Faces for Baby: An Art for Baby Book Board book – March 12, 2013

Not quite as engaging for my four month old as Art For Baby but still very interesting. As an art educator I appreciate the wide range of artists and styles. The art selected for pages side by side will make great compare and contrast discussions as she gets older. I even took it to school and used with some of my elementary art students as we were studying portraits and the variety of ways that artists can depict facial features.

I thought I was ordering the first one in the series. This should have a different name or subtitle--really annoying. But my baby does seem to like this as much as his other books. Also, this book is quite large. I didn't pay attention to the dimensions and it at least twice as big as all the other board books so makes it difficult to store.

This book has received terrible reviews so i thought I needed to write a positive one! Babies brains are wired differently than ours and this book proves this. The books in this book are "odd" to say the least! I checked this out of our local library when my two grandchildren were babies and they would dig on the shelf when it was missing so I would go back and check it out again. Finally bought it and as toddlers they still LOVE it! The last page is a mirror and we know toddlers are egocentric so obviously their favorite page. Check it out of your local library to see if your babies/toddlers love it as much as ours!

I really enjoyed Art for Baby, so was excited to get this sequel. I only like about half of the book; some of the faces I find to be a little creepy. Our daughter did really enjoy looking in the mirror on the last page. I probably would not purchase this again, as there are so many other baby art books out there.

I don't leave reviews often but this book was so disappointing I'd like to save others the same feeling. Of the millions of faces created in the history of art, this is a truly strange assortment. The 10 works (10 only inside the book, the other 2 of the advertised twelve are on the covers!!) works skew contemporary with one from 1922 (Klee) and one from 1948 (Picasso). Everything else is post 1994 with half from 2000 and later. Fewer than half of the "famous" artists would be recognizable at all to the lay person and none of the pieces are iconic in the sense of being popularly famous art works-you will see neither the Mona Lisa or Warhol's Marilyn Monroe here. That wouldn't be so bad if the works were beautiful or even just generally appealing to children, but most just aren't. Keep in mind this book is marketed to babies who are attracted to high contrast images, faces with interesting features like glasses and eyebrows, and faces that are traditionally "beautiful" (symmetry, proportion etc.) I can understand there being licensing issues with reproducing artwork, but surely there are hundreds of faces by famous artists more deserving to be in a book for babies-and the babies themselves deserve THOSE images. While the book might be a nice gift for parents who appreciate contemporary art, I can't imagine it having broad appeal to babies, and perhaps only children with the guidance of an adult. For those people, please note that the book is big and beautifully produced. The large mirror on the last page is the best part of the book.

I don't quite understand the complaints as this and the original offered a blend of interesting and varied modern and contemporary artists' works.The artwork and the faces represented vary greatly but I also enjoy how when you open each page the side by side images also have some similarities. For now my daughter thinks they are interesting and the mirror at the end is fun for her as well. In the future, the book is a nice way to introduce discussing art by comparing and asking questions and telling stories.

I got this book for my 9 month old. He loves looking at the faces and especially enjoys the mirror at the end.The art, binding and overall quality is top notch. I hope the book will survive for long.

The faces are a little weird, but infants don't care. My 8 week old seems to like them...especially the last page (that is a mirror).

The baby loves it. It's really engaging. A few of the pages draw huge smiles every time, and the mirror on the last page is a big hit.