Everyone has plans for baby Ellen. 'You'll be a fisherman,' says Uncle Otis. 'Just like me.' 'You'll be a dancer,' says Aunt Clara. 'Just like me.' 'You'll be a pilot,' says Uncle Tony. 'A scholar,' says Aunt Rachel. 'You'll play tennis.' 'You'll race cars!' 'You'll play the saxophone!' 'Just like me!' 'Just like me!' 'Just like me!' But-even though she's just a baby-Ellen will do just as she pleases. Here is the perfect book for any family with a new baby, wanting a new baby, wishing for a new baby, and, most important of all, loving a new baby.

 

This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Parents' Choice Award.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2009 by Chronicle Books .

Juanita Havill is the author of more than thirty books for children and young people, including Jamaica's Find, which won her the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. The mother of two grown children, Juanita lives with her husband in Arizona. An avid garde Christine Davenier lives in Paris. She has also illustrated the Very Fairy Princess books by the actress Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton.