Graphically Gorgeous Board Books
Shouldn't picture books have a little more visual pizazz? After all, they are all about the graphics.
Duo Press Books agrees, and has created a trio of vibrantly jazzy board books. We love the hip and bright pop art graphics. Lichtenstein would approve.
Two of the books count by numbers. For a born and bred New Yorker, 123 New York is a great choice. Or count your way through national symbols and pastimes with 123 USA. At the back of the counting books you'll find each object described in English and Spanish.
Toddlers will also go gaga over Sounds Funny!--a bouncy book of sounds that are terrifically fun to make.
Each book suggests a world of excitement to tots, without being overly prescriptive. You'll enjoy talking about the colors, sounds, and shapes with your child with this contemporary and spirited take on classic picture books.
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WANT IT: You can buy 123 New York: A Cool Counting Book ($7.95), 123 USA: A Cool Counting Book ($7.95) and Sounds Funny! A Book About Comic Sounds ($6.95) at Amazon and eligible for the 4-for-3 deal.
WIN IT: Duo Press Books is offering five Mamanista readers the opportunity to win a book of their choice. Shipping to the US and Canada for this contest. Here's how to enter:
- Click HERE to look inside 123 New York, or inside 123 USA, or inside Sounds Funny!
- Leave us a comment by 8pm EST on May 19, telling us which book you want if you win AND which page is your favorite.
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Tags: 123, board books, counting, counting books
5.5.08 at 11:01 am
EG comments:
Well I’m not a New Yorker, but I love 123 New York!
5.5.08 at 11:26 am
Krisinda Smith comments:
I love 123 New York! Page 5 with the little taxis is my favorite…
5.5.08 at 11:37 am
Erika comments:
Well I love the Sounds Funny Book the most because I think my daughter will love it — the illustrations are fabulous! I like the one of the bubble popping because my little one loves bubbles right now. My second favorite is 123 New York because that is our home away from home!
5.5.08 at 11:40 am
Diana comments:
I loved 123 New York too - great to help prepare for a trip to the Big Apple! And I liked page 5 the best too - my son loves cars of all kinds!
5.5.08 at 11:46 am
Louise Brouillette comments:
I have to go with 123 New York as well, and the page with the cars (5) is cute!
5.5.08 at 11:53 am
Cecilia comments:
I’d choose 123 USA.
5.5.08 at 12:02 pm
Roxanne comments:
123 New York
5.5.08 at 12:45 pm
Jon comments:
USA page 9 - apple pie, ftw
5.5.08 at 12:52 pm
Lo comments:
I would love 123 New York!! We’re New Yorkers. I love the “3″ page because it has three identifiable bridges, including my favorite, the Brooklyn Bridge. Thanks!
5.5.08 at 12:55 pm
Stacy comments:
I think 123 USA: A Cool Counting Book sounds great. All the primary colors would be great for my infant.
5.5.08 at 1:09 pm
Staci J. comments:
I love sounds funny and my daughter would definitely love page 22- POP. She not only loves books, but loves sounds too.
5.5.08 at 1:55 pm
Mary @ Adventures in Mommyland comments:
I like the 123 New York Book. And I like the page with the hot dogs on it. Great giveaway, thanks!
5.5.08 at 2:21 pm
Patti comments:
We would love 123 New York. I travel their frequently for exhibitions, but don’t bring the kids yet…NOT a city for kids under 3!! My son is always so excited to hear about the taxi and subway rides that I loved seeing the page counting the taxi’s. I know he would love it too!
5.5.08 at 2:28 pm
Meredith Peters comments:
Sounds Funny page 22! POP! is always a great fun sound!
