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OverviewA little girl's grandmother describes what the different people in her extended family did while they waited for her to be born. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Miriam Schlein , Kristina Stephenson , Kathy TuckerPublisher: Albert Whitman & Company Imprint: Albert Whitman & Company Dimensions: Width: 20.30cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780807576311ISBN 10: 080757631 Pages: 32 Publication Date: 01 February 2004 Recommended Age: From 2 to 4 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviewsHere's a story that most children love to hear over and over: snuggled together in a cozy chair, a grandma tells her granddaughter once again about how much of a fuss everyone in the family made while waiting for her to be born. Stephenson depicts a cast of open-faced, beaming parents and relatives painting and furnishing the bedroom, phoning each other with updates, bringing gifts-and then gathering from all over the country to cluster around the newborn's crib: They came by bus, they came by train, they came by plane, they came by car . . . just to see you. When the young listener leadingly asks why everyone loved her so much, Grandma replies, Why? I don't know. That's just the way it is with families. Occupying a middle ground between Robie Harris's almost clinical Happy Birth Day (1996) and Debra Frasier's abstract On the Day You Were Born (1991), this offers one version of a universal experience in tones of unalloyed joy. (Picture book. 5-8) (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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