HELLO BABY (Just Right Books) - Hardcover

Doyle, Charlotte

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394902653 ISBN 13: 9780394902654

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 1989

Synopsis

Homer discovers what babies can and cannot do when his mother brings home his new brother Leo

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-- This view of a newborn as an uninteresting nuisance whose only value lies in his potential may be unacceptable to some adults. Homer's parents explain all of the things that babies can't do, but assure him that everyone starts out that way. Homer makes up a song, "No, there's not much a baby can do./ But I was once a baby, and so were you." Things look better when three-week-old Leo responds to Homer's presence by flapping his arms--now the baby's doing something. The book introduces facts about babies expressed in the negative--can't chew, can't talk, can't walk--and Homer has to make a "mistake" to elicit each piece of information, magnifying the negative cast. In contrast, Homer's mother has the same simple smile on her face whether she's explaining that the baby can't do much or commenting on the "mess in his pants." Aliki's Welcome, Little Baby (Greenwillow, 1987) introduces the state of the newborn and indicates how her world will expand without framing her developing nature in the negative or as a disability. --Liza Bliss, Worcester Public Library, MA
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0394902653
• ISBN 13: 9780394902654
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 30