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I Kissed the Baby!
by
Mary Murphy
Finally -- the perfect first book for baby is available in board!
"I saw the baby!
Did you see the baby?"
"Yes! I saw the baby, the teeny weeny thing."
It's so exciting! News of the baby is buzzing from animal to animal, with each one -- fish, bird, squirrel, insect, frog -- boasting of seeing, feeding, singing to, tickling, and kissing the tiny little thing. With bold, graph...more
"I saw the baby!
Did you see the baby?"
"Yes! I saw the baby, the teeny weeny thing."
It's so exciting! News of the baby is buzzing from animal to animal, with each one -- fish, bird, squirrel, insect, frog -- boasting of seeing, feeding, singing to, tickling, and kissing the tiny little thing. With bold, graph...more
Board Book, 24 pages
Published
December 16th 2004
by Candlewick Press
(first published 2003)
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This book is about a baby coming and there is a lot of commotion between the different animals. They are all so excited about the baby that they all try to see the baby, feed the baby, sing to the baby, tickle the baby and kiss the baby. I would use this book to read to the entire class, because it is very exciting. I would use this book in a thematic unit about families. I like this book because it is good for a young child to get excited about a new brother or sister on the way.
I admit it - I am a sucker for sweet children's books about a mother's love for her child. I am also a sucker for board books for my infant, so this was a perfect addition to our collection. The high-contrast b&w illustrations are great for small babies, and the text has a nice cadence and plenty of characters to voice, making it a great read-aloud book. The best part of this short read is that you get plant a big ol' smooch on your baby at the end...ppfffwah!
Jun 23, 2009
Jack Kirby and the X-man
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommended to Jack Kirby and the X-man by:
New York Public Library
The high-contrast illustrations and sing-song text would make this book perfect for a very young child. As such I'd get the board book version!
I was all set to get on a high-horse about the promotion of breastfeeding in children's books with a bird and a squirrel (maybe?) both saying they fed the baby - then realised that the baby in question is a baby duck...
This would be perfect to read with your toddler and a brand new "Number 2/3/4, etc"
I was all set to get on a high-horse about the promotion of breastfeeding in children's books with a bird and a squirrel (maybe?) both saying they fed the baby - then realised that the baby in question is a baby duck...
This would be perfect to read with your toddler and a brand new "Number 2/3/4, etc"
This simple narrative has one sentence per page. Black backgrounds feature bold white creatures, until the baby duck is reached, which is yellow. Each animal asks the next if it has offered the baby some affection, until the mother is mentioned. It has one sentence per page, with simple words, which seems like it would support an early emergent reader. Pictures do not quite support the text, but the pattern becomes obvious quickly.
Cute, short, fun illustrations, shows everyone's desire to be close to and interact with the baby. I read it about four times in the last 2 days... I think it's fun because I like to use voices for the different characters in the story (without that I don't know if it would be 5 stars).
This would be great to read to a younger infant because of the large black and white pictures.
This would be great to read to a younger infant because of the large black and white pictures.
Sep 12, 2012
Ashlie Covington
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This little book was very simple. I believe it was meant for kids between the ages of 0-3 it is not really meant for an elementary school child. I am not saying that it was bad, I just think it suits a certain age group. It is not really a book I can use when I start teaching. It was kind of a pointless story. But good enough for a Preschooler.
This book had some nice illustrations and was a quick read- it literally took me 30 seconds. I read this to myself and I didn't really find it interesting. It was too simple, and it seems as if it's target audience would be toddler aged children. It's still sweet, but definitely skip if you're reading to an older group of children.
Okay, it's possible that we like this book even more than Karina (2.5 months) does. It's easy for her to keep her attention on the black and white shapes, but really, what makes this fun are all the opportunities for us to kiss her. :) She is starting to get the giggles now when we kiss her, so I think we'll keep this one in the rotation for a while.
Mar 03, 2011
Tdavis
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Baby - Preschool
Shelves:
print-awareness,
infant-toddler
Illustrated mostly with black-and-white pages and dash of color the text and pictures stand out. This book is designed perfectly for little eyes and ears.
Early Literacy Skills:
Narrative Skills
Phonological Awareness
Print Awareness
Print Motivation
Vocabulary
Early Literacy Skills:
Narrative Skills
Phonological Awareness
Print Awareness
Print Motivation
Vocabulary
This is my daughter's favourite book, and has been since I brought it home when she was about five months old. The white-on-black pictures really grab her attention and she gets really excited whenever we open it up for her. The excuse to give her a great big kiss at the end is a lot of fun too!
