Autumn Babies

by Kathryn O. Galbraith, Adela Pons (Illustrator)

Overview

An endearing board book with adorable babies on the go during the fall season
Spirited, rhyming text and colorful, graphic art reveal an energetic cast of babies having an action-packed day of play in the park on a cheerful fall day.
Featuring diverse characters and highlighting early concepts like shapes and repetition, books in the Babies in the Park series encourage an appreciation of nature and outdoor imaginative play.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781682630662
Publisher:	Peachtree Publishing Company
Publication date:	09/01/2018
Series:	Babies in the Park Series
Pages:	20
Sales rank:	897,609
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	2 - 6 Years

About the Author

Kathryn O. Galbraith is an award-winning children’s book author with more than a dozen picture books to her credit. She teaches writing for children at the University of Washington.

A native of Venezuela, Adela Pons is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design. She lives in Atlanta.

Editorial Reviews

Winter 2018

Baby-Toddler–Vibrant, jewel-tone artwork and simple texts are the hallmarks of these engaging introductions to the natural world. These toddlers swing and slide, romp and run, wiggle and giggle throughout the seasons, while swirling leaves, enjoying the birds' songs, catching snowflakes, and chasing butterflies. Upbeat and active early concept books for young explorers.

School Library Journal

2018-07-24

A group of toddlers and their pup enjoy the change of seasons playing in a park.

Colorful stylized illustrations depict a park with lollipop-shaped trees, shades of red, yellow, and orange setting the scene: "It's autumn in the park." The text that runs along the bottoms of the pages on a beige-colored strip describes the illustrations: "Leaves swirl. / Acorns fall. // Squirrels dig" (though this particular squirrel is just holding an acorn). Then readers see a group of toddlers—one black, one brown, one olive-skinned, and one white—playing. They "toss," "stomp," "roll," "romp," and play with a puppy. The verbs imply action; the illustrations, though, are somewhat static. The book concludes with "It's autumn!" as a child peeks out from a pile of leaves. Following the same format, the companion book, Winter Babies, is set in the same park, and the same children are now playing in the wintry scene. Their tongues catch snowflakes as they drift down, their boots sink in the snow, and they ride down a slope on a sled. As a child peeks out from a snowdrift the book declares, "It's winter!"

Sweet and attractive but not much more. (Board book. 1-3)

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