The Baby Shower - Hardcover

Bunting, Eve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 158089139X ISBN 13: 9781580891394

Publisher: Charlesbridge, 2007

Synopsis

Twins are a double blessing. Brindle Cow is having a baby!

All the delightful characters from Eve Bunting’s The Wedding are back to celebrate the happy event, along with some adorable new characters. Don’t miss the exuberant—and numerous—baby rabbits.

Judy Love’s illustrations are packed with humorous details as the group of devoted friends show off their gifts and travel to Brindle Cow’s baby shower. But when the friends arrive to greet the new baby—surprise! surprise!—it’s twins.

About this title

About the Author

Eve Bunting has written more than two hundred books for young readers, including THE CART THAT CARRIED MARTIN, THE WEDDING, and SMOKY NIGHT, the winner of the 1995 Caldecott Medal. Her books are often about important social issues. Born in Ireland, she now lives in California.

Judy Love is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and has illustrated numerous children's books, including First Day Jitters and Last Day Blues by Julie Danneberg. She lives near Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family.

Reviews

PreSchool-Grade 1—The animal characters from Bunting's The Wedding (Charlesbridge, 2003) celebrate a new arrival in this rhyming picture book. When friends of Ms. Brindle Cow and Mr. Bull learn that the pair is expecting a baby, they set off to share in the joyous occasion. Each one brings a gift for the infant along with well wishes for the parents-to-be. The predictably happy ending has a slight twist as the couple welcomes twins. Children will enjoy the rhyming couplets: "The moon and stars lit up the sky./Fireflies came dancing by./They kept repeating to each other,/'Brindle's going to be a mother!'" Love's illustrations, done in transparent inks on Arches watercolor paper, are a charming complement to the gently plotted story. Sharp-eyed readers will notice touches of humor, including a couple of the creatures reading books that connect to their particular species. While not an essential purchase, libraries that own the earlier title will want to consider this one.—Maura Bresnahan, High Plain Elementary School, Andover, MA
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Ms. Brindle Cow, all sweetly round,
rested on the grassy ground.
Now and then she stretched and smiled.
Soon she'd have her firstborn child.

Edition details

• Publisher: Charlesbridge
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 158089139X
• ISBN 13: 9781580891394
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Love Judy
• Number of pages: 28