Tana Hoban

Before babies can see color clearly, they respond to the high contrast between black and white. This accordion-style foldout board book is sturdy enough to stand on its own, is ideal for little hands, and features Tana Hoban's bold and iconic black-and-white images of familiar objects along with full-color photographs of adorable babies interacting with those objects.

"Photographs of familiar objects such as chair, barrettes, and manhole cover present a study of rounded and angular shapes."--Title page verso.

Illustrations and brief text introduce colors and the concepts of shape and size.

Photographs of toys, food, and other common objects are grouped on each page according to color.

Photographs of common objects and events illustrate the numbers one through one hundred.

Black illustrations against a white background depict such objects as an elephant, butterfly, and leaf.

Black silhouettes against white background depict different mother animals and their young, from one sheep to five ducks. On board pages.

White silhouttes against a black background depict such objects as a pacifier, stroller, balloon, and chair. On board pages.