babies

"... captures the wonder new parents feel as they welcome baby into the world"--Amazon.com.

"One morning after breakfast, Baby's big brother is getting ready to take the basket of bananas all the way to Baba's bungalow in the next village. He'll have to go along the bumpy road, past the baobab trees, birds, and butterflies, and all the way over the bridge. But what he doesn't realize is that his very cute, very curious baby sibling has stowed away on his bicycle"--Provided by publisher.

"Mustache Baby wants to be a Santa's helper like Beard Baby, but after making a workshop full of toys he decides to keep them for himself and lands on the naughty list"--Provided by publisher.

Baby falls asleep to a thunderstorm in the city, where all of the sounds blend together into a lullaby.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text celebrate babies as they play, make trouble, think, and nap.

"When Baby and Mama go to the market near their home in South West Nigeria, Baby is so adorable that the banana seller gives them six bananas. Baby eats one and puts five in the basket, but Mama doesn't notice. As Mama shops, cheeky Baby collects and sample treats...until Mama's basket begins to grow quite heavy. Poor Baby, she thinks--he must be very hungry by now!"--Jacket flap.

A family says goodnight to the baby by playing a kissing and counting game.

Auden gets a chance to recapture the carefree teen life she missed while her parents were going through a divorce when she goes to spend the summer with her dad and his new family in a charming beach town and meets fellow insomniac Eli, an intriguing loner fighting demons of his own.

Discusses the need to keep mothers healthy before and after their pregnancies, following the stories of children who have been affected by the issue, and looking at what is being done to ensure the health of mothers and children.