So many board books are just wrong—adaptations of popular selling books with too much text or ooey-gooey parent sensibilities. Friends, board books have a distinct place in the children’s literature canon and “Baby! Baby!” (Random House, $6.99) has earned its place. Why? Because author Vicky Ceelen has taken a very simple concept and conveyed it [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 29, 2008
Baby Brains and RoboMom
Simon James’ Baby Brains and RoboMom (Candlewick, $15.99) is a delightful ‘be careful what you wish for’ scenario for uber-moms and dads. Mom and dad did everything right with their baby while in utero and now that he’s born he’s a baby genius! Their little darling begins inventing while in diapers, but soon sees that [...]
April 15, 2008
Mrs. Biddlebox
Woohoo! It’s Poetry Month. Just my humble opinion, but nobody does poetry like Harcourt. You see lovely poetry books from other publishers, but this is a publisher that seems to have a nose for lilting rhymes, playful, tummy-tickling, rollicking, good-time rhymes. Ferocious free verse. Just great stuff. Sigh. We’ve had quite a week here in [...]
