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Baby Brains: The Smartest Baby in the Whole World.

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The librairian at my school read this book to us and we were all really laughing. Baby brains is such a cute baby and so silly. It's about a baby who is so smart he goes to school when he is just a day old. He can read and is a doctor and even decides to be an astronaut. There is a surprise at the end too so I won't tell you too much about that. You should get this book for your kids they will love it.

Baby brains is a very cute book ....My son is 2 years old and loves us to read it to him multiple times......it has just the right amount of words to keep you and your child interested. you won't be sorry for buying this book.

Bryan

My husband and I are new to the world of children's books (we have a 7 month-old) but we love this book! It is definitely one that parents can enjoy. The pictures are great.

This book pokes fun at superparents who want to raise child geniuses, but it does it in a gentle, humorous way that highlights the love between parents and their babies. A good read for all ages.

We're all familiar with those insufferable parents whose sole goal in life seems to be to produce prodigiously intelligent offspring. The kinds of people who pipe Mozart to their infants while still within the womb and, once born, force them to stare at countless hours of "Baby Einstein" on DVD. Well what if their efforts paid off a little too well? What if they got everything they wanted... and more? Simon James is the author/illustrator who dares to pose that very question. As the author himself says on his bookflap, "This story came along as many of my friends seemed to be having `clever' babies". Taking these parents as his guide, he constructs a parent's dreamchild. But be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.

Now Mr. and Mrs. Brains were determined to have an intelligent child. They did all the right things you should do to insure a smart infant, short of devouring copious amounts of fish. They read aloud to Mrs. Brains's pregnant tummy. They played music at it. They even turned up the sound on the tv when the news came on (which, depending on what station they were accustomed to watching, could have yielded some very interesting results). So when their little Baby Brains was born they shouldn't have been too surprised at his brilliance. Still, Baby Brains was extraordinary. One day out of the womb and he was fixing the car. Two days out of the womb and he was participating in school. Two weeks and he was a doctor at the local hospital. When the space program calls up, it seems only natural that Baby Brains would accept their offer to go into the wild blue yonder. But with their baby's popularity, Mr. and Mrs. Brains see less of their child. What will it take to get him back in their arms? The answer is more obvious than you might think.

This book is just as much about the trappings of fame as it is about the emotional needs of the very very smart. The book's climax comes when Baby Brains is floating in space on a tether. "Baby Brains looked up at the vast starlit sky above him. He looked down at the vast starlit sky below him". And finding himself in that state where the human being is floating like a fetus in a womb (you could probably write an entire thesis on the idea of the baby image from the movie "2001" now finding himself in the role of the astronaut) he lifts his head to the skies and cries out, "I want my mommy!". Happy ending (and cute twist at the very very end) for all involved. Simon James has a drawing style that conjures up the twisted pennings of Quentin Blake, only softer and sweeter. The pictures are amusing and the plot downright whimsical. All in all, if you're looking for a cute but intelligent picture book for your young `uns that was written in the last 5 or so years, "Baby Brains" is a sure-fire hit. As impossible to dislike as sweet honey on the vine.

Very simple nice children's book. The box had enough room to fit 25 to 30 books with no packing! None, not any, 0, nada, nil. So in transit the book moved around in the box and since it was a soft cover magazine sized book a corner was dinged just a bit. well it is for a baby shower so my wife is annoyed. the ding was small and we will just give it to the expectant mother... Come on amazon a little common sense please.

My preschool son and daughter enjoy this book. They laugh when it says "I want my mommy!", and repeat it over and over. Any time they do something really smart, we call them baby brains and they love it. I think the book shows there is a balance between the accomplishment of achieving all you can, but still wanting your family at the end of the day.

An outrageous account of the activities of a newborn baby! Sure to tickle the dreams and hopes of every new parent.

This is a cute book about 2 anxious (1st time?) expectant parents who read, talk, and play music to their unborn child in utero. When their baby arrives, they bring him home only to find that he is precocious beyond belief. If you can put aside the social commentary on overbearing parents, I think that the author's message is that at the end of the day, kids will be kids... and the parents realize (like all parents) that deep down, they don't want their baby to grow up too quickly! Even when my son was only 2, he loved having this book read to him - he thinks it's cool to see the baby doing all of this grown up stuff. We have given this book (along with the sequel, Baby Brains Superstar) as presents to friends who are new parents, and they have enjoyed the books as well. If you like this book, I would also recommend the books by Kevin Henkes, such as Chester's Way, and Lily's Plastic Purple Purse.

I've seen a bunch of kid books over the years that made me wonder why trees had to die, but I loved this one. Nice illustrations, funny plot line, last page is a real twist. "I WANT MY MOMMY!" is a memorable page. Some reviewers didn't like it, but I did.