Baby Shower

by Lisa Wheeler, Charlie Alder (Illustrator)

Overview

This playful celebration of babies (and of the people waiting for them to arrive) is a preschool read-aloud delight and a perfect gift for parents-to-be.

Babies here! Babies there! Babies raining everywhere!
Falling faster by the hour. Look out! It's a baby shower!

With rollicking rhyme and scrumptious, brimming pictures, this book is a joyous expression of babyhood. Bouncing babies, crawling babies, snuggling and babbling babies fill the bright and adorable pages of this ode that's sure to become a storytime favorite.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593324639
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	08/02/2022
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.87(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.37(d)
Lexile:	AD270L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Lisa Wheeler is the author of many beloved picture books, including Someone Builds the Dream, Jazz Baby (a Geisel Honor Book), Farmer Dale's Red Pickup Truck, and The Christmas Boot (a Golder Kite Award winner).

Charlie Alder, formerly the art director of a women's magazine, has written and/or illustrated many books for children. She lives in Devon, England, with her husband and son. When not drawing, Charlie can be found in her studio drinking coffee and arranging her crayons.

Editorial Reviews

"This one is a strong candidate for baby or toddler storytimes as well as for sharing one-on-one . . . An adorable, silly, heartwarming rhyme celebrating babies and the joy they bring to their families." —Kirkus

From the Publisher

2022-05-11
Babies rain down from the sky and play together before meeting their families.

Baby shower takes on a new meaning when babies, who range in skin tone, float down from the sky, using umbrellas as parachutes. These rounded, happy figures—some in cute patterned onesies, others in solid colors—aren’t newborns but appear to be about 6 to 14 months old: They sit, crawl, babble, hold hands, reach, roll, toddle, and even jump. There is one set of twins, and one baby wears glasses. Simple rhyming text, delightful to read aloud, describes the babies’ activities, with a refrain of “Babies here! Babies there! / Babies raining everywhere!” Each page is full of babies—and teddy bears and dogs—but no adults appear until the penultimate spread, which answers the question, “Why did they come? / What could it be? / Who did each baby come to see? // They’re here to meet their family!” This double-page spread depicts a racially diverse group of families: mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and siblings. This one is a strong candidate for baby or toddler storytimes as well as for sharing one-on-one. For families expecting a younger sibling, this whimsical take would pair well with Alison McGhee’s poetic World So Wide (illustrated by Kate Alizadeh, 2020) or Sophie Blackall’s more factual The Baby Tree (2014). (This book was reviewed digitally.)

An adorable, silly, heartwarming rhyme celebrating babies and the joy they bring to their families. (Picture book. 0-3)

Kirkus Reviews