The World is Full of Babies

Book Description

THE WORLD IS FULL OF BABIES – human babies, baby bats, tiny tadpoles, playful puppies, downy chicks, piglets – babies of all sizes, shapes and colours. Some cry and others squeak, some sleep upside down, some grow three times bigger in just three days!

This enchanting book shows how babies of all kinds grow and develop. Each page is filled with activity, colour and information which will fascinate children and encourage them to think and question.

Amazon Review
This is a truly delightful book which looks at babies everywhere and how they grow and develop. Starting with a human egg (but no reference to how it was fertilised), comparisons and likenesses with various other eggs are made. Many other species are introduced to help a child discover about growth and development–how babies cry, how they suckle, how they explore, how they sleep, and so on. This is all done by using the familiar, such as humans, cats, dogs, and then introducing the unknown or not so familiar, such as polar bears, adders and otters. In doing so, it reveals that while babies are alike in many ways, they are also very different.

The text is clear, concise, informative and thought provoking–did you know that a rat could have 20 babies every six weeks?–and the illustrations are appealing, simple and vibrant, especially those showing how babies are carried–a human in a baby rucksack, a kangaroo in a pouch, a baby lemur on its mother’s back, a baby crocodile riding between mum’s big teeth!

This book will appeal to quite a wide age range. The young will enjoy having it read to them, and the older ones will enjoy reading it themselves. (There is a list of useful words with simple explanations included to make this easier.) All this clearly illustrates that learning is fun. (Age 3 and up) –Susan Naylor –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author
Brita Granstr÷m grew up on a Swedish farm and has an MFA in Fine Art from Konstfack, Stockholm. She and Mick Manning live in the Scottish Borders have four sons. Their first book together, The World is Full of Babies won the Smarties Silver Award in 1996 and their second book, What’s Under the Bed? took the TES Junior Information Book Award in 1997. Yum Yum and How Did I Begin? were 2 of the 6 children’s books shortlisted for the Rhone Poulene Prize in 1998. Science School made the shortlist in the following year. In 2000, Wash, Scrub, Brush! won the English Association’s non-fiction award for the best picture book, with Let’s Party making the shortlist in 2001. Brita won both Parenting Magazine’s Book of the Year and the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award 2000 with her illustrations for Judy Hindley’s Eyes, Nose, Fingers, Toes.

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