Catch That Baby!

by Nancy Coffelt, Scott Nash (Illustrator)

Overview

It’s time to get dressed but Rudy is gone in a flash—Mom can’t even get a towel around him. Boing! Around the living room he goes! Whoosh! Under the table – catch that baby! Scoot! Where’s he now? Nancy Coffelt and Scott Nash bring us a hilarious share-aloud adventure that everyone can identify with: a baby’s au naturel adventures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416991489
Publisher:	Aladdin
Publication date:	06/07/2011
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	10.04(w) x 8.34(h) x 0.42(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Nancy Coffelt is the author of Catch That Baby! and Uh-oh, Baby! as well as Fred Stays with Me, which was illustrated by Tricia Tusa and a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor winner, won Best Book of the Year from School Library Journal, and was an ALA Notable Children’s Book. Visit her online at NancyCoffelt.com.

Scott Nash is the illustrator of Catch That Baby! and Uh-oh, Baby! He is also the award-winning illustrator of the Flat Stanley series and Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp, by Carol Diggory Shields. His design firm, Nashbox Studios, has lent its expertise to such kid-centric brands as PBS, Nickelodeon, and Disney. He lives in Maine. Visit him online at ScottNash.com.

Editorial Reviews

When bathtime is over, the whole family pitches in to help catch "Nudie Rudy," who hides to delay having to get dressed.

Rudy is an adorable one-toothed toddler who just loves to be naked. As he dashes through each room of the house, more and more family members good-naturedly join in the chase to corral him and put his clothes on. They run fast, but Rudy somehow manages to evade them with his gymnastic feats, ability to find great hiding spots and his shouted mantra, "Nudie Rudy!" By the end, Mom and Dad, brother and sister and grandma and grandpa have all joined in the chase. But by then, another burst of independence has transformed the tot from Nudie Rudy to Cutie Rudy, and the family gathers round to shower him with love. With yellows, blues and oranges predominating, the colors and style of Nash's digital illustrations lend them a retro '70s feel. Clever placement of props and body parts allow Nudie Rudy some semblance of privacy, although there are glimpses of his bare bottom: Be prepared for uproarious giggles.

Hysterical fun to share with the older siblings of all the Nudie Rudys out there, and for those Nudie Rudys as they outgrow this stage...but parents beware the power of suggestion and urge to imitate.(Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews