After meeting a bevy of baby animals-- including a clever monkey, a sleepy leopard, and a dusty lion cub--the baby in this story discovers the most precious creature of all . . . itself, of course! With an exuberant rhyming text by bestselling author Mem Fox and adorable cut-paper illustrations by Caldecott Honor recipient Steve Jenkins, this book is an irresistible celebration of the joyful connection between parent and child.
Like her "Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes", Fox's newest has all the marks of a lap-sit classic. In mellifluous motherese, the narrator poses a series of playful questions to a baby: Are you a monkey with clever toes?/ Perhaps you're a porcupine, twitching its nose. After 11 more such guesses (featuring such animal faves as the gecko, the hippo and the warthog), the narrator finally gets it right: Wait, let me guessAre you my treasure? The answer is... Yes! While Fox is cooing as only she can, Jenkins ("What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?") works his usual magic with cut paper. In many of his large-scale closeupsthe images spill across and off the spreadshis subjects' big, expressive eyes seem locked in a gaze with the reader. Ingeniously stylized shapes (like the coils of gray paper that form an elephant's trunk) combine with sumptuous detailing that brings alive the parade of scales, fur and feathers. Ages 35. "(May)" Copyright 2009 Publishers Weekly Used with permission.
School Library Journal
PreSFox's rhyming text is pure fun. In a layout reminiscent of Bill Martin, Jr.'s "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" (Holt, 1983), an unseen narrator says, "Hello, baby!/Who are you?" and the speculated answers range from the familiar elephant to an exotic gecko. "Are you a zebra/sipping a drink?/Perhaps you're an owl/with a wicked wink." A spread near the end of the book provides an opportunity to name the baby animals by looking at their silhouettes. Jenkins's beautifully shaded and textured collages are stand-alone works of art, each of which holds its own with Fox's engaging cadences. This collaboration results in a lovely read-aloud for preschool storytimes or a perfect selection for one-on-one sharing."Lisa Glasscock, Columbine Public Library, Littleton, CO" Copyright 2009 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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