Animal Babies Like to Play: A Rhyming Picture Book About the Alphabet and Diversity for Kids (Ages 4-8) - Hardcover

Adams, Jennifer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062394479 ISBN 13: 9780062394477

Publisher: Clarion Books, 2019

Synopsis

Jennifer Adams, the author of the bestselling BabyLit series, teams up with Mary Lundquist, author and illustrator of Cat & Bunny, to create an irresistible picture book featuring little ones dressed as animals, from A to Z.

Animal babies from Alligator to Zebra play, explore, and wonder in this celebration of children in all their glorious diversity.

Alligator baby wants to play.
Bunny baby says, “Okay.”
Cat baby reads a book.
Dog baby sleeps in a nook.

About this title

About the Authors

Jennifer Adams is the author of more than fifty books, including I Am a Warrior Goddess and the bestselling BabyLit series, which introduces small children to the world of classic literature. She loves old stone walls, lightning storms, letterpress printing, cattails, dragonflies, beautifully wrapped packages, and the first snowfall. She works as a children’s book editor at Sounds True and lives with her husband in Salt Lake City. Visit her website at www.jennifer-adams.com.

Mary Lundquist is the author and illustrator of Cat & Bunny and the illustrator of several other picture books, including One Little Two Little Three Little Children and Bloom. She graduated with a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and now lives with her husband and sons in Vermont. You can see more of her work on her website, www.marylundquist.com.

From the Back Cover

Alligator baby wants to play.

Bunny baby says, “Okay.”

Cat baby reads a book.

Dog baby sleeps in a nook.

“Animal babies” from Alligator to Zebra play, explore, and wonder in this celebration of children in all their glorious diversity.

Reviews

Toddler-PreS–Dressed head-to-toe as "baby" animals, kids find active ways to spend their day appearing in animal alphabetical order. "Alligator baby wants to play./Bunny baby says, 'Okay.'" There is very little story here, and the text simply restates what happens in the pictures. In some cases, the text would be indecipherable without the illustrations. (For example, "Vulture baby says, 'You haven't caught one yet?'" is pictured with another child chasing butterflies.) Several of the depicted activities are beyond the scope of the preschool audience (playing jacks, skipping rocks), and the early elementary set will find the "baby" theme distasteful. Disappointingly, the animals seem arbitrarily selected, and the text relies entirely on the illustrations to hold it together. Lundquist's gouache and pencil illustrations are gentle and whimsical, just like the subjects of her pictures. She effectively uses minimalist backgrounds, making details in the forefront pop with color. VERDICT Other than the illustrations, there is little else to recommend this book. With so many alphabet books on the market, this one can be passed over.—Richelle Rose, Kenton County Public Library, KY

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062394479
• ISBN 13: 9780062394477
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Lundquist Mary
• Number of pages: 32