Love You Head to Toe
An endearing read-aloud that compares babies to other newborn animals. Pairing creative rhyming similes with cut-paper collage art, Love You Head to Toe is an adorable book that compares newborn babies to baby animals on every page. Bright, playful illustrations show a different baby and a different species of animal, both engaged in similar behaviour: babies stretch their limbs like sea stars, splash in the water like ducklings, toddle around like bear cubs, and fill their chubby cheeks like chipmunks. Action verbs on each page give the book energy and movement and reflect the varied activities of a baby's day, with key elements like mealtime, bath time, and bedtime in chronological order. Babies and caregivers of a wide range of ethnicities are represented in this heartwarming read-aloud designed to show little ones how much they are cherished and loved. AGES: 0 to 3 AUTHOR: Ashley Barron studied illustration at the Ontario College of Art & Design. She has since illustrated a number of books with Owlkids, including Up!, Kyle Goes Alone, and the Math in Nature series, and Kids Can Press. Ashley shares a studio with her partner and two cats in Toronto, Ontario . She lives in Toronto, Ontario. SELLING POINTS: . Authorial debut by award-winning illustrator Ashley Barron . Features a comparison to a different newborn animal on each page . Sequence of the story follows the course of a day
Author: Ashley Barron
Format: Board book, 28 pages, 165mm x 152mm
Published: 2020, Owlkids Books Inc., Canada
Genre: Pre-school & Early Learning
Interest Age: From 2 to 5 years
Description
An endearing read-aloud that compares babies to other newborn animals. Pairing creative rhyming similes with cut-paper collage art, Love You Head to Toe is an adorable book that compares newborn babies to baby animals on every page. Bright, playful illustrations show a different baby and a different species of animal, both engaged in similar behaviour: babies stretch their limbs like sea stars, splash in the water like ducklings, toddle around like bear cubs, and fill their chubby cheeks like chipmunks. Action verbs on each page give the book energy and movement and reflect the varied activities of a baby's day, with key elements like mealtime, bath time, and bedtime in chronological order. Babies and caregivers of a wide range of ethnicities are represented in this heartwarming read-aloud designed to show little ones how much they are cherished and loved. AGES: 0 to 3 AUTHOR: Ashley Barron studied illustration at the Ontario College of Art & Design. She has since illustrated a number of books with Owlkids, including Up!, Kyle Goes Alone, and the Math in Nature series, and Kids Can Press. Ashley shares a studio with her partner and two cats in Toronto, Ontario . She lives in Toronto, Ontario. SELLING POINTS: . Authorial debut by award-winning illustrator Ashley Barron . Features a comparison to a different newborn animal on each page . Sequence of the story follows the course of a day
Love You Head to Toe