Where Is Baby's Belly Button?
The flaps are wide and stiff enough for a one-year-old to grab, and each one hides a body part the child can then find on themselves—eyes under a towel, feet under a blanket—so it finishes with the baby patting their own tummy.
Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz is estimated to take about 3.5 minutes to read aloud (60 words, about 1 sentence a page), and it lands best with children aged 0-3.
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- Estimated read-aloud time
- about 3.5 minutesEstimated read-aloud time
- Estimated word count
- 60Our estimate
- Sentences per page
- 1Sentence per page
- Re-read tolerance
- 5/5still good at forty
- Vocabulary level
- 1/5plain words
- Best for
- Ages 0-3Our editorial fit
Our review
This lift-the-flap book focuses on body parts in a way that encourages self-recognition. As flaps are lifted, the child can find the corresponding body part on themselves or the character in the book.
The flaps are designed to be sturdy enough for very young hands to grasp. It is a great interactive choice for babies and toddlers practicing their motor skills and body awareness.
Before you buy it
Since this book uses paper flaps for babies under one, you should expect some wear and tear or needed repairs within six months, no matter how careful you are.
Themes
- body parts
- peekaboo
- babies
- flaps
Books like Where Is Baby's Belly Button?
Matched by refrain, density, length, and listener—not just the subject.
Questions parents ask
How long does it take to read Where Is Baby's Belly Button? aloud?
About 3.5 minutes at an unhurried pace, including a standard allowance for page turns, pictures and participation, from a word count of 60. Stopping for a longer conversation on every page will add more time.
What age is Where Is Baby's Belly Button? actually for?
Ages 0-3 in our testing, which is narrower than the publisher's range. With 1 sentence a page and vocabulary at 1 out of 5, it asks for that much attention span and no more.
Does Where Is Baby's Belly Button? survive being read on repeat?
Yes - this is one of the few that is still fine on the fortieth reading, which is why it scores 5 out of 5 with us.
Is Where Is Baby's Belly Button? a good book for a child who will not sit still?
It helps that it has a refrain a child can join in with, and it asks the child questions to answer out loud. Those three features are what keep a wriggling toddler listening, far more than the subject matter does.
Will my child memorise Where Is Baby's Belly Button??
Probably, and fast. The book leans on a repeated refrain, and at 5 out of 5 for re-read tolerance it survives the nightly repeats that get a book memorised. Expect your child to chant the pattern back before they can actually read.
Can a beginning reader read Where Is Baby's Belly Button? on their own?
It is closer than most picture books. With 1 sentence a page and plain vocabulary (1 out of 5), a confident early reader can attempt it, though it is written to be read aloud first.
What themes does Where Is Baby's Belly Button? cover?
We tag it with body parts, peekaboo, babies and flaps. Those are the threads that actually run through the book, not just the ones on the cover, which is how it earns its place on our themed lists rather than a keyword match.
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