You're Here!

by Karla Oceanak, Julie Rowan-Zoch (Illustrator)

Overview

In this adorable gift board book for newborns, baby elephant's arrival is welcomed in celebratory rhyme. The sometimes sweet, sometimes silly story calls out many of the things baby will learn to do during the first year. With space to write To, From and brief message of congratulations, this book makes a heartfelt gift that will be read over and over and cherished forever. Also in the Year-by-Year series: You're One! and You're Two!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934649459
Publisher:	Bailiwick Press
Publication date:	10/07/2014
Series:	Year-by-Year Books Series
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 4.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 1 Years

About the Author

Karla Oceanak is also the author of the Aldo Zelnick Comic Novel Series for children. A public speaker for childhood literacy, she has been a writer and editor for more than 20 years. Julie Rowan-Zoch is a graphic designer and picture book author and illustrator. They both live in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Editorial Reviews

10/13/2014
This exuberant ode to a baby’s accomplishments during its first year kicks off the Year-by-Year Books series (You’re One! and You’re Two! are available simultaneously). “So much, much will happen/ in 12 months to come!/ You’ll wriggle and smile/ and suck your wee thumb,” writes Oceanak beside newcomer Rowan-Zoch’s delicately colored sketch of a baby elephant. Eating, speaking first words, and crawling are other highlighted milestones, and while the rhymes occasionally skirt the edge of being too precious, Oceanak balances those moments with an acknowledgment of parental weariness amid all that first-year joy: “And we knock, knock on wood/ that you’ll sleep through the night.” Up to age 1. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

"Petite and perfect for giving to new parents, You're Here! is a charming ode to the sweet stages of a baby's first year. Lovely pastel elephant illustrations add a playful, adorable note to the bouncy rhyming text. A treasure to tuck into a baby shower gift or bring to new parents!" — Cathy Ballou Mealey

"A totally sweet and adorable book for baby's first year. Precious!" — Catherine Johnson

"This is a precious book for babies. It is uniquely written and the illustrations are sweet and appropriate. It's just the right size to hold while reading to your baby and for them to hold when developing their own love for books." — Peggy (on Goodreads)

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