Crybaby

by Karen Beaumont, Eugene Yelchin (Illustrator)

Overview

Hush, hush! Rush, rush! When Baby cries, her family and neighbors try to stop her tears and help her to sleep. But all their rushing and hushing, tickling and rocking, and feeding and burping can't stop Baby's tears. Roy, the old retriever, knows what Baby needs to fall asleep—her little white sheep! In this rhythmic and soothing lullaby of a story, doggy knows best. Good boy, Roy!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627798174
Publisher:	Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date:	08/18/2015
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	131 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	2 - 6 Years

About the Author

Karen Beaumont is the author of many books for children, including the New York Times bestseller I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!; Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor book Louella Mae, She's Run Away!; and Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? She lives in San Martin, California.

Eugene Yelchin is the author of Arcady's Goal and Newbery Honor book Breaking Stalin's Nose. He has illustrated several books for children, including Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? and Won Ton by Lee Wardlaw. He lives in California with his wife and children.

Editorial Reviews

The humorous cumulative text invites participation . . . Yelchin's mixed-media illustrations are fun and full of life. . . . Beautifully composed, each page propels the story to a climactic spread filled with hula hooping, magic tricks, juggling, soap bubbles, and music!” —School Library Journal

“The amusing illustrations of popular animals and the jaunty rhythm and rhyme will make this a favorite.” —Kirkus Reviews on Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?

“Sometimes the full savor of a book only comes through silent absorption. . . . Children old enough to read will get the full force of the harmonious combination of Lee Wardlaw's wry verse and Eugene Yelchin's witty illustration.” —The Wall Street Journal on Won Ton

“Yelchin's bright, graphite and gouache illustrations are almost impressionistic; they catch the eye and complement the text well.” —School Library Journal on Seeds, Bees, Butterflies, and More!

From the Publisher

05/01/2015
Baby-Toddler—A baby is crying in the middle of the night. Her parents, grandparents, sister, brother, and neighbors do everything they can think of to make her stop. Roy, the dog, knows the answer all along, but no one is paying attention, and his repeated barks only add to the din. The humorous cumulative text invites participation, as each person's attempt ends with the refrain "But the more they tried, the more that baby cried…W-A-A-A-A!" Yelchin's mixed-media illustrations are fun and full of life. The characters have the look of watercolor cutouts, arranged on top of vibrantly colored, swirling, painted backgrounds. What the baby wants is her toy lamb, a solution that children will predict from the beginning of the story. Child readers will love being in on the joke, identifying with Roy and an equally perplexed mouse as they try to help the clueless humans. Beautifully composed, each page propels the story to a climactic spread filled with hula hooping, magic tricks, juggling, soap bubbles, and music! With everyone else busy, Roy is finally able to deliver the toy to the baby, who smiles and falls asleep, at last. VERDICT The only tears shed at bedtime will be ones of laughter when families are reading this delightful book.—Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA

School Library Journal

★ 2015-06-06
A black Labrador retriever is the only family member who can soothe a crying baby in this humorous, cumulative story that cries out to be read aloud with plenty of sound effects. The story begins "in a quiet house on a quiet street," but the stillness of the night is broken by a resounding "W-A-A-A-A!" set in large, red display type. The titular "crybaby" is clearly distressed and wailing loudly in her crib. The old family dog, Roy, comes a-running with the baby's favorite stuffed toy, but his help is repeatedly rejected. Each family member tries a different tactic to help quiet the baby, from rocking to a bottle feeding to changing the baby's diaper. Every action is given a sound-effect description, usually two words, with the rhyming phrases adding up in a funny reverse list that children will enjoy repeating or acting out: "P-e-e-u-u-w-w! / Peek-a-boo! / Hush, hush! / Rush, rush!" Faithful Roy the retriever keeps offering the baby's stuffed lamb, and eventually the baby reaches down for her toy, solving her crying spell and allowing everyone to get to sleep just as the sun is rising. Loose watercolor illustrations with the look of collage effectively incorporate the sound-effect words within the page designs. Roy is portrayed as a gentle giant carrying the toy lamb in his mouth, and the depictions of family and neighbors add humor to the parade of potential helpers. A winning choice for reading aloud in storytimes and a fine gift for a family with a new baby, with or without a dog. (Picture book. 3-8)

Kirkus Reviews