The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Rylant, Cynthia

Baby Face: A Book of Love for Baby

40 pp. | Simon/Wiseman | March, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-4909-1 $16.99

(4) PS Illustrated by Diane Goode. This collection of short verses describes babies' overall wonderfulness as well as developmental milestones like first teeth and walking (though in no specific order). Soft-hued pencil, watercolor, and gouache baby-and-caretaker images have an appropriately gentle sketch quality. The language is tender, though some rhymes are awkward ("First some milk / and then some rocking. / I will sing / instead of talking").

Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi