New York Times Best Board Book for Babies 2025
10 Best Board Books for Babies, Booktrust 
Silver Winner MadeForMums Award 2024
Parent Club Baby Box Book 2023, gifted by the Scottish Government to every newborn
Bookstart Book 2022, gifted to every newborn in England, Wales and N. Ireland

This high-contrast, fold-out book is the essential first book for newborn babies. Designed for tummy time, the panorama of images can be spread out in front of them, so it’s perfect for keeping a baby’s brain busy while their muscles are hard at work.

Tummy Time! is a double-sided, fold-out book with mirror designed as a very first book for newborns and perfect for tummy time. It keeps their brains busy while their bodies are hard at work.

With high-contrast images on one side, perfect for newborns' developing vision, and photos of babies on the other because babies love looking at other babies. There's a mirror, too, because older babies love looking at themselves. Whether you stand it up in front of them when they are on their tummies, to the side of them during nappy changes, or read it together like a book, the mesmerising patterns, high-contrasting colours, and baby faces will encourage babies to look at and “read” each image.

Suitable from birth to 1 year.

Sharing books with your child is one of the most beneficial things you can do to give them a head start in life, so why not start from birth. It’s proven to be good for them!

Look out for Reading Time and Playtime!, more tummy time books from Mama Makes Books.

Safety tested and printed on FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council) board.

Prizes

Winner of MadeForMums Awards 2024 2024 (UK)

This book is a wonderful tool for encouraging babies to engage in Tummy Time as it so perfectly gives baby something interesting and motivating to observe whilst in this important and supervised position for play. Tummy Time not only prevents flat spots on the back of baby’s head, it supports the development of their spinal curves, and encourages them to use the muscles needed for later milestones such as rolling, sitting, crawling and even refined hand skills. Using this book is a great opportunity to build strong attachments between parent/caregiver and baby; I always say the first thing babies love is a parent's face, the second is a book and this is just the ticket - it allows for that wonderful connection time together which builds babies' brains. The contrasting colours of the book are ideal for younger babies, and really supports visual perceptual skills of older babies too. I love how the book even has a mirror, which means that babies can explore their facial expressions as they learn about their bodies. I highly recommend this book for parents to use with their little ones, and will be adding to the resources of my Tummy Time Practitioners to use in their classes and workshops. 

A game changer!

Got this free from our health visitor via the BookTrust scheme and it is excellent. He loves it and we actually do tummy time now! ***** 

We got this free from our library. My baby loves it. We had bought some expensive cards similar to this online. There was no need, he prefers this book, now I am on the hunt for another. ***** 

This book is a wonderful tool for encouraging babies to engage in Tummy Time as it so perfectly gives baby something interesting and motivating to observe whilst in this important and supervised position for play. Tummy Time not only prevents flat spots on the back of baby’s head, it supports the development of their spinal curves, and encourages them to use the muscles needed for later milestones such as rolling, sitting, crawling and even refined hand skills. Using this book is a great opportunity to build strong attachments between parent/caregiver and baby; I always say the first thing babies love is a parent's face, the second is a book and this is just the ticket - it allows for that wonderful connection time together which builds babies' brains. The contrasting colours of the book are ideal for younger babies, and really supports visual perceptual skills of older babies too. I love how the book even has a mirror, which means that babies can explore their facial expressions as they learn about their bodies. I highly recommend this book for parents to use with their little ones, and will be adding to the resources of my Tummy Time Practitioners to use in their classes and workshops.

Selected in Top Ten Brilliant Books for Babies: Babies are hard-wired from birth to respond to high-contrast images and they absolutely love looking at other babies’ faces! A visually arresting, concertina book designed for sensory discovery, this can be used from the very first months, both during tummy time and as a page-turning book to share. 

This cheerful, double-sided foldout book features photos of other wee ones happily engaged in simple activities (kicking their legs, tickling their toes), alongside high-contrast shapes.

Mama Makes Books is a small, independent publishing company founded in 2020, producing books for newborns to eight-year-olds. We make books with love – for children and the planet. We know that the early years matter and want our books to add value to children's lives. We endeavour to be a carbon-neutral company, ethical, sustainable, charitable and inclusive.