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Wild Animal Baby | 
| Publisher: National Wildlife Federation
Buy New: $27.00
as of 9/3/2010 10:18 MDT details
Rating:  reviews
Format: Magazine Subscription, Print
Type: Consumer magazine
Subscription Issues: 10
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 10
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10 Weeks
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Family Favorite March 2, 2010
Elderghod (Connecticut)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is, indeed, a board-book style magazine. Read that as magazine. It's not thick board like some parents may expect - but it's made of thicker board paper which is harder for toddlers to bend or rip. The content each month focuses on two or three animals, one is always presented in photographs and shown interacting with their parents and environment. As some negative reviewers point out, the information is sparse for an older child or adult - however, for a young toddler (under 3) it's the perfect amount of information for their attention and learning needs. My daughter started receiving this (as a birthday gift) on her first birthday and it became a very quick favorite. Animals are an obsession for her and at storytime she is more likely to bring us one of the Animal Baby magazines she has than to pick out a book. (We still like to vary her reading material each day, though, mostly for our own sanity.) She loves getting mail, too! We've always had a ritual of her helping us get the mail when it comes.. and when the magazine arrived and we told her it was for her, she got a huge smile and did a dance. With each issue she gets very excited and carries it immediately to the couch for storytime.
Animal Baby February 18, 2010
Sherry L. Walsh (Danville IL USA)
I believe all children should have access to wildlife and animals of all kinds. I have ordered this for my grandchildren and now my great-grand-children. All of them know that when the maagazine comes, Grandma Sherry has sent them this maagazine. This way they can associate the magazine with this grandma. As they age, I get the next appropriate magazine for them. Thanks for a great magazine.
 Sweet, Formulaic Publication for Toddlers February 12, 2010
goonius (a room in a house on a street in a city just like any other.)
We actually had the opportunity to preview this publication prior to subscribing after finding a few copies in a thrift store. My daughter, at the time 18 months, immediately fell in love with one issue that featured leopards. We must have read that single issue to her 100+ times, seriously.
We already had a subscription for Babybug, and decided to add this one to the mix.
The publication is referred to as being a board book style, but that is a bit deceptive. It's card stock - heavy weight paper that can take a fair amount of abuse - and has a non-glossy finish. I consider the matte finish to be a plus over Babybug's glossy finish. The card stock is also more heavy duty than Babybug.
Each issue repeats a familiar formula, beginning with three pages of stock photographs of the monthly baby animal (displayed on the cover), each page containing a brief descriptive sentence that correlates to the photo. It then moves on to a couple games (ie. Can you find *blank* in the picture? or Can you match the lion animal cracker with the real lion? or Find two animals that are the same color.) There's always a small mimic-the-animal physical activity. My daughter's favorite and most memorable asked you to 'stretch like an arctic fox' and showed a child stretching and on the opposite page, the animal counterpart doing the same. The final pages of the issue - and frankly the most dull for both myself and my daughters - are dedicated to poorly-illustrated and dull stories, with cheesy dialogue. I think they should leave the story-telling to Babybug, as they relentlessly miss the mark month after month with this segment.
But despite the ending always being a let-down, I don't regret subscribing - that is at the more fair price offered through the NWF site. It's always really fun for the kids to get an unexpected surprise in the mail. Nice for mom too. Sometimes these will arrive to coincide with shopping day and they're a great new source of entertainment that gets us through a store trip. Other times their arrival just brightens an otherwise dreary day. They hold up pretty well to multiple readings, and some rough play in between. I love that they have created this publication - and Babybug - for toddlers. This one is especially interesting to children who have a fondness for animals, as does my youngest child. I noticed ages 2-6 associated with this, but will add that my 4 year old has definitely outgrown them. I'd recommend them to children under 3 years.
A really great first magazine November 7, 2009
Aaron's Mommy (Suburbia USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My younger son received this as a gift last year. My older son received Our Big Backyard. Wild Animal Baby is a really great first magazine. There are many large photos with simple sentences, matching, counting, a story, and animal facts. My 1 year old and 3 year old both really enjoy it. It is a small square with durable pages. I just wish it was longer. Plan to renew our subscription to both Animal baby and big backyard.
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