You Are One

by Sara O'Leary, Karen Klassen (Illustrator)

Overview

A baby’s first year is full of memorable milestones. Learning to crawl, taking first steps, tasting new foods, and forming first words are all exciting achievements. You Are One looks back on each of these universal moments and more, inviting little ones and their parents to celebrate how much they have grown and discovered in just one year, from playing peekaboo to first teeth.



The first in a three-book series, You Are One is designed as a whimsical gift for new parents who will enjoy reflecting on their baby‘s first year and expressing how much their little one is loved.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781771473552
Publisher:	OWLKIDS BOOKS
Publication date:	04/15/2019
Series:	You Are
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	1,112,676
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 7.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD450L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

SARA O’LEARY is a writer for both children and adults. Her picture books include Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet, A Family is a Family is a Family, and This is Sadie.

KAREN KLASSEN is an award-winning freelance illustrator and painter, specializing in fashion, lifestyle, and portrait illustration. She lives in Calgary, Alberta.

Editorial Reviews

"Further strengthening this book's charm is Calgary-based Karen Klassen's artwork... Patterned paintings intermingle portraits of diverse babies with more abstract representations of objects, like toys and food. Babies respond well to faces and expressions, and she has filled this book with them."
—The National Reading Campaign

"Here's a rarity in children's literature... endearing... delightfully textured... features babies of varying skin colors and ethnicities; it's truly inclusive."
– Julie Danielson, Kirkus column

"A warm and fuzzy read."
—School Library Journal

"A joyful picture book... Babies and young toddlers will enjoy both the simple, respectful observations of their activities and the captivating illustrations of babies' faces throughout. Recommended."
—Canadian Review of Materials

From the Publisher

"Both adults and children will enjoy sharing the books in this series to celebrate the milestones of early childhood."

Canadian Children’s Book News

"Both adults and children will enjoy sharing the books in this series to celebrate the milestones of early childhood."

Canadian Children’s Book News

04/01/2016
Baby-Toddler—O'Leary enumerates babies' different achievements during their first year, such as crawling, talking, and walking. "You can nod your head for yes, and shake your head for no, now that you are one. And you are very, very good at the game of peek-a-boo." The general tone is one of reassurance and tenderness. Mixed-media illustrations in goldenrod yellow and turquoise show realistic, multiethnic baby faces with a collage arrangement around each page of this simple book. A few pages contain stamped prints of cubes and brushstrokes of paint as well as pen and ink sketches that will appeal more to adults than to young children. VERDICT A warm and fuzzy read, probably best appreciated by parents commemorating their baby's one-year milestone.—Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA

School Library Journal

2016-03-16
O'Leary celebrates the many things a child has learned how to do over the course of the first year of life in this first of a three-part series. Starting with a babe in arms before progressing to crawling and walking to eating (and wearing) new foods, gesturing for things, and playing with toys, there are so many changes in the first year of life. Throughout, the narrator addresses the 1-year-old directly: "But what will never, ever change / is our love for you." Although the sentiment is plain and the message true, it may be hard to find an audience for this. It's not a board book that can take the abuse of a toddler, nor is it a book that new parents will have to have in their collections. Similar books have gotten by on the strength and appeal of the illustrations, but this one does not have that advantage. While visually interesting and filled with textures and patterns, the pictures themselves are an odd and sometimes-startling mix of artistic and realistic and can be hard to interpret. Characters' visible body parts are painted photorealistically, while their clothing and surroundings are stylized—children may not recognize that one baby is sitting in a box, for instance. Skin tones are a mix, though white predominates. Much better books fill the baby-to-toddler shelves. (Picture book. 0-3)

Kirkus Reviews