Sounds of the Wild: Nighttime (Pledger Sounds)

I bought this book for my 16 month old daughter because she is into "animal sounds" and we both love Maurice Pleger books. It is our first Maurice Pledger sounds book. It think it has become her new favorite (and we have ALOT of books!!!!) The sounds are interesting and pretty realistic for this type of media. The pictures are amazing. If you open and close it slightly the animals move and the sounds keep playing. The whole experience is incredibly lifelike and multisensory. Because my daughter is so young we just turn the pages and name the main animals in the scene and try to copy the sounds ourselves, but I like that she will get more and more out of it as she gets older. This is a wonderful break from "baby books" and will fascinate toddlers as well as older children. It can be discussed as in a simple or complicated way and would help develop vocabulary in children at many different developmental levels. Unlike the touch-and-feel adventures, however, I do not leave this book when she can get it to look at by herself. This book would be easily destroyed by a younger child left unsupervised. Even when she is with me she wants to pull at the pop-ups because she is used to books with flaps that lift, but we get to learn another good concept - "gentle!" I am definately going to collect the other Maurice Pledger "Sounds" books and recommend this one highly!

I initially saw this book while on vacation at a museum store. I bought other books, but did not want to pack this book and risk damage by baggage handlers. When I returned home, I checked Amazon who had a much better price for the book. Imagine my surprise that there were others in the series. This book is well made with sturdy paper pop-ups. Some pop-up books are so delicate, they tear with the first touch. This one not only is quality paper, but the sounds were realistic and fun. I think I'm just a kid at heart and was just fascinated with the book. I "guess" I'll give it to one of my nieces who loves pop up books, with the caveat that she has to share it with me! LOL. I also plan on ordering the Jungle, Birds and Ocean ones so my other nieces and nephews will have their own books. I would highly recommend this particular book. I have no hesitation to buying the other books in the series since I am so impressed with the quality, color, sounds and liveliness of the pop-up books.

We first purchased the ocean book & loved it. We then bought the others including this title "Nighttime". Each child has different favorites, but they are all really good quality & very educational. Our favorites are the ocean, night & safari. If you do have younger one's as others have noted the pop-ups are somewhat easy to pull out so be careful; however, the younger one's really enjoy them as well so I would still share them w/ them. I actually kept the pieces they pull out & you can use them in scrapbooking or arts/crafts. So, while they tear them out of the book at least you can find another use for them. The sound can vary a bit from book to book in the series & sometimes can be loud. This can be good/bad depending on your child. As an adult it is really neat to turn each page & have the sounds of the animals/mammals/species sound out at you (depends on which book in the series you buy - for example in the ocean book our favorite page with sound are the whales). If the adults find it enjoyable then the children must love it!!! These books are a very good find - the quality is excellent & there is so much to learn in them & they are fun! Highly recommend.

Sound doesn’t work.

My son loves all the books by Maurice Pledger. Enjoys hearing the different sounds and finding the animals/creatures that are hiding within the different pages. I highly recommend the Ocean book version first...our favorite.

Magical. You go on a journey from the first page. The colors are vibrant, the real life sounds are wonderful and the life like pop-ups are awesome! You AND your child will love this book.

Didn’t come with batteries as most sounds books do

My one year old loves this book. Obviously she is not reading it nor am I reading it to her, but she loves the pop-out pictures and the sounds. This is a book that she can grow into and there are several different versions. Can't go wrong here - one year olds to teens.