I love all the baby animals in this book, and they are bright and fun illustrations. This would be an adorable board book or baby's first book.

Step by Step is a lovely little story with cute illustrations. It is perfect for very young children who will enjoy seeing the baby animals attempt to learn to walk.

Thank you to NetGalley and Clavis Publishing for my ARC.

A little mouse wants to have its arms free to play the piccolo, a kitten needs to be mobile enough to chase a ball of wool, while an eager penguin chick wants to use the stilts and a skipping rope, even if not at the same time. Yes, the whole world's keen on getting past the crawling stage – and the very, very young person this will be shared with is hereby encouraged to not take failure lying down, but to bounce back up until they're upright and bipedal. Not being a breeder I have no idea whether walking should come first, or being able to absorb this text, or being able to identify a hippo – but it did seem to me that toddling was something, er, toddlers, did, and interacting with texts such as this came second. Still, I guess you might be able to improvise a kind of game with these very brief contents, and get your bab bob-bob-bobbing along.

This is a cute little children's board book which shows pictures of baby animals who are learning how to stand up and walk. Sometimes they will fall and that is ok as they will get up again to try once more. All babies and toddlers will love this book. I enjoyed reading it with my daughter.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Step By Step is an adorably illustrated exploration of baby's first steps. The artwork of baby animals wobbling their way through the various stages of learning to get up and walk is cute, expressive, and rendered in a cozy, bright color palette. The text doesn't live up to the illustrations, though, as the lack of capitalization and punctuation makes it an awkward read; it could also benefit from some kind of rhyme, rhythm, or repetition pattern to give it a kind of structure and shape. Despite this, though, it's a sweet, cute book, appropriate for bedtime read-aloud.

Thank you to Clavis Publishing and NetGalley for the advance review copy!

A cute little board book perfect for reading to toddlers just learning to walk. The illustrations are charming and colorful, sure to catch the child's eye. I really enjoyed that aspect.

My main critique is the lack of capitalization and punctuation in every sentence, which made it feel like I was stumbling through run-on sentences. I had to visually correct myself each page, which takes away the enjoyment of reading for the adult.
And, ff a child is using this when they're learning to read, they'll miss that integral part of sentence structure which can be confusing. It seemed like an omission based on a desired look of simplicity more than deep thought into teaching.

Very cute baby animal art around a story of learning how to walk, being safe, and being ok to fall. The art will be attractive and provide lots of re-read value when your kids wants to read it again (and again and again!).

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read and review.

This will be a great addition to any baby's personal library. It shows baby animals and what they need to do to help them learn to walk. It is very cute.

'Step by Step' is an adorable book about learning baby animals learning to walk. I liked the reassuring tone that it takes time and determination to learn to walk. It lets young children know that it won't be easy and they will fall, but they will eventually learn how to stand and walk. The lack of capitalization and punctuation was a little distracting in this book. Overall, a very sweet book for very young children while they're learning to walk.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC.

I have read thousands of kids books and I can say I have never read anything about learning to walk. What a great idea! I loved all the baby animals and the story line. How fun for little ones to hear about walking from animals point of view!! Adorable! Illustrations were well done - soft lines and bright colors perfect for young ones and parents alike!

As much as I enjoyed the story, I do wish the author would have used correct punctuation and capitalization. I think this took away from the adult enjoyment. I found myself correcting the missing things.

Overall, well done. If I was giving stars based on story and illustrations alone, 5 of 5. But due to the writing style, I have to rate 4 out of 5.