
Babies Don't Walk They Ride
Kathy Henderson(Author)
Templar Publishing
Published on 1. June 2015
Book
Hardback
24 pages
978-1-78370-141-4 (ISBN)
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Description
Babies don't walk, they ride. Babies don't run, they glide. Little ones will love spotting themselves in this book full of babies-being carried around, thrown up in the air, riding in prams and whizzing around the supermarket in trolleys. Beautiful, humorous artwork from Lauren Tobia and a gentle rhyming text from Kathy Henderson make this the perfect first picture book.
Reviews / Votes
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 * Lauren Tobia's illustrations can be likened to Helen Oxenbury's but with a bolder pallet and a contemporary eye. Her romantic pictures show a diverse range of city-dwelling parents using every modern and ancient type of baby transport - from sporty buggies and car seats to woven slings and cardboard boxes. Kathy Henderson's simple and lyrical story about these various modes of transport make this a perfect picture book. -- The Big Issue North * http://www.bigissuenorth.com/2015/07/summer-shelved/13273 * I knew there were a lot of ways babies get around, but I'd never given it much thought just how many ways there are. Each way suits the needs of the family involved - there's more than one way to wear a sling and more than 1 type of buggy. I imagined what happened next and how the characters lived outside of the scenes, the illustrations enticed me to ponder before turning over the page. Definitely a book to reread and spot different things and create different stories from! -- Jessica Pitcairn * Nayu's Reading Corner *
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Templar Books
Target group
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
Yes
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 293 mm
Weight
486 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78370-141-4 (9781783701414)
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Kathy Henderson
Babies Don't Walk They Ride
Book
06/2015
Templar Publishing
€28.65
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Kathy Henderson has written many books for children of all ages including Lugalbanda, In the Middle of the Night, The Year in the City, Fearless Fitzroy and The Little Boat, which won the Kurt Maschler Award and was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize. Lauren Tobia worked as a nurse in intensive care for twenty years before returning to illustration. Her recent books include the Anna Hibiscus series and Baby's Got the Blues, published by Candlewick Press.