5.5.08 at 2:38 pm
Vickie Couturier comments:
I think my grandson would love Sounds Funny,although the other books really sound interesting,I think the Sounds Funny book would be best,please count me in,thanks,great contest
5.5.08 at 2:42 pm
Cindi comments:
All three books are so bright and colorful! I choose the “Sounds Funny’ book. I like the car page where it goes “Vroom!” Please enter me in your drawing. Many thanks,Cindi
5.5.08 at 2:56 pm
Ellie comments:
123 New York is my favorite, I like the page with the 10 hot dogs the best!
5.5.08 at 4:00 pm
Tisha comments:
123 New York is cute… I like the page with the skyscrapers!
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5.5.08 at 4:20 pm
megan comments:
My neice would love these. I like the 123 USA book and the page with the hotdogs!
5.5.08 at 4:28 pm
Graham comments:
123 USA
page 2
5.5.08 at 4:28 pm
Adrienne Gordon comments:
123 new york as my son loves NYC
5.5.08 at 4:35 pm
Scarlett comments:
I love 123 New York and the page that looks like “3 bridges”.
5.5.08 at 4:45 pm
Miranda Allen comments:
123 USA
5.5.08 at 4:51 pm
Genevieve comments:
I’d pick 123 USA, and my favorite page is #4–Mt Rushmore.
5.5.08 at 5:08 pm
misty comments:
I’d like the Sounds Funny book for my toddler. Page 22 is my fav. Thanks for the opportunity.
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5.5.08 at 5:15 pm
Melissa N. comments:
Pages 21-22 of Sounds Funny. My daughter still loves bright illustrations and loves to pop bubbles!
5.5.08 at 5:21 pm
Alicia @ Experiencing Each Moment comments:
Such cute books!!!
5.5.08 at 5:21 pm
Melissa Reeder comments:
My little girls love books! I think we would enjoy the ‘Sounds Funny’ book the most. The illustrations in this book look fabulous and page 22 is my favorite. Thanks!
5.5.08 at 5:28 pm
Michelle T comments:
123 New York and page 5 with the taxis…
5.5.08 at 5:36 pm
Bree comments:
I’d love to win the 123 USA and I love the 3rd page because we live just outside of DC!
5.5.08 at 6:19 pm
jane jakins comments:
thanks
5.5.08 at 6:24 pm
Sheri F comments:
I like the Sounds Funny book and the page with the airplane “ZOOM”!
5.5.08 at 6:37 pm
JenO comments:
I like 123 USA, page 2 is great as we love animals, so we like the eagles!
5.5.08 at 7:22 pm
Lindley comments:
I like the 123 USA and my favorite page is the hot dogs! Very American! Thanks!
5.5.08 at 8:19 pm
julie comments:
sounds funny with page 21 &22 pop! I love making silly sounds to my kids
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5.5.08 at 9:20 pm
Megret comments:
I like pages 9-10 of inside 123 USA. Thank you! meg.wilson@gmail.com
5.5.08 at 10:51 pm
diana jouve vazquez comments:
i le page 5 of the taxis on 123 new york
5.5.08 at 10:58 pm
Becca comments:
Sounds Funny! sounds like fun. My daughter would love the “Woof!” pages.
5.5.08 at 11:23 pm
joahsmom comments:
123 Usa for me. My 7 mth old would love to tackle this book.
5.5.08 at 11:27 pm
Debbie comments:
1, 2, 3 USA
5.5.08 at 11:29 pm
sherry g. comments:
sounds funny is my fave. my daughter would love the page with the car going “vroom”. she immitates cars all the time with this sound.
5.5.08 at 11:37 pm
kelli comments:
I like 123 USA. My favorite pages are 21-22 — I love that they’ve included more information about the images!
5.6.08 at 12:06 am
Jean comments:
123 USA - Apple Pie!
5.6.08 at 12:48 am
Lindsay comments:
123 New York would be my choice.
5.6.08 at 12:57 am
Jessie R. comments:
We would love 123 USA! THANKS!
5.6.08 at 3:26 am
Laura comments:
I am a very visual person, so picture books are my favorite, but yes - the illustrations should definitely be pizazzy and fun! Otherwise, what’s the point?
I like the 123 New York book, and the taxi page is my favorite.
