If You Were My Baby: A Wildlife Lulliby
by Fran Hodgkins
2021-01-05 18:21:31
A board book for toddlers that examines different animals and how they care for their young and also a sweet dream bedtime book for human parents and their children!If you are looking for a terrific snugglebook and ALSO want to introduce your young o...
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A board book for toddlers that examines different animals and how they care for their young and also a sweet dream bedtime book for human parents and their children!
If you are looking for a terrific snugglebook and ALSO want to introduce your young one to animals and their offspring, you have found it. Here is a love poem uniquely combined with nonfiction that explores how parentsboth human and nonhumanguide their young ones.
It begins: If you were my baby squirrel, / I would welcome you to the world / In a secret nest I made just for you.
The illustrations are gentle, magical, and yet in no way cartoonishsimple but visually luxurious, as the illustrator intended. The featured species are squirrel, otter, bear, opossum, deer, duck, bison, wolf, fox, beaver, skunk, mountain goat, bat, and (of course) homo sapiens. A comforting, sweetdream book for nature lovers
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