Hooray for Babies!

Baby-Toddler–As she did in Everywhere Babies, Meyers is back again to celebrate the beautiful miracles that babies truly are. Cornelison does a good job of representing an array of skin colors and hair types. The book contains a soft color palette and spreads of pencil etched-type illustrations. While these illustrations aren’t as colorful and lively as the others, there is great attention to detail. The simple rhyming text tells a story of the things that babies do and look at. A two-page colorful spread shows a baby looking lovingly and curiously at a mirror as he stares at his reflection; “I’m glad that I’m a baby. I love my baby face. Two eyes, two ears, one mouth, one nose, each in a perfect place.” While the book is definitely focused on the feelings and expressions of all babies, there is barely any parental/caregiver interaction shown. The absence of caregivers is most noticeable in a two-page spread of babies floating in tubes in a pool without adult supervision. However, the lack of parental figures also allows the reader to focus on the baby’s feelings, actions, and motives.