5.6.08 at 7:52 am
linda comments:
no doubt,123 New York
5.6.08 at 8:41 am
rosie comments:
we’d LOVE 123 new york…we live in nyc and my kids would love it. page 5 with the taxis is my favorite…my two love to point out ever taxi they see!
5.6.08 at 9:02 am
Teri Meairs comments:
‘Sounds Funny’ would be a blast for the whole family. I can see it now, every one acting out sounds to poor little Lily! Pages 21 and 22 with POP looks fun! Thanks.
5.6.08 at 11:03 am
sarah comments:
123 New York, page 10 with the hot dogs!
5.6.08 at 11:09 am
charline s comments:
Inside sounds funny pages 21 and 22
5.6.08 at 11:14 am
Linda Ellis comments:
Sounds Funny Book
5.6.08 at 11:30 am
Susan Chester comments:
I like the Sounds Funny book, because my two year old grandaughter loves to hear and say funny sounds. Page 22 with the Pop sound is my favorite.
5.6.08 at 11:51 am
Kathy Scott comments:
123 USA. Thanks for the chance.
5.6.08 at 11:57 am
kathleen comments:
My son would love the sounds funny book, especially the ever popular pages 21-22.
5.6.08 at 12:16 pm
sally wess comments:
Sounds Funny page 22! POP! is always a great word for sounds
5.6.08 at 12:26 pm
israel y comments:
i live in ny now so i’d love to win “123 New York”, page 22 is my favorite
5.6.08 at 12:53 pm
Jennifer M. comments:
123 New York. That’s our hometown! I like 9 Water Towers. DD loves to spy water towers.
5.6.08 at 1:02 pm
tim brown comments:
“123 New York”, page 22 is my favorite
THANK YOU GOD BLESS
5.6.08 at 1:57 pm
meg comments:
Sounds funny POP page 22 is the cutest!!!
5.6.08 at 3:04 pm
jenni!!! comments:
like the 123 New york!
5.6.08 at 4:05 pm
Shelly comments:
123 USA - I like Mount Rushmore for 4!
5.6.08 at 4:21 pm
Linda Lansford comments:
LOVE 123 new york and would love it. page 5 with the taxis is my favorite
5.6.08 at 7:14 pm
Kari Follett comments:
123 New York!!!
5.6.08 at 10:20 pm
Burton Bathrick comments:
123 NY
5.6.08 at 11:11 pm
Danielle S comments:
Sounds funny is fab!
5.7.08 at 11:24 am
Anita comments:
123 USA - Apple pie!
5.7.08 at 2:59 pm
Tarah comments:
123 USA - page 2 with the eagles
5.7.08 at 9:49 pm
Vicky Boackle comments:
123 new york,page 5.
5.7.08 at 10:48 pm
Ami comments:
I would like 123 USA…the hot dog page is my favorite! It makes me laugh!
5.7.08 at 11:01 pm
Jeanine comments:
123 New York - a great book for a New Yorker! Love the baseball page!
5.8.08 at 8:11 am
Tracey comments:
I love the 7 train in 123 New York. My 2 year old son takes the subway everyday and would love to see one in a great counting book
5.8.08 at 8:42 am
sandy comments:
123 usa 2
5.8.08 at 9:00 am
lARRY hOCHSTEIN comments:
123 NEW YORK MY DAUGHTER WITH HER SON THAKES THE TRAIN EVEREY MORNING AND SHE SAYS HE LOVES IT
5.8.08 at 10:40 am
EVELYN comments:
I’m a true NYer through and through. It’s nice to see books representing nyc nicely
5.8.08 at 11:17 am
Kate comments:
123 USA -love the eagles
5.8.08 at 12:03 pm
Kathy Conley comments:
Gotta love page 2 Cooperstown! I would love the Sounds Funny Book
5.8.08 at 1:02 pm
Clifton Wade comments:
My grandchildren would just LOVE these. Thanks for all the great contests!
5.8.08 at 3:03 pm
sherri comments:
love 123 New York, we live nearby, great book
5.8.08 at 7:52 pm
Vicki Wurgler comments:
I like the 123 USA and Mt Rushmore page
5.9.08 at 2:52 pm
Brittany W comments:
I would love to win the Sounds Funny book. The illustrations are great for kids. Page 2 is my personal favorite!
5.9.08 at 11:12 pm
Sylvia Belle comments:
123 New York is great
5.10.08 at 1:55 pm
Sarah comments:
Love Sounds Funny! What a cool concept! My fav is the dog
5.10.08 at 3:50 pm
Lisa Fosses comments:
I like “Sounds Funny” with the page of the bubble popping
5.10.08 at 5:52 pm
Lilia comments:
My husband and I are moving to New York this year for graduate school, so I would love to have 123 New York. My favorite is the taxi page!
5.10.08 at 8:41 pm
christopher h comments:
new york, and i love pg 5
5.11.08 at 4:10 pm
Amanda comments:
I’d want to win the Sounds Funny book, and my favorite page is VROOM! with the car.
5.11.08 at 9:12 pm
Mary Casper comments:
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
5.12.08 at 5:49 pm
Steve Scott comments:
I forgot Mother’s day and I need to make it up to my wife.
5.13.08 at 6:36 am
Donna Coughlin comments:
I love sounds funny and my daughter would definitely love page 22- POP
5.13.08 at 10:43 am
Roger Deming comments:
Great counting book. would love to have it for my classroom.
5.13.08 at 11:22 am
Javier Gonzalez comments:
Sounds Funny P 22!!
J
5.13.08 at 10:56 pm
Angela comments:
I would love to have sounds funny for Connor!
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5.14.08 at 9:34 am
jan koontz comments:
just to cool
5.14.08 at 11:22 am
dianne comments:
The Sounds Funnt Book is my favorite.
5.14.08 at 3:56 pm
dorme comments:
this is great.
5.14.08 at 7:34 pm
Jill L comments:
Comic Sounds, love the Pop page. It’s always fun to make different sounds. I know my 2 year old loves to imitate what she hears.
5.14.08 at 8:00 pm
Elna Mcre comments:
this is a great contest. the comic sounds i like
5.15.08 at 10:09 am
Carol Drury comments:
123 USA and my favorite pages are 21-22
5.15.08 at 8:15 pm
Beth comments:
I would love 123 USA!!! My son is a bookaholic!!! He loves to look at books and listen to me read them!! My favorite page was 9 showing the 9 apple pies! What is more American than apple pie?
Thank you for the chance to win!!
5.16.08 at 12:26 pm
Elizabeth M. comments:
I’d love Sounds Funny and I like the page with Pop! because I think it would be fun to make that sound with my little ones.
5.16.08 at 6:36 pm
Gayle Morgan comments:
Sounds Funny
5.16.08 at 9:37 pm
Kristie Noguera comments:
Sounds Funny looks like a lot of fun.
5.17.08 at 12:22 am
Gina Stratos comments:
My kids would love 123 New York. Ever since they saw James and the Giant Peach, they’ve been smitted with NYC. I like page 3. The illustrations are very clean and graphic. I’d hang that on my living room wall!
5.17.08 at 8:26 am
Sara DeMaster Smith comments:
My son would LOVE the “Sounds Funny” book, especially the page with the airplane going “zoom.”
5.17.08 at 2:05 pm
Anthony Hedden comments:
123 Usa
5.17.08 at 4:49 pm
Peggy Gorman comments:
All too cute and fun to read. My favorite is 123 USA
5.17.08 at 6:40 pm
kenny comments:
grate for my kids
5.17.08 at 6:41 pm
fred comments:
1-2-3 -1-2-3 go 123 USA
5.17.08 at 6:42 pm
DANIELA comments:
what a help when I watch my little grandchildren
5.17.08 at 6:42 pm
heidi comments:
can you ask for anything more? 1-2-3
5.17.08 at 7:53 pm
Frances Watson comments:
I love 123 New York! Page 5 with the little taxis
5.18.08 at 2:28 am
Tara Hill comments:
I would pick Sounds Funny! I think my little man would enjoy that! He loves it when we make sounds! I liked page 2 with the Vroom! Thanks!
