"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Ilene CooperĬopyright © American Library Association. Pair with Robie Harris' Happy Birth Day (1996). Adults will certainly read this aloud to help children understand the feelings surrounding their arrival, but perhaps parents themselves are the book's most natural audience it articulates so much that they are feeling but not quite able to say. But in some pictures there's a shimmer of stardust or the glow of rainbows that captures how transcendent the arrival of a new baby really is. Summary: Illustrations and text welcome a new baby to some of lifes delights. Collier's watercolors (accented with collage) are sturdy this baby's family seems very real. Welcome to rain-swept earth and spiced cider on the wind." There are more down-to-earth pleasures as well: "the sticky joy of peanut butter," "the squeaky surprise of a yellow ducky." Most important, the newborn is loved by parents and family. An African American family has a new baby and wonders await: "Welcome to the silk of grass, / the satin of rose petals, / and the squish of sand between your toes. The miracle of birth is lovingly and eloquently on display in this joyous picture book.
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