A Baby Like You

by Catherine Thimmesh

Overview

Sibert Medalist Catherine Thimmesh connects babies across our ecosystem with compelling photographs and a poetic text that shows how the everyday milestones babies take parallel animals’ in the world. Rounded corners and sturdy paper make this the perfect baby shower gift! For fans of Zooborns.

Whether it’s a first step or a first bath, all babies celebrate milestones as they grow. Connecting adorable babies across our ecosystem—from polar bear cubs, giraffe calves, and zebra colts to human babies—Sibert Medalist Catherine Thimmesh shows how we are more similar than we know.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781328553126
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	11/05/2019
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	698,116
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Catherine Thimmesh is the award-winning author of many books for children, including Girls Think of Everything and Team Moon, winner of the Sibert Medal. Her books have received numerous starred reviews, appeared on best books lists, and won many awards, including the IRA Children's Book Award and Minnesota Book Award. She lives in Minnesota with her family. www.catherinethimmesh.com. 

Editorial Reviews

*"Babies love babies. Babies love animals. Babies love learning about the world. This irresistible book has it all." —School Library Journal, STARRED review “The informational asides about animals are concise and high interest….The photography is gorgeous, with fuzzy, adorable animal babies and diverse, equally cute human ones…. [Preschoolers] will love it.”—Kirkus "[T]he photos of adorable baby animals and diverse infant humans are certainly eye-catching....Sibert-medalist Thimmesh offers much to engage a wide audience." —Booklist "[F]or cozy laptime sharing of simple information, engrossing photographs, and mutual giggles, this could be the perfect family pick." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books​ —

From the Publisher

★ 11/01/2019

Toddler-PreS–Sweet photographs of baby animals and information about them and their development are compared to and contrasted with human infants. The various topics begin with the same refrain: "Each new day, in different ways, a baby like you…" and continue with information on how an animal and a human are born, carried, eat, bathe, play, learn, and begin to walk. Major milestones are covered and photographed in endearing full-color close-ups and feature children of different races. The animals mentioned include hippos, lions, penguins, elephants, orangutans, and otters. Two fox kits play together, a zebra foal takes its first steps, and a polar bear cub grabs hold of its feet and rolls in the snow. Humans and animals have much in common in their early developmental stages and children will be interested in finding out just how similar they are to certain animals while learning about the important differences. VERDICT Babies love babies. Babies love animals. Babies love learning about the world. This irresistible book has it all.—Maryann H. Owen, Oak Creek Public Library WI

School Library Journal

2019-07-24
Animal babies are compared with human babies through selected facts and full-page photos.

Sibert Medalist Thimmesh (Team Moon, 2006) explores the similarities and differences in how human and animal babies do things like eat, walk, learn, and play. On each two-page spread, the narrative portion is set in large, bold type while below it in a smaller font is a specific fact relating to the featured baby. Because the narrative portions run across several page turns, the informational pieces—which serve as asides—disrupt the flow. This issue is mitigated a bit by Thimmesh's use of the same refrain to begin each new topic: "Each new day, in different ways, a baby like you" signals readers to resume the pace. The informational asides about animals are concise and high interest, and while the human facts will be familiar to adult readers, younger readers are likely to learn something new. The photography is gorgeous, with fuzzy, adorable animal babies and diverse, equally cute human ones. Though this book is addressed to a baby, they are not the appropriate audience. This one is best read to preschoolers who can appreciate the book's length and details. The phrase "a baby like you" may be a misfit, but the past-tense descriptions of things babies do (like learning to walk) make sense for older readers.

Interesting animal facts and beautiful photographs, but despite the title, best suited to preschoolers (who will love it). (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews