Baby's First Year!

PreS—A much-loved newborn is brought home to his family and a string of happy milestones follow. Rhyming text, narrated in the family members' shared voice, celebrates a year from first day to first birthday and everything in between. Big brother delivers a first kiss, big sister instigates a first game of peek-a-boo, and eventually two excited parents rejoice as "Baby likes to talk a lot./But understand?/We do not./Until one day,/what's that we heard?/Was that our Baby's very first.../Word!?" Many of the events are developmental (first tooth), though others are not (first book). The big-headed, rosy-cheeked youngster is rendered in bold, bright artwork done in collage and ink. Full-spread colored backgrounds keep the focus on the delightful towhead as he matures into an equally cute tot. As a bonus, the dust jacket indicates places to adhere pictures of one's own newborn reaching each milestone. This is a charming journey through a fast-paced 12 months that parents can share with their own beautiful babies.—Laura Butler, Mount Laurel Library, NJ