Adorable, irresistible animal babies artist and author Gyo Fujikawa creates a warm and loving look at young creatures in the wild, together with their mums, dads and siblings. In the woods, baby bunnies meet with small chipmunks and turtles. The icy far north features polar bears and seals atop ice floes. Tiny koalas ride piggyback on mama, way high in the treetops, while a joey stays snugly, safely in mother kangaroo's pouch. Children will also happily meet birds, monkeys, waddling penguins and a new tiger family, with the cute cubs snuggled against their mummy's big paws. Every image in this simple, pleasing board book will grab toddlers' attention and imagination.

 

There are 20 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 2008 by Sterling Juvenile .

Gyo Fujikawa (1908-1999) made a career in the advertising world and also enjoyed a lengthy stint at the Walt Disney Studios where she designed the large book version of Fantasia. In 1957, she illustrated her first picture book, A Child's Garden of Verses. Many others followed, some of which she also wrote. Babies, published in 1963, stands as a landmark: it was the first children's book to depict infants of all races and nations sharing growing experiences. Fujikawa's books have been translated into 17 languages and are read in more than 22 countries.