This Little Baby - Hardcover

Bradman, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399222022 ISBN 13: 9780399222023

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile, 1990

Synopsis

A new version of the "This Little Piggy" verse in which a baby enjoys the activities of a busy day

About this title

About the Author:

TONY BRADMAN has written more than fifty books for children, including Look Out, He's Behind You (Methuen), the Dilly books (Piccadilly and Magnet) and Has Anyone Seen Jack? for Frances Lincoln. Well-known as a children's book reviewer for Parents magazine, he also founded the Best Book for Babies Award. JENNY WILLIAMS studied illustration at the Wimbledon School of Art. She has illustrated dozens of children's books, including Lion in the Meadow (Dent), A Holiday for the Three Bears and A Bad Week for the Three Bears (Harper Collins).

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-- To the rhythm of "This little piggy," a toddler enjoys common experiences throughout the course of a day. The rhyme adaptation flows smoothly and sticks to the familiar, but some adults may be concerned by "this little baby's being bad." The parents are free of stereotypical roles--mother goes to work and father spends the day with baby. In fact, the baby is generic, and the market and the school show a wide ethnic mix. Individual objects to touch and name move informally around framed scenes of different sizes. All are drawn in pen and ink and colored with bright watercolors. Some of the scenes are quite detailed for young audiences and several times the pictures tell a sequential story (pulling a tablecloth, causing a spill) that is probably too difficult for a toddler's comprehension. There is, however, subtle visual humor to amuse parents or to share with an older sibling. The book is warm and attractive and not too British, but the visual concepts may be beyond the not yet potty trained. --Carolyn Caywood, Virginia Beach Public Library
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0399222022
• ISBN 13: 9780399222023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 26