Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born

by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator)

Overview

Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born is a special celebration of the love and joy an adopted child creates for a family.

Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell, the New York Times bestselling team behind Today I Feel Silly and I’m Gonna Like Me, bring us a tender and funny picture book for every parent and child.

In asking her parents to tell her again about the night of her birth, a young girl relives a cherished tale she knows by heart. Focusing on the significance of family and love, this a unique and beautiful story about adoption and the importance of a loving family.

A beautiful adoption story, Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born also speaks to the universal childhood desire to know more about the excitement, awe, love, and sleeplessness that a new baby brings to a family.

Tell me again about the night I was born.

Tell me again how you would adopt me and be my parents.

Tell me again about the first time you held me in your arms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780064435819
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/29/2000
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 8.75(h) x 0.09(d)
Lexile:	AD1080L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jamie Lee Curtis is a moody actor. She is the author of When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youth and Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born. Jamie lives in California with her fly fisherman husband, Christopher Guest, her dancing daughter, Annie, and her ball-playing boy, Tom.

Laura Cornell is the illustrator of Jamie Lee Curtis’s When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youth and Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born, as well as Annie Bananie by Leah Komaiko. Born and raised in California, she lives in New York City with her happy daughter, Lilly, and their two cats. Laura has closet moods.

Editorial Reviews

A young girl asks her parents to repeat the cherished tale she knows so well about her birth and adoption. Told from the child's point of view, the story and pictures are full of fun details. On the plane down to get her, "there was no movie, only peanuts." When carrying her home, her parents "glared at anyone who sneezed." Under the silliness in both the text and illustrations, there lies a strong message of the parents' love for this new baby girl.

Barnes & Noble Staff

Everyone—including adoptive parents and children longing for validation of their unique experiences—will embrace this pitch- perfect celebration of true family values.

"Tell me again" is the endearing catchphrase a young girl employs to get her parents to recount the creation of their family: the late-night phone call ("Tell me again how you screamed"), a plane ride ("and how there was no movie, only peanuts"), the trip to the hospital ("you both got very quiet and felt very small"), love at first sight in the nursery ("you couldn't believe something so small could make you smile so big"). "Tell me again about the first time you held me in your arms and called me your baby sweet. Tell me again how you cried happy tears." It's all here, including a childlike family tree and a funny spread showing a "New Baby (actual size)." In those scenes and others, Cornell's quirky watercolors enhance the book's tone and expand on its humor, effectively alternating between highly comic scenes and quieter, more loving ones.

Kirkus Reviews