Everybody Was a Baby Once: and Other Poems

by Allan Ahlberg, Bruce Ingman (Illustrator)

Overview

The irresistible duo of Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman return with an original collection of wry and playful poems for young readers.

They’re back! The inspired creators of The Runaway Dinner and The Pencil serve up a shouting, screaming, smiling, whistling, playing, chasing, rhyming romp. Nineteen impishly illustrated poems present a unique cast of babies and witches, sausages and robbers, and a few favorite nursery-rhyme characters sure to entice everybody who ever was a baby.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763646820
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	03/09/2010
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Allan Ahlberg is the acclaimed author of numerous picture books, including three prior titles illustrated by Bruce Ingman. His best-known series, The Jolly Postman and its sequels, has sold over five million copies worldwide. He lives in Bath, England.

Bruce Ingman is the award-winning illustrator of Previously, The Runaway Dinner, and The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg and Boing! by Sean Taylor. He lives in London.

Editorial Reviews

From the creators of The Pencil, these 19 poems cover whimsical territory and feature kids, angels, sausages, and monsters, rendered in kinetic, childlike sketches. A few poems strike nostalgic, melancholy notes (“We are the old dolls/ Losing our hair/ Hats and dresses/ The worse for wear”), but most are upbeat, with gently jazzy rhythms, like the title poem: “Everybody was a baby once/ Everybody was a baby once/ Everybody went to beddy/ With a little furry teddy.” The Lilliputian cast and memorable verse could make this a dog-eared favorite. Ages 2–up. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly