulario para empezar a familiarizarse con el idioma inglés, páginas gruesas y resistentes. Muy recomendados

Love the babylit collection but felt this book was a little too gloomy for my LO. Returned it

Perfect as a gift for the children of any Tigermums! Beautiful illustrations and such a cute idea, although some of the words are way beyond the natural capability of a child just leaning to read, it's more about the charm of using a classic novel as the frame of reference. Note that this is not a baby friendly version of the novel itself, its just a few relevant words to teach different types of weather. Stick to the classic board books if you really want to encourage reading skills!

If you're a lit junkie and have a baby, these are amazing! I now have 7 different ones and love them all!(Just a note ... I haven't purchased any of the colour primer books as they use the American spelling of 'colour' and I'm from England - nothing wrong with it, just thought it was worth a mention).

I bought this book for my baby daughter as the original story is my all time favourite. This board book is great for introducing some of the themes and characters from the original. Each page shows Wuthering Heights experiencing a different sort of weather. The images are really bright and interesting. And each page has a quote from the original text too.Love it!