Sophia the Giraffe Review

I love books!  I think they are a great gift for young kids, babies, and parents to be!  Either the parents can read to their growing babies in-utero or they can read to their babies as they grow and learn once born.  Like I always say, you can never have too many books!
Mommy Moments with Abby's review of Sophie La Girafe Books:  We have all seen the little nursery toy, Sophie La Girafe.  Now they have a book series to go with their lovable character.  We were lucky enough to check out these books.  We received the four set of books: Counting, Colors, Sophie's Busy Day, and Peekaboo Sophie.  They were all centered around the toy's character Sophie.  
I enjoyed that as kids age they get to see one of their favorite toys in action in these books.  Plus, the books can help them as they grow.  They start out as quick stories for a little babies changing attention span, then develop into beginner number and color identification tools, then move into early reader books with fun stories about Sophie's Busy Day and, ever kids favorite game, Peekaboo.  This allows these books to stay with the kids from infancy until their Preschool/Kindergarten years giving them shelf stability for your kids home library.  
I loved that they helped reach all the ages I was reading to at the daycare.  The little toddlers loved the counting and colors and the preschoolers loved the stories making for a quieter and calmer story time in the daycare.  

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Product Description: 
Sophie la girafe

With more than fifty million sold, Sophie la girafe, the wildly popular toy from France, is a fixture in nurseries all over the world. A favorite among moms, Sophie la girafe is a popular shower gift, and has garnered praise from parents everywhere.

TITLE: Baby Touch and Feel: Sophie la girafe: Sophie’s Busy Day

ISBN: 9781465409676

Baby Touch and Feel: Sophie la girafe: Sophie’s Busy Day is an engaging touch-and-feel introduction to the world of Sophie la girafe. Babies will love exploring and discovering different textures—from bumpy, scaly, sticky, and shiny—as  Sophie la girafe interacts with them on the page, making this a perfect way for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and young minds to develop.

TITLE: Baby: Sophie la girafe: Colors

ISBN: 9781465409591 

Packed with bright, lively pictures, and large, simple text, all the colors of the rainbow come alive in this board book, Baby: Sophie la girafe: Colors. An ideal gift for new parents, this book will stimulate children’s recognition of objects, as well as encourage talking and naming skills.

TITLE: Peekaboo! Sophie la girafe: Peekaboo Sophie!

ISBN: 9781465409607

With fun flaps that open to reveal colorful pictures of Sophie la girafe and her friends, Peekaboo! Sophie la girafe: Peekaboo Sophie! invites children to their favorite game of peekaboo with their favorite toy.

Featuring simple text that encourages parent-child interaction, baby-appropriate touch-and-feel elements, and large appealing flaps for little hands to flip, this volume is a great opportunity to introduce babies to books, and to develop imagination, thinking, and memory skills.

TITLE: My First: Sophie la girafe: Let’s Get Counting

ISBN: 9781465409584

In this colorful board book, babies will be introduced to the world of numbers and counting with their favorite friend, Sophie la girafe. Filled with bright, playful images of Sophie and her pals, as well as tactile tabs and lift-the-flap elements, My First: Sophie la girafe: Let’s Get Counting is ideal for encouraging early word and number recognition in young children.

Sophie la girafe: ©Sophie la girafe

DK Publishing and DeLiSo Announce Sophie la girafe ® Publishing Program

New York, NY. February 20, 2013. Today global publisher DK Publishing announced a deal to publish the first Sophie la girafe® books with DeLiSo, licensor of the internationally best-selling toy beloved by babies and parents.

The four board books will be published in June 2013. Titles include:

• My First: Sophie la girafe® : Let’s Get Counting ($5.99)
• Peekaboo! Sophie la girafe ®: Peekaboo Sophie! ($6.99)
• Baby Touch and Feel: Sophie la girafe ®: Sophie’s Busy Day ($5.99) 
• Baby: Sophie la girafe ®: Colors ($6.99)

All books are appropriate for children ages 0-3. 

Sophie la girafe ®, a high-end all-natural rubber baby teether, is a fixture in nurseries all over the world. Sophie has sold more than 50 million units worldwide since she was first produced in France in 1961. Sophie has been sold in the United States since 2000 where its sales continue to rise.

DK’s Therese Burke, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing, says: “We are all excited to be working with DeLiSo--Sophie is a quality product that parents trust. Our publishing program embodies the qualities of our respective brands, and the winsome design and appeal of the publishing program will help bring Sophie and her story to an even wider audience.”

About DK Publishing:
DK Publishing is the New York Times bestselling publisher known for its distinctive, highly visual books, ebooks and apps that inform, inspire and entertain readers of all ages. DK also publishes the award-winning Eyewitness series for children and Eyewitness Travel Guides. BradyGames and Rough Guides are also available from DK, a division of Penguin Group. http://us.dk.com

About DeLiSo:

DeLiSo was founded in 2011, following consumer demands for Sophie la girafe® licensed products. To stay close to Sophie’s history, the DeLiSo office is located directly in the Vulli factory where Sophie la girafe® has been made since the 1960’s. http://www.vulli.fr/en/