Product Description

What Floats? is a vinyl bath book that explores the concept of flotation using fun and whimsy. Simple verse and delightful illustrations of what objects float in the water introduce babies and toddlers to the world of science in a fun and accessible way. What Floats? includes tips for parents on ways to use the book with their babies to help reinforce the learning experience.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42065 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-01
• Released on: 2003-07-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Bath Book
• 10 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780786819126
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Don't buy this book! (And throw it away if you own it!)
This book is made from PVC (vinyl), and according to a recent article in Parents magazine (July 2005), "vinyl contains chemicals that can put kids at risk of developing asthma, cancer, and organ damage." "The European Union, as well as Canada, Mexico, and Argentina have banned the use of PVC in children's teething and sucking products" -- and if your child is like mine, this book will become a sucking product. Although "[m]ost major baby companies in the U.S. have dicontinued using vinyl in their infant-oriented toys," Baby Einstein has not. I recommend emailing Baby Einstein (...) and encouraging them to stop using PVC in baby products.

bathtime ritual
I bought this book for my 2yo son and he loves to have me read it to him every time he takes a bath. It is great fun and teaches him about things that float and also about rhyming words.

I agree with the other reviewer however, that this would not be a good book for a little baby who is putting things in his mouth. But for older children, it is perfect. I am going to see if there are more of these in the Baby Einstein collection.

Great idea, flawed in practice
This is a great idea--a floating book that a baby can gnaw on, bring to the bath, and so on. The problem is that the seam all along the edge of the book is quite sharp, so that whenever our little one would try to mouth it, his face would get scratched up. I'm also a little worried about what would happen if he caught the edge in his eye, so there is no way that we would let him play with it unsupervised. All in all, this is too much of a concern for me to recommend this product. It says "newborns and up"--I don't think this is a good toy for a newborn.