5.18.08 at 11:50 am
Jody comments:
123 USA - my preschoolers would love it!
5.18.08 at 12:17 pm
shawna comments:
Would like the 123 USA!
5.18.08 at 1:18 pm
bob comments:
123 New York with the skyscrapers. This will be a hit!
5.18.08 at 4:18 pm
lorene comments:
since we are new yorkers the 123 new york with the hot dogs
5.18.08 at 4:33 pm
Sarah Stern comments:
I would love to win Sounds Funny, and my favorite is the Bubble Pop page!
5.18.08 at 5:11 pm
Ed Nemmers comments:
Sounds Funny; Pop
5.18.08 at 8:14 pm
Sherri Siler comments:
i like 123 usa.
5.18.08 at 9:53 pm
Pamela White comments:
123 USA: A Cool Counting Book is my favorite. I like page 2, 2 eagles.
5.18.08 at 10:19 pm
Roxanne comments:
Sounds funny looks like fun for everyone, I like the zoom of the plane - who doesn’t love a child’s chuckle at hearing new sounds
5.18.08 at 10:38 pm
Susan White comments:
I would love the Sounds Funny book. We would love the dog goes woof page.
Thanks
5.18.08 at 11:09 pm
Jennifer H comments:
I like Sounds Funny. The “pop!” page is funny!
5.18.08 at 11:11 pm
Kelly Ann T. comments:
I like the Sounds Funny book. I like the car page. I guess thats why I’m a NASCAR fan.
5.18.08 at 11:14 pm
C Duran comments:
I would love the 123 New York book. The taxi page is cute!
5.18.08 at 11:40 pm
Carla Pullum comments:
123 New York Book is the best !!! page 22
5.19.08 at 12:36 am
kiyana comments:
Sounds Funny, I like page 22 POP!
5.19.08 at 2:07 am
Veronica Garrett comments:
123 USA:A Cool Counting Book. I like page 1-Statute of Liberty.
5.19.08 at 2:53 am
Timothy Selig comments:
God bless our troops
5.19.08 at 8:27 am
Brooke comments:
I like pages 21-22 of the Sounds book. That’s a cool intro book for kids interested in creating comic books.
5.19.08 at 8:39 am
Melissa Resnick comments:
I love the Sounds Funny Book
5.19.08 at 9:19 am
Janet comments:
inside Sounds Funny! pg21-22
5.19.08 at 9:40 am
sarah woods comments:
123 New York; of course all the way from the state of Mississippi; thanks SW
5.19.08 at 10:13 am
Lily Kwan comments:
I would love to win 123 USA. My favorite pages are 17-18.
5.19.08 at 10:17 am
Carissa D. comments:
I Like Inside 123 USA and page three is the best.
5.19.08 at 11:22 am
Rosanne Morrison comments:
Sounds Funny book page 7
5.19.08 at 1:52 pm
Michelle H. comments:
“Sounds Funny” with the car. I am always making sounds for my little ones toys.
5.19.08 at 7:37 pm
amy delong comments:
i would like any of them,but would really like the funny sounds one!!thanks
5.19.08 at 8:22 pm
elsie comments:
I also would like any of them, but I think the “funny sounds” would work well with the group of ELL children whom I work with on a daily basis. Sounds engage children, with or without any English knowledge. Thank you for this opportunity!
5.19.08 at 11:06 pm
Beverly M comments:
123 New York ..i think these are really great
5.19.08 at 11:34 pm
Kathy D comments:
123 New York sounds really cool
5.20.08 at 1:06 am
Patricia comments:
123 USA, please!