Peek-A-Boo!

By Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg,

Book cover of Peek-A-Boo!

Book description

“Perfectly tuned for a first-book experience.”—Booklist

Peek-a-boo, I see you!

Baby peeks through holes cut in sturdy board book pages. The perfect way for very young children to play along with the classic game of peek-a-boo!

Shepherd is reader supported. When you buy books, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Why read it?

1 author picked Peek-A-Boo! as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This brilliant and surprisingly sophisticated book has a satisfying rhyming pace that breaks every other page, both visually and aurally, into a“Peek-a-Boo!” Tracing one day in the life of a baby boy in wartime London, it’s full of cues for parents to engage in questions and answers. For instance, the baby in the book goes to the park; the scene contains, inter alia, two perambulators, a double-decker bus, a picket fence, a zeppelin, a church spire, pink flowers, children fishing in a shallow pond, a policeman, boys with a toy boat, a gentleman carrying a walking stick and a rolled-up…

Want books like Peek-A-Boo!?

Our community of 10,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Peek-A-Boo!.

Browse books like Peek-A-Boo!

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in infants, zeppelins, and the brain?

10,000+ authors have recommended their favorite books and what they love about them. Browse their picks for the best books about infants, zeppelins, and the brain.

Infants Explore 39 books about infants
Zeppelins Explore 9 books about zeppelins
The Brain Explore 155 books about the brain