There's a new baby in the animal kingdom, and everybody wants to play. "Did you tickle the baby?" asked the parrot to the ant. "Yes! I tickled that wriggly giggly thing." I Kissed the Baby! is a darling board book that you can count on reading over and over again. The simplistic drawings are easily recognizable, and the prose invites the reader to act out the play with the little ones sitting in your lap. What a fun way to teach young children how to interact with a new baby in the family or pra...more
My two month old son absolutely loves this book. Simple illustrations with high contrast and text which scream for interaction from mommy and daddy are a winner in my book. He listens when we read him Goodnight Moon, he opens his mouth wide with glee when we read I Kissed the Baby
This book is a sweet story about a new baby duck. It's a wonderful book for baby and toddler storytimes. Little ones can blow kisses and interact during this book repeatedly and parents love the sweet message. The mainly black and white illustrations are very eye catching.
A sweet, gentle, simple story about how various animals love and interact with a baby duckling. The illustrations are done in alternating black on white and white on black with a single splash of color until the reader meets the baby done in yellow who speaks with pink words.
We use this book in our Twinkle Babies storytimes and everyone loves it. Black and white illustrations are great for baby's vision and the sing-song style of the story is perfect for reading out loud. You can get this book in both board book style and hardcover.
There's a baby in the barnyard and all of the animals are comparing notes on how there interacted with it.
Illustrations were rendered in ink and wash and appear in black and white.
A good read aloud, especially for babies and toddlers.
Illustrations were rendered in ink and wash and appear in black and white.
A good read aloud, especially for babies and toddlers.
This is a fun, interactive board book to read with your young child. The community of animals is excited because there is a new baby. The different animals discuss ways in which they have interacted with this new baby, like by tickling it, or kissing it. You can interact with your own baby or toddler by mimicking those actions. The simplistic drawings are easily identifiable by babies. The pictures are mostly in black and white, but there is bright stripe of color on every page. Sometimes that c...more
Ok, I know I'm weird, but this book makes me feel like I'm being brainwashed by animals, or something; like if I read it backwards, it would say, "Paul is dead". BUT my littlest ones love it - probably because of the colors.
Great baby story time book with wonderful high contrast images. There are a few of these types of books that I've found--books that show a whole bunch of people sharing in the joy of a new baby--and I just love 'em.
The black and white illustrations and varying animals asking who had kissed, fed, and seen the baby are fun for young children to look at. To spice up the text, we used it as voice character practice.
A book of different animals commenting on their experience with meeting a new baby.
This book recommendation was from the list "100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know" by the New York Public Library.
This book recommendation was from the list "100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know" by the New York Public Library.
High-contrast pictures that are good for young babies, but won't be exciting in the long term. It's an okay book, worth reading once or twice but I would recommend borrowing it, not buying.
Excellent book for any baby 12 months and younger. Love that it is interactive! A "must have" book for any baby! I read this to my son over 200 times! He loves the kisses at the end!
You can feel the infectious joy that a newborn baby brings as you read this board book with your little one.
Full review:
http://www.twentybyjenny.com/03Books/...
Full review:
http://www.twentybyjenny.com/03Books/...
May 07, 2009
Katrina
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Ages 6 Months + and Baby/Toddler Storytime
Shelves:
picture-books,
storytime
This is fun to read out loud. There are lots of opportunities for silly voices, cuddles, tickles, and kisses. The black and white drawings are good visual stimulation for little babies.
Sweet book, and great for reading aloud -- though I usually sub in "baby" for "thing". Just feels weird to call a baby a thing when you are reading to an actual baby.
Very cute and sweet, but definitely for the very young. I'd really recommend the board book over the picture book, as the audience for this is young and fairly limited.
A baby is all the talk and everyone is asking if you kissed, sang to, tickled, ect. THis book would be good for a preschooler maybe a child in kindergarten.
"I saw the baby!
Did you see the baby?"
"Yes! I saw the baby, the teeny weeny thing."
It's so exciting! News of the baby is buzzing from animal to animal, with each one -- fish, bird, squirrel, insect, frog -- boasting of seeing, feeding, singing to, tickling, and kissing the tiny little thing. With bold, graphic black-and-white illustrations, Mary Murphy's simple, singsong story captures the giddy commotion that only a baby can bring.
"An animal cast so elated that they seem on the verge of jumping...more
Did you see the baby?"
"Yes! I saw the baby, the teeny weeny thing."
It's so exciting! News of the baby is buzzing from animal to animal, with each one -- fish, bird, squirrel, insect, frog -- boasting of seeing, feeding, singing to, tickling, and kissing the tiny little thing. With bold, graphic black-and-white illustrations, Mary Murphy's simple, singsong story captures the giddy commotion that only a baby can bring.
"An animal cast so elated that they seem on the verge of jumping...more
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Children's author and illustrator Mary Murphy enchants even the youngest of readers with her bold style, combining eye-catching graphics and a bouncy text that seemingly jump off the pages.
Mary Murphy has an advanced diploma in Visual Communications and has written and illustrated a number of children's books, including her lift-the-flap, pull-the-tab book about friendship, ROXIE AND BO TOGETHER....more
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Mary Murphy has an advanced diploma in Visual Communications and has written and illustrated a number of children's books, including her lift-the-flap, pull-the-tab book about friendship, ROXIE AND BO TOGETHER....more
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