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!
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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.
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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
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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
Mama Makes Books Brave as a Lion
These Choose Your Mood Board Books are a fun, interactive way for young children to recognise their emotions and develop their emotional vocabulary, using animal associations, decision-making and mood-lifting suggestions. Teresa Bellón’s animal characters brilliantly visualise the moods and feelings to help children identify their own. The double-sided ‘You Choose’ puzzle pieces offer different ways for children to play with the book and offer parents and carers a tool to open conversations to foster good mental health through play.
Brave as a Lion focuses on feelings – 10 long-lasting but often hidden feelings, BRAVE, WORRIED, CUDDLY, LONELY, CALM, JUMPY, BOLD, SHY, STRONG, LAZY.
So, are you as CUDDLY as a KOALA or LONELY as a LEOPARD? Look at the illustrations, choose your mood, and if you’re feeling lonely, find your best bear or human and tell them that you need a hug - hugging yourself feels good too. This encourages children to seek comfort and reassurance from a trusted person to make them feel better. So suggest it to your child for those times when they feel lonely.
Other suggestions include breathing techniques, exercise, humour, role play and mindfulness.
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Children 2 to 5
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Focusing on 10 feelings, such as scared, tired, angry or upset
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Enabling children to identify their feelings and develop their emotional vocabulary
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Tried-and-tested strategies to help turn negative feelings into more positive one
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A fun and physical way for parents and carers to open up conversations
Mama Makes Books Happy as a Lamb
Happy as a Lamb focuses on emotions – 10 physical, reactive emotions, HAPPY, GRUMPY, EXCITED, SAD, SAFE, SCARED, JOYFUL, ANGRY, PROUD, EMBARRASSED.
So, are you as HAPPY as a lamb or as GRUMPY as a goat? Look at the illustrations, choose your mood, and if you’re grumpy, jump around the room like a spring lamb to lift your mood. This uses role-play, exercise and humour. So try it with your child when their grumpy. You’ll be laughing at one another soon enough!
Other suggestions include breathing techniques, mindfulness, or seeking help or comfort.
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Children 2 to 5
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Focusing on 10 emotions, such as joy, sadness, excitement, embarrassment
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Enabling children to identify their feelings and develop their emotional vocabulary
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Tried-and-tested strategies to help turn negative feelings into more positive one
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A fun and physical way for parents and carers to open up conversations