Mama Makes Books
Mama Makes Books Reading Time
Reading Time is a high-contrast fold-out book that offers babies the opportunity to exercise their body and their brains while enjoying some reading time and bonding time with a loved one.
Like Tummy Time! (BookTrust’s Book Start Pick for 2021), the book opens out and stands up in front of newborns during the all-important tummy time, a practice encouraged by healthcare professionals because it prevents flat spots on the back of a baby’s head, and encourages them to use muscles needed for rolling, sitting and crawling. However, these early months are also when a baby’s brain is developing faster than at any other time in their lives. Reading together is proven to accelerate language and literacy, giving children a head start in life.
The book has bold black-and-white images with splashes of bright colour for a baby’s developing vision. The images are some of the first words children learn to say, such as cat, car, book and teddy, so it serves as a first words book, but it also has a soothing, rhythmical nursery rhyme based on “I see the moon, the moon sees me” which babies will love to hear their loved ones read. And there is mirror at the end to personalise the shared reading experience so the reader inserts their own name as they look in the mirror together.
“I see Mummy. Mummy sees me.
Say, “Night, night, Mummy. Night, night me.”
So go on. Read to your newborn. It’s good for them!
Good for
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Newborn to 9 months
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Perfect for tummy time, nappy changing time and together time
210mm x 140mm closed, 210 x 840mm open, board, 2 sided, 6 leaves, self-closure tab, mirror
Mama Makes Books Tummy Time!
“Tummy time – placing a baby on his or her stomach while awake and supervised—can help your baby develop strong neck and shoulder muscles, and promote motor skills.” — Mayo Clinic
Here's a book to keep babies’ brains busy while their muscles are hard at work. It’s a double-sided panorama of images – high-contrast on one side, designed to attract babies’ attention, and photos of babies on the other, because babies love looking at other babies. There’s a mirror, too, so babies can look at themselves!
It's never too early to share a book with your baby. Fostering a love of books is proven to give young children an educational headstart.
Good for
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Newborn to 9 months
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Perfect for tummy time and nappy changing
210mm x 140mm closed, 210 x 840mm open, board, 2 sided, 6 leaves, self-closure tab, mirror
Mama Makes Books Baby Love: A Touch & Feel Book
BABY LOVE is a touch-and-feel book that is ideal for bedtime. It follows the night-time routine, from tickles at changing time to snuggles at bedtime, with a gentle text that leads you through the book.
Inside are both gorgeous photos of babies and cute illustrations, providing lots of conversation cues to encourage speech and develop vocabulary.
It is also built to withstand lots of enthusiastic handling, with thick board pages, textures
and flaps that babies will love.
210 x 210mm
Board book with 5 spreads including touch-and-feel textures, glitter and flaps, FSC board
Good for
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6 months to 2½ years
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Bonding with your baby
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A sensory and play-filled reading experience
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Developing vocabulary
Mama Makes Books Baby Says: A Touch & Say Book
Baby say ‘hello’ to this very first word book, with bumpy pages, flaps, finger trails and tabs for easy page-turning.
BABY SAYS is a touch and say book, introducing babies and toddlers to first vocabulary. By seeing and feeling the embossed images, and hearing someone say the words, young children are using three senses to acquire language and make an association between picture and word.
Each spread has a theme: animals, family, park, mealtime and on the road, with lots to spot and say.
210 x 210mm, thick board book with rounded corners, tabs, 10 pages, flaps, embossing and embossed finger trails
Good for
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1 to 3 years
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Learning first vocabulary
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Word-picture association
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Developing fine motor skills
Mama Makes Books: Playtime!
Playtime! is a high-contrast fold-out book with finger wiggle holes to encourage key developmental skills while you have fun together.
Like our bestselling book, Tummy Time!, it folds out and stands up in front of newborns during the all-important tummy time – a practice encouraged by healthcare professionals to prevent flat spots on the back of the head, and to strengthen muscles in their necks and upper bodies. These early months are also when a baby’s brain is developing faster than at any other time in their lives. Reading together is proven to accelerate language and literacy, giving children a head start in life.
A newborn baby’s world is a blur of light and dark and moving forms. They are attracted to high-contrast images, faces and movement, so this finger-wiggle book is a perfect first book. With babies turning their heads towards the movement, it helps build strength and flexibility, and gives parents a fun opportunity to engage with their babies face-to-face. The simple text introduces new vocabulary and encourages parents to read playfully with intonation, trumpeting loudly, like an elephant, or wagging the puppy’s tail excitedly.
One side features all your favourite animals and by putting your finger through the hole it becomes an elephant's trunk trumpeting loudly or a puppy’s tail wagging excitedly. On the other side is a wiggle train and only you know where the wiggly worm will pop out next. Your baby will love the anticipation and will turn their head towards the movement.
So go on. Read to your baby. It’s good for them!
Good for:
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Bold black-and-white images with splashes of colour for your baby’s developing vision
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Use the finger wiggle holes to entertain your baby as you read and play with the book together
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The simple text will help your baby with sound making and introduces new vocabulary
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Newborn to 12 months
210mm x 140mm closed, 210mm x 840mm open, board, 2 sided, 6 leaves, self-closure tab