Baby Shark!

by Stevie Lewis (Illustrator)

Overview

Stevie Lewis' illustrated board book is perfect for fans of the Baby Shark traditional sing-along...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250263186
Publisher:	Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date:	01/07/2020
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	1,007,774
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Stevie Lewis has been living on the road, furthering her passion for climbing, art, and the outdoors. Striving to live simply and tread lightly on the earth, she gathers inspiration from a variety of places, be it climbing in the high desert in central Oregon, hiking in the wilderness of Alaska, or sharing laughs with fellow travelers around a campfire. After working for four years in animation, she now illustrates children's books and creates art based on her travels.

Stevie's books include A Week without Tuesday, Finding Serendipity, and Lost in the Library.

Editorial Reviews

2019-11-24
A trip to the aquarium triggers a "Baby Shark" flash mob.

A parent and child enter the aquarium hand in hand. "Will we see a shark?" the child asks. "Will we see a baby shark?" Of course they do: A cutely snub-nosed (and biologically impossible) shark pup smiles from the tank…and the earworm takes over. "Baby shark! Doo doo doo doo doo doo!" The verse repeats twice more, the "doo doo doo" printed in wavy lines, before it is punctuated by a concluding "Baby shark!" With the turn of the page, it is joined by "Mama shark!" and another child walks up. Cue "doo doo doo." Then Daddy shark appears, and a third child joins the group, pointing as the earlier two make the "Baby Shark" hand motions. Grandma shark (distinguished by faint wrinkles around the lips, as is Grandpa on the next page—perhaps they forgot their dentures?) swims up next, and then all are seen grinning like the "hungry sharks" they are before the children, now numbering five, "run away!" to join their caregivers, "safe at last!" Kudos to Lewis for creating a plausible visual narrative and peopling it with diverse children. Like all the other "Baby Shark"-themed books in the current tsunami, however, it relies heavily on its readers' preexisting familiarity with the song for its success.

An ephemeral but pleasantly coherent take on the viral hit. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews