Super Babies on the Move

by Salina Yoon

Super Babies may be little, but they're BIG on adventure. Take a nap when there's fun to be had at the playground? Not Mia! Take a bath when you and your dog can go out exploring? Not Max! These busy babies have places to go and exciting missions to accomplish.

Salina Yoon introduces these charming new characters in a bright and playful toddler book with two separate stories. With directional words describing where they're going and brightly colored animals to identify, this will be a lively lap read.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

40 pages, Hardcover

First published April 16, 2009

About the author

Salina Yoon is an award-winning author/illustrator of over 150 books for children, including Penguin and Pinecone, Penguin on Vacation, Penguin in Love, Penguin and Pumpkin, Penguin's Big Adventure, Found, and Stormy Night.

Her latest book, Be a Friend, was a Winter 2015-2016 Kids' Indie Next Pick. Among her other awards are a Scholastic Teachers Top 10 Picture Book for Penguin's Big Adventure, and an NPR Best Book and 2014 SCIBA Book Award for Best Picture Book for Found. (complete list is on the website ABOUT page)

She studied art and design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and now lives in San Diego with her family.

www.salinayoon.com

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow, the other reviewers of this book are such harsh critics! I thought the idea of babies crawling all over the city was hilarious, and my four-year-old seemed amused. She was also fascinated that you could flip the book over and have two stories in one book.

My only complaint was the stereotypical pink/blue segregation of girl/boy, and although they both went on adventures, only the boy got to wear a cape to designate he was a "super" baby, and the boy was allowed to get a lot dirtier and have a bath afterwards, instead of a nap.

[Beyond the Pages with Eva K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two stories in one. Cute! What I liked about this book was that the author introduced action language - learning by doing, and she also presented spatial concepts. The book was easy to follow and the illustrations were simple with clean lines. The only thing that I did not have a yes-plus about was the slightly confusing sequential order on the trips made back by Mia and Max. This had more to do with page layout than anything else.

Rating: 3.25
Recommend: Yes (I would encourage parents to use a follow up game or chant to reinforce the spatial concepts.)

[Sam Bloom · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute enough stories (this is a flip book, where there is one story going one way and another story going the other way) but I have a hard time believing this will appeal to the toddlers it portrays. Would probably work better for a preschool audience, which wouldn't be quite as interested in the whole baby theme.

[Malckey P · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wanted to like this book, but I was too worried about the safety of all those babies crawling off without anyone noticing. I'm pretty sure my mama would notice if I crawled off across streets and parks. I don't think the babies' knees could handle the crawling terrain. We read this once and I sent it back to the library.

[Edna · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't like the format of this book because the reader has to flip the book over to read the second story. The term "super" babies is confusing - no super baby indication in the story line, at all. The cartoon illustrations are cute.

[Naomi · Rating 2 out of 5]

The text in this book was very simple for the very early reader or those being read to, but the book had no warmth to it. It was pretty matter of fact. Too many other great books out there for this same age group.

[Tricia · Rating 2 out of 5]

eh. two books in one, neither that great. babies leave the house and crawl on adventures. very bright and bold illustrations are the most attractive aspect of the book. didn't speak to me.

[Meadow · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh.

[Dustie · Rating 3 out of 5]

pb19: I find this really cute, and liked that it was a flip book with two different stories. I feel like kids would get a kick out of picking which one they like better.

[ErinTheLibrarian · Rating 2 out of 5]

words like over, through, out across, over, past, down. good for preschool and toddlers.