Where Is Baby's Home?: A Karen Katz Lift-the-Flap Book

by Karen Katz, Karen Katz (Illustrator)

Overview

There’s no place like home in this warm and cozy lift-the-flap board book from bestselling author Karen Katz!

The day is ending and everyone in the neighborhood is taking a good night walk. But where is baby bird’s home? And where is baby deer’s home? In this interactive book from Karen Katz, little ones can lift the sturdy, easy-to-lift flaps on each page to look for each baby’s perfect home—a place full of warmth and love. Filled with bright, striking art, and adorable baby animals, this sweet book proves that there’s no place like home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534400887
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	12/19/2017
Pages:	14
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Karen Katz has written and illustrated more than fifty picture books and novelty books including the bestselling Where Is Baby’s Belly Button?. After graduating from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, she attended the Yale Graduate School of Art and Architecture where she became interested in folk art, Indian miniatures, Shaker art, and Mexican art. Her book, Counting Kisses, was named one of the 100 Greatest Books for Kids by Scholastic Parent & Child and was a Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection. Karen, her husband Gary Richards, and their daughter, Lena, divide their time between New York City and Saugerties, New York. Learn more about Karen Katz at KarenKatz.com.

Karen Katz has written and illustrated more than fifty picture books and novelty books including the bestselling Where Is Baby’s Belly Button?. After graduating from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, she attended the Yale Graduate School of Art and Architecture where she became interested in folk art, Indian miniatures, Shaker art, and Mexican art. Her book, Counting Kisses, was named one of the 100 Greatest Books for Kids by Scholastic Parent & Child and was a Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection. Karen, her husband Gary Richards, and their daughter, Lena, divide their time between New York City and Saugerties, New York. Learn more about Karen Katz at KarenKatz.com.

Editorial Reviews

2017-11-22
At the end of the day, it's time for the world's babies to find their ways home.As the pages turn in Katz's (Vroom, Vroom, Trucks! 2016, etc.) latest lift-the-flap board book, the sky fades into darkness as smiling human babies discover where baby animals sleep at night. Each animal's home and family is hidden behind a flap that folds convincingly into the colorful scenery. Many of the animals in the book—including birds, bunnies, squirrels, and ducks—can be found in readers' backyards. Throughout the story, the sun progressively sets, leading to a final, double-gatefold spread of a diverse group of human babies snuggling with their caregivers in houses tucked beneath a starry, moonlit sky. Katz's combination of clear, simple language and bold, patterned illustrations render this book enjoyable for young readers to both see and hear. Particularly laudable is Katz's inclusion of racially diverse characters, including black and Asian babies and their parents, though there's no obvious evidence of adoptive or multiracial families. The narrative cleverly intertwines developmentally appropriate subjects that young children particularly enjoy, including animals, babies, and bedtime rituals. Unfortunately, some of the flaps are difficult for small hands to manipulate.Overall, the book's rhythmic prose, textured visuals, and diverse characters make it an excellent choice for emerging readers. (Board book. 1-4)

Kirkus Reviews