Baby Food [Hardcover]

Saxton Freymann (Author), Joost Elffers (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers's most accessible picture book yet--a zoo of baby animals carved out of fruits and veggies, sized (and priced!) perfectly to sell to the gift and children's market.

A menagerie of animals decorate the gloriously colored pages of BABY FOOD. Animals ingeniously carved and cut from a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables, of course--what else would you expect from the talented Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers, who brought us HOW ARE YOU PEELING?! A Chinese eggplant becomes a little penguin and a red pepper transforms into a baby hippo. A turnip becomes a baby duck and a cauliflower a sheep.

Parents, babies, and new moms and pops will love to share these animal babies! They make great winter holiday and Easter gifts for grown-ups too.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Imagine a lamb with a cauliflower body. A baby mouse made of radishes. A yellow-pepper bunny and a lemon bear cub. Yes, Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers--the creators of How Are You Peeling?, Dog Food, and more--are back, this time constructing baby animals out of fruits and vegetables. Each page features a crisp photograph of an adorable baby creature creatively crafted from produce, contrasted with a bold, solid-color backdrop, and identified by name (puppy, kitten, baby alligator, etc.). Children will learn the unusual names of various baby animals (kangaroo joey, seal pup, spiderling, owlet) while they're giggling at the notion of an onion kitten or potato duckling. You'd have to be made of a very hard vegetable indeed to deny the charms of a tiny peanut owl or a kiwi monkey. Irresistible! (Baby to preschool) --Karin Snelson

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 3-Freymann and Elffers return with more whimsical fruit and vegetable creatures. This time they depict a variety of baby animals from the familiar chick, duckling, and kitten to the more unusual seal and armadillo pups. Of course the book's real fascination lies in the authors' ability to carry off such transformations as a radish into a spiderling and an eggplant into a whale calf. The clean layout with clearly labeled animals positioned against bright, colorful backgrounds enhances the visual appeal. Older children may want to try their hand at their own creations. While not an essential purchase, this book encourages readers to view familiar objects in new ways-and it's very funny.
Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books; 1 edition (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439110173
• ISBN-13: 978-0439110174
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,280,087 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Creative Picture Book (Great Baby Gift), August 27, 2009

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Arnim Zola - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Baby Food (Board book)

This is a fun book that's a great small gift for babies. The pictures of food as baby animals is cute and creative.

For older kids (2-3 year olds), try "Food For Thought" Food For Thought by the same author which teaches colors, shapes, numbers, and opposites.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars simple, but cute, January 9, 2009

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Lyla J. Woodward "blessed through adoption" (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby Food (Board book)

I bought this book for my young son as companion to Food for Thought, which is one of my daughter's favorite books. However, I found Food for Thought to be more creative and educational. The pictures are cute and the book is sturdy and fairly priced. Overall, I would recommend it, but not as much as some of their other books.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Daughter is addicted to this book!, June 18, 2005

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C. Wolf "cjwolf8" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby Food (Hardcover)

My 14 mo. old ADORES this book. It's the only one she really wants to read, and she would flip through it for hours at a time if we let her. She loves it so much, we have to hide it from her sometimes so we can get her to go to sleep at night. Wonderful, wonderful book!