This one made much more sense. Babies identify shapes much easier than, say, flowers, locations, camping activities, etc.

The illustrations were fun, as usual. ( )

So often, reading books to babies can be, well, pretty boring. The "BabyLit" series, on the other hand, offers something to the adults who are doing the reading, to help keep them entertained as well.

Treasure Island, seemingly by “Little Master Louis Stevenson,” similarly introduces babies to shapes.

In this primer, babies will need to locate the shape in the accompanying picture. For instance, one side of the spread shows a diamond, and on the other, the diamond is inside a parrot. The cross shown on one side is inside a map on the other. The heart is hidden in two places on the picture of Jim Hawkins (the main narrator of Treasure Island).

The artwork by Alison Oliver is bright and colorful, and the pictures are simply but clearly drawn.

Evaluation: The BabyLit series makes reading to babies much more fun than it might otherwise be! ( )