Baby Born

By Anastasia Suen, Chih-Wei Chang
Paperback: $9.95

This twentieth-anniversary edition paperback in a sweet story in verse of a baby’s first year and a celebration of diversity for readers of all ages.

Front cover for Recién nacido by Anastasia Suen and Chih-Wei Chang
This book is also available in Spanish
Recién nacido
By Anastasia Suen, Chih-Wei Chang

Description

Baby born
in winter’s sleep
snowflakes fall
snuggle deep

Through lovely verse and winsome watercolors, Baby Born celebrates all babies with love! Perfect for shower gifts or for sharing with siblings of new babies, this sturdy colorful book follows new babies through each season and each new step of development, with a surprise under every flap. Sure to become a family read-aloud favorite, Baby Born will appeal to readers big and small.

About the Creators

Anastasia Suen

Anastasia Suen is the author of more than one hundred books for children, including the award-winning Baby Born and Toddler Two, both published by Lee & Low Books, and Up! Up! Up! Skyscraper. Anastasia lives with her family in Plano, Texas. Her website is asuen.com.

Chih-Wei Chang

Chih-Wei Chang has a degree in illustration from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. A full-time artist and designer, he lives in Taiwan.

Reviews

  • "The soothing verse follows a year in the life of a newborn... while the illustrations highlight the seasons of the year. The simple, gentle rhymes are perfect to read aloud; the patterns of the detailed illustrations include a patchwork of textures and a tumble of babies of every shade. . ."

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • "This gentle celebration of a baby's first year will stimulate thoughts about diversity for years to come."

    - Multicultural Review

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781643790947
  • Publication Date Oct 01, 1999
  • Trim Size 7.125 × 6.375 in
  • Weight 0.125 lbs
  • Page Count 24
  • Board Book

  • ISBN 9781880000953
  • Publication Date Oct 01, 1999
  • Trim Size N/A
  • Weight 0.1875 lbs
  • Page Count 18
  • Word Count 1751
  • Interests

  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Stories in Verse
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Family / New Baby
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Diversity & Multicultural
  • Themes Beginning Concepts, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Environment / Nature, Families, Fathers, Fiction, Mothers, Multiple Ethnicities Represented, Poetry, Realistic Fiction, Weather / Seasons / Clothing
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 4 - 6
  • Grade Range Grades PreK - 1
  • Guided Reading J
  • DRA 18
  • Lexile Code NP
  • Reading Level 2
  • Bebop Reading Early Fluent
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