Baby Einstein: Van Gogh's World of Color (Baby Einstein Books)

Introduce your babies to birds, cats, dogs, and babies through fine art, illustration, and photographs. These books are a rare opportunity to expose little ones to a range of images on a single subject, from simple child's drawings and abstract art to playful photos. A brief text accompanies each image, introducing the baby to some basic -- and sometimes playful -- information about the subjects.

Colorful die-cut tabs on the side of Van Gogh's World of Color correlate to actual artwork from the painter and invite youngsters to study color concepts. Critical questions and quotes appear on each spread. "Orange," for example, shows the painting Fourteen Sunflowers in a Vase and asks "Why do you think these flowers are called sunflowers?" The tabbed pages of Poems for Little Ones link familiar objects with the works of famous poets. "Grass" places an excerpt from Tennessee Williams's "Heavenly Grass" alongside a photograph of sunlight warming thick blades. Below, text questions "How do you think this grass would feel under your bare feet?" and implores readers to "think of words that rhyme with `grass.' " (Oct.

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