Baby Born

by Anastasia Suen, Chih-Wei Chang (Illustrator)

Overview

This twentieth-anniversary edition paperback in a sweet story in verse of a baby's first year and a celebration of diversity for readers of all ages.

Baby born
in winter's sleep
snowflakes fall
snuggle deep

Through lovely verse and winsome watercolors, Baby Born celebrates all babies with love! Perfect for shower gifts or for sharing with siblings of new babies, this sturdy colorful book follows new babies through each season and each new step of development, with a surprise under every flap. Sure to become a family read-aloud favorite, Baby Born will appeal to readers big and small.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620140123
Publisher:	Lee & Low Books
Publication date:	10/01/1999
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
File size:	19 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

Anastasia Suen is the author of more than one hundred books for children, including the award-winning Baby Born and Toddler Two, both published by Lee & Low Books, and Up! Up! Up! Skyscraper. Anastasia lives with her family in Plano, Texas. Her website is asuen.com.

Chih-Wei Chang has a degree in illustration from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. A full-time artist and designer, he lives in Taiwan.

Chih-Wei Chang has a degree in illustration from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. A full-time artist and designer, he lives in Taiwan.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-The rhyming text opens "Baby born/in winter's sleep/snowflakes fall/snuggle deep." The verse continues to record milestones in a newborn's development, be it cooing, rolling, creeping, or crawling. Each sentence starts with the word "Baby," thus keeping the text focused and simple. The watercolor illustrations, on the other hand, are anything but. Instead of following one child's growth as the text implies, each page features several children of different races. While the background scenery is detailed and precious, the babies look like floppy dolls with stiff round heads. Older kids, who are hardly distinguishable from the infants, are also included, confusing the issue at hand. The few adults present look like caricatures with one wide-armed man acting more like a scarecrow than a human being. To further muddle this title, flaps lift to reveal people or objects that are annoyingly superfluous. Finally, the quiet text is marred by the fact that while the babies are born in winter, they turn a year old in spring, another incongruous detail too large to overlook.-Martha Topol, Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI

School Library Journal

An adorable lift-the-flap book that works on a number of levels. The soothing verse follows a year in the life of a newborn, from birth to crawling and teething to first words and first steps, while the illustrations highlight the seasons of the year. The simple, gentle rhymes are perfect to read aloud; the patterns of the detailed illustrations include a patchwork of textures and a tumble of babies of every shade: brown, pink, tan, orange, beige. The flaps add an interactive element, revealing fun surprises. Such a sturdy, well-considered board book will please both parents and children. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews

"The soothing verse follows a year in the life of a newborn... while the illustrations highlight the seasons of the year. The simple, gentle rhymes are perfect to read aloud; the patterns of the detailed illustrations include a patchwork of textures and a tumble of babies of every shade..." — Kirkus Reviews

"This gentle celebration of a baby's first year will stimulate thoughts about diversity for years to come." — Multicultural Review

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