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Family members and friends entertain a new baby on his first night at home
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PreSchool-Grade 1 A common theme, a new baby in the family, is housed in a unique package. Magic marker picto graphs on aqua-colored endpapers pre cede the brightly-colored expressionis tic illustrations which accompany the lyrics to a popular new wave song writ ten by the lead singer of the Talking Heads. The text, simple and repetitive, with a pounding beat and an irreverent outlook, begins, ``Mommy had a little baby. /There he is fast asleep. /He's just a little plaything. /Why not wake him up?'' The narrator, an older sibling, ex presses the jealousy and interest she feels towards the new baby. The mock ing tone of the text ridicules adult senti mentality by a juxtaposition of oppos ing views. The ambivalence the narrator feels for the new baby is also supported by the illustrations. The sis ter begs to hold the baby, but the following illustration shows her pulling the baby's hair. The emotional tone of the illustrations is upheaval and uncer tainty. Illustrations are in flat perspec tive and at unusual angles, so items of ten appear to be falling out of the frame. This high energy piece should appeal to children who are more honest about their fears and jealousies than adults. And the comforting resolution, brother, sister, baby, and dog finally alseep to gether, should soothe some of those real fears. Karen K. Radtke, Milwau kee Public Library
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Kalman's paintings accompany the words to "Stay Up Late," the Talking Heads song. The action in this book is all in the pictures. A girl and boy somewhat cruelly entertain themselves by preventing their baby brother from sleepingyanking and tossing him, pulling his hair, blasting him with music: "He's just a little plaything/ Why not wake him up?" Meanwhile, adults are shown drinking, dancing, daydreaming or napping, but not paying much attention to the children. Kalman uses a pseudochildish composition and styleimaginative and energetic, with lots of inventive asidesbut her art has a mean-spirited edge that takes its cue from the lyrics: "We want to make him stay up all night." This book has a definite appeal for hip adults, but it's not for the literal-minded child. All ages.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Stay Up Late
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Viking Kestrel, New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 067081895X
ISBN 13: 9780670818952
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Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover, unpaginated. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Maira Kalman (illustrator). Raised cloth boards. Rubbing to boards. Minor bumping to boards. Age wear to free endpapers. Pictorial paste-downs and free endpapers. Soiling to pages. Small tear to "Little baby goes "Wooo" all night long," page. Significant wear to dust jacket. Reading, handling and shelf wear to dust jacket. Bumping, rubbing, creasing and scuffing to dust jacket. Tearing to dust jacket on back upper right corner and in spots on bottom front of dust jacket. Chipping to dust jacket. Soiling to inner and outer dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 11042
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Stay up Late
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1987, 1987
ISBN 10: 067081895X
ISBN 13: 9780670818952
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Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Kalman, Maira (illustrator). 4to, 1st Edition. Very Good, a few pages with a few smudge marks from grimy kids.in a Very Good very lightly soiled D.J.a nice copy.(L1/5). Seller Inventory # 107b
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Stay up Late
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ISBN 13: 9780670818952
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Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Kalman, Maira (illustrator). 1st Edition. 4to, a good copy, somewhat splayed and with a small spot on foredge in a POOR D.J.somewhat soiled chipped and worn and with one fifth of the back of the D.J. missing.but with a FULL PAGE INSCRIPTION AND DRAWING BY KALMAN dated 1990.L1/5). Inscribed by Illustrator(s). Seller Inventory # 820t
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Stay Up Late
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ISBN 10: 067081895X
ISBN 13: 9780670818952
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Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover, unpaginated. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Maira Kalman (illustrator). First Edition. Signed with drawing on front endpapers by Maira Kalman. Light bumping to top and bottom of outer spine. Light bumping to top right front of front board and to top left corner of back board. Light bumping along bottom of back board. Foxing to inner dust jacket. Light scuffing and creasing to jacket. Small tear to upper spine of dust jacket and to top right of dust jacket. Light soiling to outer dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 9077