Baby Beluga (Raffi Songs to Read) Paperback – Picture Book, March 17, 1992

Everybody loves Raphi and this is a perfect book to engage the children in for a sing along story. Perfect for bedtime. Beautifully illustrated children’s book.

Love this book so much. The photos are stunning. Some of the reviews mention that the page that mentioned dolphins has a picture of killer whales and were upset. Just to let you know killer whales are not whales they are in fact the largest member of the dolphin family so this book is accurate with its pictures. Kinda like a koala bear isn’t actually a bear. I hope this helps and it opens up a great conversation on the topic.

Best book ever

Baby Bluega is such a charming and calming read for both parents and little ones. The illustrations are soothing and adorable, and the message is simple yet meaningful—perfect for winding down before nap or bedtime. The hardcover is sturdy and well-made, great for toddlers who love to flip through books themselves. It’s quickly become a favorite in our daily routine. Highly recommend for any young family!

The media could not be loaded. Such a cute kid book! I grew up with the song and was excited to see it in book form. The book itself is a pretty sturdy board book which is nice (though it is smaller than I thought it would be).

At 2 years old my youngest daughter fell in love with this song (illustrated here in board book form). At 3 1/2 she still loves this book and her 7 year old sister enjoys it too. The illustrations are artistic enough that my older daughter doesn't feel it is too "babyish", and yet are very realistic (to the extent that the baby whale is still somewhat animated) and subdued so that they are soothing for my younger child as well.It is a simple, catchy tune about a baby beluga whale. The pictures are engaging and my daughter loves this book as much as the song. She flips through the pages and from the illustrations generally knows when to turn the page along with the memorized lyrics that she knows. The words are completely true to the Raffi song.Several of the illustrations also contain other sea animals (puffin, walrus, etc.) that are fun for us to study the pictures and identify. The only trouble my daughter has is that on pages where there is only one beluga whale in the scene she is either sad for the baby that his mother is not there, or due to a trouble understanding proportions, thinks the baby is missing and the whale is the mother. Perhaps more could have been done to make the baby always visually distinct as such, but then again, she's only 3 :) -- my 7 year old and I both recognize the baby!The sweetest picture for me and the one my little one especially loves is the night time picture in which the mommy beluga whale is hugging her sleeping baby under her fin. I'm not a marine biologist, but I doubt this is how beluga whales sleep. Nonetheless, it strikes a chord with my co-sleeping toddler and helps to make this a great bedtime book!

Love this story.

Love the illustration!