You Are My Perfect Baby

by Joyce Carol Thomas, Nneka Bennett (Illustrations)

In tender verse, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Thomas celebrates all that's precious about a new baby, Nneka Bennett's gentle illustrations interpret each line of verse with love and care. You Are My Perfect Baby is the perfect warm welcome for newborns.

14 pages, Board Book

First published June 30, 1999

About the author

Joyce Carol Thomas was an internationally renowned author who received the National Book Award for her first novel, Marked By Fire, and a Coretta Scott King Honor for her first picture book, Brown Honey In Broomwheat Tea. Her other titles include I Have Heard Of A Land, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; The Gospel Cinderella; cCrowning Glory; Gingerbread Days; and A Gathering Of Flowers. Ms. Thomas lived in Berkeley, California.

Reviews

[Ellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect to read to newborns, or even to older toddlers. A gentle, reassuring text.