Mama's Little Baby

by Kate Banks

A mother shares lessons and love with her baby.

24 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Kate Banks has written many books for children, among them Max’s Words, And If the Moon Could Talk, winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and The Night Worker, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award. She grew up in Maine, where she and her two sisters and brother spent a lot of time outdoors, and where Banks developed an early love of reading. “I especially liked picture books,” she says, “and the way in which words and illustrations could create a whole new world in which sometimes real and other times magical and unexpected things could happen.” Banks attended Wellesley College and received her masters in history at Columbia University. She lived in Rome for eight years but now lives in the South of France with her husband and two sons, Peter Anton and Maximilian.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/katebanks

Reviews

[Keegan Taylor · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's a cute book, but I didn't agree with the publisher that it was especially lyrical or rhythmic and, truthfully, I felt that this was a book that showed how important those qualities are in children's literature. I liked the idea of this book, I just wish that it had more flow to it. Also, I don't usually love the qualities are watercolor, but I thought it was an appropriate medium for the illustrations in this story. The design of the illustrations was also a good match.