The board book pairs animal pictures with their labels; for instance, pictures of dogs with the word dog, and a picture of an owl with the word owl. Actually, I don't think I needed to explain that. The book is that simple, and that unexciting. It has some value for beginning education. Kids need to learn to label everything, and they like animals. The pictures are nice but not spectacular, and similarly, children will think this book is mildly entertaining, but not fabulous. On a side note, we have another board book exactly like this one, just with different pictures and words, but we like it more because we created a fun game surrounding the pictures. I guess we should have been more creative with this one, and we could rate it higher. Still, a book should stand on its own terms in quality, and this one is just mediocre. ( )