Recommended for children Newborn to 6 Months
Author
Ashman, Linda
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2007; ISBN: 9780152058869; Board book)
Description
Babies are on the move in this exuberant rhyming celebration of all the ways animal parents carry their little ones. Babies and toddlers everywhere will love learning about how all the different babies—including humans—get around.
Why raising readers Has Selected This Book
This book was chosen for its wonderful words and rhymes like "baby strollers" and "mother's shoulders." The book is about the tenderness and care parents have for their children, whether human or animal. We chose this book to be given at the first well-child visit because it is not only a wonderful read aloud, but also about the most important thing for infants–feeling safe and loved.
Questions
Each animal in the book is named on the final page. You can tell your baby about the animals you are seeing on the page. The words "koala," "elephant," "platypus," and others have such wonderful sounds. Those sounds read in your voice are a great comfort to your baby and will help your baby's brain get ready for language.
Activities
This is a book about human and animals parents keeping their babies safe and close. Holding your baby in your lap when you read to her makes her feel safe and ready to take in the experience of new words. Being close to you also allows your baby to feel the vibration of your voice, something she enjoyed in her mother's womb.
Theme
Animals
Babies
Families
Babies
Families
2 Reader Reviews:
As soon as my daughter received this book at two months old, she loved it. It is the perfect size for small hands to touch and help turn the pages. She is drawn to the lovely art of the animals, espcially the anteater and oppossum. Thank you.
- Aug 24, 2009
I love this book! I think it's a beautiful book about bonding. I love reading it with my new baby, and my older child loves reading it with us as well.
- Aug 07, 2009
