Amazon.com Review
A charming gift for expectant parents, Oh Baby, the Places You’ll Go is designed to be an in utero introduction to the wonderful world of Dr. Seuss. Adapted from his works, and touching on them all from Horton to Who-ville, author Tish Rabe has maintained Seuss’s style perfectly. Your baby is the unnamed star of the book, and reading directly to your tummy becomes easy with lines like “the words I am saying you hear in your heart, and know that I wish you th (more…)

From Publishers Weekly
While most of the conversation preceding the birth of a baby these days is focused on such physical things as diets and breathing exercises, the almost universal reaction by, and concern of, parents themselves is a sense of wonderment and awe. In this sometimes very parochial book, the author addresses the human need to plan for the spiritual aspects of childbirth. Diamant offers precise guidelines for celebrating initial and fundamental rites of passage. She (more…)

A new baby in the family is a big change in a small child’s life. This delightful book will help young children share the excitement and prepare them for the big event. Stephen Cartwright’s warm and humorous illustrations provide lots of opportunities for adults and children to talk and there is a little yellow duck hiding on each double page. (”Stephen Cartwright’s excellent illustrations complement the simple sentences… this book should keep a child gripped and tickled too.” Ne (more…)

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2?Originally published in 1985 (Morrow), The New Baby at Your House is better than ever. The book still presents an evenhanded discussion of the positive and negative feelings an older child may have toward a new sibling. It shows the infant’s needs and abilities and briefly touches on changes that will occur as the baby grows. While the textual differences are slight, this new edition flows more smoothly and is more immediate, as in the o (more…)

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From Publishers Weekly
While most of the conversation preceding the birth of a baby these days is focused on such physical things as diets and breathing exercises, the almost universal reaction by, and concern of, parents themselves is a sense of wonderment and awe. In this sometimes very parochial book, the author addresses the human need to plan for the spiritual aspects of childbirth. Diamant offers precise guidelines for celebrating initial and fundamental rites of passage. She (more…)

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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2—A straightforward, reassuring book aimed at children awaiting the arrival of a new baby in the family. Organized into logical sections—from babies’ development in the womb to the hospital to what infants look like—the accessible text offers sound, comforting detail. A wonderful spread of “Your Basic Baby” points out everything from “wacky hair” to hospital bracelets. Several pages cover how infants fit into a family’s life, explain (more…)

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‘Gina Ford is the Delia Smith of parenting…while Delia tells you how to make the perfect omelette, Gina Ford in her baby-care manual The Contented Little Baby Book, draws on 30 years’ experience to tell you how to nurture the perfectly happy baby.’, YOU Magazine .’for me she was an absolute godsend’, Kate Winslet, Baby & You .”It is hard to overestimate the good she has done…How to reward this great benefactor of mankind?…My wife takes the view that only sainthood will (more…)

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2—A straightforward, reassuring book aimed at children awaiting the arrival of a new baby in the family. Organized into logical sections—from babies’ development in the womb to the hospital to what infants look like—the accessible text offers sound, comforting detail. A wonderful spread of “Your Basic Baby” points out everything from “wacky hair” to hospital bracelets. Several pages cover how infants fit into a family’s life, explain (more…)

The “Better Homes and Gardens New Baby Book” combines old-fashioned wisdom with the latest information on caring for and nurturing one’s child from birth to age three. With advice from the nation’s leading obstetricians, pediatricians, and child-care experts, this indispensable guide also includes practical tips from mothers nationwide.

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