Tummy Girl [Hardcover]

Roseanne Thong (Author), Sam Williams (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up

Celebrate the girl you love

From wobbly first steps to romping in the rain, this vibrant book captures the precious early years of a child’s life and a parent’s wish for her bright future. Styled as an adorable “album” of art and verse, this is a fresh new portrait of the most cherished years of childhood.

 

Tummy Girl is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-K—This is a sweet romp of a rhyme about a "pink-as-a-piggly" baby who is growing up in the blink of an eye. There is so much to recommend here: the delicious verse and its galloping pace; the illustrations, on the vibrant spreads, that look like snapshots, coaxing little ones to remember that they are the centerpieces of their parents' lives; and the nudge to parents to keep in mind that selfsame truth. "Soon you'll be my older girl,/A taller-than-my-shoulder girl,/An 'I can do it!' older girl...,/You'll always be my Tummy Girl!" The charcoal-and-pastel pictures are thoughtful and exuberant in their depiction of such behaviors as crawling, feeding oneself, and dressing up. Children will cherish Tummy Girl.—Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY
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From Booklist

Kids like stories about themselves as babies, and this look back and forward at a young child's life has that appeal. Designed in the style of a photo album, this book uses both "snapshots" and big, unbordered pictures that spill across the pages. The first illustration is an oversize picture in charcoal and pastels of an infant contemplating her belly button: "Once there was a Tummy Girl. . . . A full-of-warm-milk yummy girl." The adorable baby becomes a toddler who plays hide-and-seek and stabs at her food. Children will enjoy watching the girl grow--dancing, playing dress up, acting in a school play--against shiny backgrounds of apple red, lemon yellow, and other fruity hues. The rhyme style, which uses girl to end the first four lines and a word that rhymes with it at the end of the fifth may seem a little tedious to adults, though the repetition should appeal to kids. Ilene Cooper
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); First Edition edition (March 29, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805076093
• ISBN-13: 978-0805076097
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #443,952 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tummy Girl Delights, May 4, 2007

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Jennifer "Story Lady" (Oregon Coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tummy Girl (Hardcover)

This charming book gives a sweet look at a baby girl and growing up. Delightful, unique artwork created with charcoal and pastels from the front to the back endpapers. The rhyming text is wonderfully bouncy and bubbly. A fun book to read together that will make little girls giggle and mommies and daddies smile. (At least this mommy did.)

5.0 out of 5 stars Instant bedtime classic!!, November 7, 2010

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We borrowed from the library and fell in love. I ordered this sweet book for my 2 year old for a dollar!! Thank you!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Cute book, September 10, 2010

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Misty A. Jimenez "busymom" (Friendswood, TX) - See all my reviews
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This is a wonderful book for you and the little girl in your life. My stepdaughter loves it, and my son even likes to look at the pictures and talk about the 'baby'.
BUY IT! :)