Board books are both hard and easy to write (I assume–never having written one myself). On the one hand, they just have to be short and colorful–the content doesn’t matter all that much to the kid in question most of the time. On the other hand, they do have to be decent for the parents if you don’t want to drive us insane. Fortunately Hannah Estes and Jessica Hiatt have hit that balance well in the latest three entries into the “Tiny Hands” board book series: tiny hands Apostles’ Creed, tiny hands Hymns (volume 2), and tiny hands Psalms.
Each of these books is short, well written, cleverly written, and age-appropriate without being so simple as to drive parents batty. In other words, these books are just what children’s board books should be.
The biggest issue here (and I expect this to change in the near future since these are newly published) is the price. Board books have always been overpriced, and these are no exception. At $12 a pop on Amazon, that’s… a lot. I know, I know, things are expensive, publisher’s margins are nil, and authors/illustrators want to get paid. I get it. But still.
Aside from that, these books are great and would go well on your board book shelf or work well as a gift to those with the young’uns.
Dr. Coyle Neal is co-host of the City of Man Podcast an Amazon Associate (which is linked in this blog), and teaches Political Science and History in Southwest Missouri.
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