Babies Don't Walk They Ride
No. of pages 24
Published: 2015
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This book is part of a book series called Brubaker Ford .
There are 24 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 in 2015 by Templar Publishing .
Kathy Henderson is an artist, printmaker and illustrator as well as an award-winning children's author. Her books include Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up In A War, The Little Boat and The Storm, shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She lives in London. Born in Nigeria, Atinuke grew up in both Africa and the UK and is now a professional storyteller living in Wales. Her first book, Anna Hibiscus, was published in October 2007 and was inspired by the Africa of her childhood. Lauren Tobia worked as an intensive care nurse for many years before taking a foundation course and gaining a degree in illustration at the University of the West of England in Bristol. She lives in Bristol with her family.
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Delectable infants grace the pages of this lovely book as they are pushed, shoulder ride, glide, stroll (in their buggies of course), roll in trolleys (and other things), go bumping in buses, charge charioteer-like and even fly sometimes; all courtesy of their parents, carers, siblings and very likely, grandparents and other willing movers and shakers, all of whom huggle and cuddle, and sing to their charges. And those babes if only they could, would join in the chorus of "Babies don't walk they ride!' What a joyful time is had by all - readers, listeners and of course, those infants and those who care for them in this gorgeously illustrated, rhyming parade of perambulations. A great partnership and a 'read over-and over'-production for the very young and all their adult minders. One (or more) to give and one to keep, I'd say. -- Jill Bennett * Red Reading Hub *
Who needs to walk when grown-ups and big brothers and sisters exist? A slew of babies from a wide variety of ethnicities are represented in this charming text that sings the praises of the stroller, the baby wrap, the shopping cart, and the bicycle carrier-the list is long and varied. "Babies don't walk, they ride!" is the refrain of the story, and it is a gleeful one at that. Tobia's happy mixed-media artwork beautifully showcases the many vehicles that transport babies all around town, whether the infants are joining their caregivers on crowded train cars, bustling and bumping, or "charging along like charioteers" through the park with big brother pushing a stroller. The illustrations capture the frenetic energy that often accompanies families with babies on the move, and Henderson's gentle text is quiet yet descriptive next to the artwork. VERDICT Babies and their grown-ups will highly enjoy rereadings of this ride. -- Lisa Kropp * School Library Jpurnal *
