My Baby and Me

August 1, 2008
PreS-KBright and engaging photographs feature four toddler/baby sibling duos. The pairs show a diverse mix of boys and girls in actionsmiling, moving, playingdescribed from the perspective of the toddlers. Every page turn demonstrates a notable advantage to being the older sibling: "You can crawl?/Watch me go./I go fast/You go slow!" This book works on several levels. Babies will love seeing the photographs of other babies. Older siblings will relish the positive reinforcement about their birth order. And beginning readers will find the text easy to conquer. An enjoyable and useful purchase."Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA"

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May 1, 2008
"Hey, little baby! What can you do?" This companion to You and Me, Baby features four pairs of baby/bigger-kid siblings, a multiracial boy-girl mix. The voices are those of the older siblings, and the tone is very much "look how much I've grown," but unlike Margaret Miller's excellent Now I'm Big (rev. 9/96), this will suit babies as well. The text is minimal: "You can crawl? Watch me go. I go fast -- You go slow!" The photographs are just right for the very youngest, with each double-page spread foregrounding a pair of siblings and a few baby-friendly objects (a stuffed animal, blocks, a car seat, a bottle). The last sequence, featuring a girl in cornrows and her chubby little brother, closes with what both siblings can do together -- "You hug me, and I'll hug you!" My Baby and Me isn't seamless: the text can clunk, as in "I can read. Here's my book. I can show you. Look, look, look!" And of the four photographs on the cover, two are a sibling pair and two are not. Young viewers are sure to notice this discrepancy -- but that's because they will be so captivated by the rest of the book.

(Copyright 2008 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

July 1, 2008
This companion to You and Me, Baby features four pairs of baby/bigger-kid siblings. The voices are of the older siblings, but this will suit babies as well. The text is minimal ("You can crawl? Watch me go..."), the photographs just right for the very youngest, with each double-page spread foregrounding the siblings and a few baby-friendly objects.

(Copyright 2008 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)