The Baby Hustle: An Interactive Book with Wiggles and Giggles!

by Jane Schoenberg, Liz Conrad (Illustrator)

Overview

It’s time to shake, shake, shake, let’s do the baby hustle.
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It’s time to shake, shake, shake, let’s do the baby hustle.
It’s not easy getting this show on the road!

Every parent is familiar with the baby hustle—it’s the dance of getting your baby ready, yourself ready, and finally getting out the door. This book puts all that commotion in a humorous light! This novelty board book has moving parts so that children can make the baby dance and wiggle as they do the baby hustle. Jane Schoenberg's hilarious text will resonate with all parents, and Liz Conrad’s energetic illustrations bring this story to life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416980506
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	04/06/2010
Pages:	12
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 4 Years

About the Author

Jane Schoenberg is an award-winning author and songwriter for children. Her songs have been featured on National Public Radio and kids’ music programs across the country.

Liz Conrad took the long and winding road through graphic design, advertising, freelance illustration, and motherhood that finally landed her on the doorstep of children’s publishing. Now she creates art with cut paper, paint, and pencils for a variety of picture, board and novelty books. Liz currently lives in the Atlanta area where she shares a somewhat empty nest with her husband, two dogs, and one very domineering cat.

Editorial Reviews

Shake, shake, shake,/ let’s do the baby hustle./ It’s not easy getting this show on the road!” As baby’s parents try to prepare for an outing, baby throws diapers, plays peek-a-boo, and loses a shoe. Young readers should enjoy the interactive elements—making the baby’s bottom shimmy—but the joke may connect best with long-suffering parents. Up to age 4. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

Wan cartoons of a broadly smiling baby accompany undistinguished verse in a book that hopes gimmickry will counteract deja vu. "Shake, shake, shake, / let's do the baby hustle. / It's not easy getting this show on the road!" Opposite, the baby holds a set of toy keys; these are a separate piece of die-cut cardboard set on a pivot within a die-cut window that allows readers to "shake" the keys. Similar die cuts feature the baby's legs and the whole tot. The fun of hands-on manipulation is compromised by the extreme thickness of the die-cut pages; frustrated readers may well spend time and energy trying to unstick pages that aren't really stuck, a problem compounded by the fact that the pages with no die cuts are of normal thickness. Give this one a pass. (Board book. 6 mos.-2)

Kirkus Reviews