You Are My Perfect Baby (Joanna Colter Books) [Board book]

Joyce Carol Thomas (Author), Nneka Bennett (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 27, 1999 | Age Level: 1 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Joanna Colter Books

In tender verse, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Thomas celebrates all that's precious about a new baby, Nneka Bennett's gentle illustrations interpret each line of verse with love and care. You Are My Perfect Baby is the perfect warm welcome for newborns.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Two appealing board books. Purrrrr features an African-American boy who tries to entice his lazy cat to join him in various activities. The bold colors and endearing characters will appeal to toddlers, who will recognize many familiar objects (ball, bat, crayons) and will soon be repeating words from the catchy rhyming text. You Are My Perfect Baby celebrates an infant's "twinkling toes," "wiggly waist," and "tiny ears." The softly colored illustrations show an African-American child playing with toys, eating cereal, taking a bath, and walking with his mother's assistance. As they read the book aloud, parents will enjoy playing with their own little ones' perfect hands and feet, and babies will like the rhythmic, musical quality of the text. These titles will fill the growing need for material for the very young.
Dawn Amsberry, formerly at Oakland Public Library, CA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Joyce Carol Thomas was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Honored with the National Book Award for her first novel, Marked By Fire, she also received the Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor for her collection of poems, Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea. She is also the author of Gingerbread Days, When the Nightingale Sings, and the editor of A Gathering of Flowers: Stories About Being Young In America. She lives in Berkeley, CA.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 1 and up
  
• Board book: 14 pages
• Publisher: HarperFestival (May 27, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0694010960
• ISBN-13: 978-0694010967
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 6.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,136,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Our Newborn - Our Perfect Baby, September 28, 2000

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Darlene (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Are My Perfect Baby (Joanna Colter Books) (Board book)

This little book is our favorite. Our son is 3 months old now and we have been reading this book to him since he was just one week old. He loves to focus on the baby's face and wiggles all over. It's wonderful to have multi-cultural books to offer children. Our baby looks like the baby in the book :) We can't wait to collect the others in this series!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BABY LOVES TO SEE IT, May 28, 2000

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Dawn Bingham (New Orleans, Louisiana) - See all my reviews

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This book is a delight! My child loves to look at the bright illustrations of other baby faces, and loves it when I get to the part that says "You are my perfect baby!" The message of this books is unconditional, affecionate love. Great text! He quiets down whenever I open the pages!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grew with my child, June 16, 2003

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S. Barber "Luvs2Sew" (Garland, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book when my son was 2 months old, now he's 2 years old and he STILL loves it. I love the illustrations of the baby. This is a time when my son can appreciate what the words mean and not just how well they sound together. I'm going to find other books from this group to add to his collection. I'm looking now to purchase one for a friend who's having her first child.