This book looks at different types of babies - including polar bear cubs, baby bats, piglets, and humans - and how they grow and develop.
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From Publishers Weekly
This upbeat if slim volume takes a cursory look at how human babies' development compares to that of various animals, revealing similarities as well as differences among species. Manning and Granstrom ably target their audience with a simple yet descriptive presentation: "All over the earth, babies are getting dirty!... If you were a cat or a polecat kitten you would be licked clean every day by your mom's rough tongue." Children learn that while "You slept cozy in a crib with blankets and gentle music," baby bats "sleep upside down, hanging on with tiny fingernails in a drafty old roof space." Combining somewhat childlike spot art, an open, 26-point typeface and handlettered captions, these pages have an informal feel. Though not a must-buy, this holds a dual enticement for preschoolers, who can't seem to get enough information about tiny animals, a category that includes themselves as babies. Ages 2-6.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1?An entertaining and informative comparison of human infants and children with puppies, elephant calves, polar bear cubs, cuckoo chicks, seal pups, and many other familiar and exotic animals. The authors touch on gestation, feeding, sleeping, transportation, and cleanliness. The differences in animal development are explained in lively, informal words. The main text is printed in a traditional Roman typeface; captions for the illustrations are hand-lettered. The cartoonlike watercolors are splashed across the pages in an interesting variety of sizes and positions. The artwork is simple, amusing, energetic, and realistic. For example, a nude infant is shown lying on a very messy diaper, and another baby is shown being breast fed. The children depicted are winsome and multiethnic.?Patricia Pearl Dole, formerly at First Presbyterian School, Martinsville, VA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Wonderful for young children,
By Kimberly Anthony (Maple Grove, MN, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: World Is Full of Babies, The (Hardcover)
My toddler loves this book! She identified with the babies and learned that other animals nurse just as she does. It also put the babies in the womb into some sort of a context for her which is helping to prepare her for her new sibling. This is a good book for breastfed children and attachment parents.
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