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Who's That Baby?: New-Baby Songs
Who are you, baby
newly born
who's this little babe?
Baby burritoes . . .
are held very tight.
Banana babies . . .
are bundled up in the cold.
Leaky babies . . .
leak.
No matter what kind of baby they are, all new babies see, hear, think, and feel so many different things. But most of all they feel loved. Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech and Caldecott Medal winner David Diaz give beautiful voice to that love in this celebration of family and the joy a new baby brings.
newly born
who's this little babe?
Baby burritoes . . .
are held very tight.
Banana babies . . .
are bundled up in the cold.
Leaky babies . . .
leak.
No matter what kind of baby they are, all new babies see, hear, think, and feel so many different things. But most of all they feel loved. Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech and Caldecott Medal winner David Diaz give beautiful voice to that love in this celebration of family and the joy a new baby brings.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 2005
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About the author
Sharon Creech
70 books3,288 followersI was born in South Euclid, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, and grew up there with my noisy and rowdy family: my parents (Ann and Arvel), my sister (Sandy), and my three brothers (Dennis, Doug and Tom).
For a fictional view of what it was like growing up in my family, see Absolutely Normal Chaos. (In that book, the brothers even have the same names as my own brothers.) Our house was not only full of us Creeches, but also full of friends and visiting relatives.
In the summer, we usually took a trip, all of us piled in a car and heading out to Wisconsin or Michigan or, once, to Idaho. We must have been a very noisy bunch, and I'm not sure how our parents put up with being cooped up with us in the car for those trips. The five-day trip out to Idaho when I was twelve had a powerful effect on me: what a huge and amazing country! I had no idea then that thirty-some years later, I would recreate that trip in a book called Walk Two Moons.
One other place we often visited was Quincy, Kentucky, where my cousins lived (and still live) on a beautiful farm, with hills and trees and swimming hole and barn and hayloft. We were outside running in those hills all day long, and at night we'd gather on the porch where more stories would be told. I loved Quincy so much that it has found its way into many of my books—transformed into Bybanks, Kentucky. Bybanks appears in Walk Two Moons, Chasing Redbird, and Bloomability. Bybanks also makes a brief appearance (by reference, but not by name) in The Wanderer.
When I was young, I wanted to be many things when I grew up: a painter, an ice skater, a singer, a teacher, and a reporter. It soon became apparent that I had little drawing talent, very limited tolerance for falling on ice, and absolutely no ability to stay on key while singing. I also soon learned that I would make a terrible reporter because when I didn't like the facts, I changed them. It was in college, when I took literature and writing courses, that I became intrigued by story-telling. Later, I was a teacher (high school English and writing) in England and in Switzerland. While teaching great literature, I learned so much about writing: about what makes a story interesting and about techniques of plot and characterization and point of view. I started out writing novels for adults (published as Sharon Rigg): The Recital and Nickel Malley were both written and published while I was living in England (these books were published in England only and are now out of print.) But the next book was Absolutely Normal Chaos, and ever since that book I have written mainly about young people. Walk Two Moons was the first of my books to be published in America. When it received the Newbery Medal, no one was more surprised than I was. I'm still a little bit in shock.
After Walk Two Moons came Chasing Redbird, Pleasing the Ghost, Bloomability, The Wanderer, and Fishing in the Air. I hope to be writing stories for a long, long time.
I am married to Lyle Rigg, who is the headmaster of The Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey, and have two grown children, Rob and Karin. Being with my family is what I enjoy most. The next-best thing is writing stories.
© Sharon Creech
For a fictional view of what it was like growing up in my family, see Absolutely Normal Chaos. (In that book, the brothers even have the same names as my own brothers.) Our house was not only full of us Creeches, but also full of friends and visiting relatives.
In the summer, we usually took a trip, all of us piled in a car and heading out to Wisconsin or Michigan or, once, to Idaho. We must have been a very noisy bunch, and I'm not sure how our parents put up with being cooped up with us in the car for those trips. The five-day trip out to Idaho when I was twelve had a powerful effect on me: what a huge and amazing country! I had no idea then that thirty-some years later, I would recreate that trip in a book called Walk Two Moons.
One other place we often visited was Quincy, Kentucky, where my cousins lived (and still live) on a beautiful farm, with hills and trees and swimming hole and barn and hayloft. We were outside running in those hills all day long, and at night we'd gather on the porch where more stories would be told. I loved Quincy so much that it has found its way into many of my books—transformed into Bybanks, Kentucky. Bybanks appears in Walk Two Moons, Chasing Redbird, and Bloomability. Bybanks also makes a brief appearance (by reference, but not by name) in The Wanderer.
When I was young, I wanted to be many things when I grew up: a painter, an ice skater, a singer, a teacher, and a reporter. It soon became apparent that I had little drawing talent, very limited tolerance for falling on ice, and absolutely no ability to stay on key while singing. I also soon learned that I would make a terrible reporter because when I didn't like the facts, I changed them. It was in college, when I took literature and writing courses, that I became intrigued by story-telling. Later, I was a teacher (high school English and writing) in England and in Switzerland. While teaching great literature, I learned so much about writing: about what makes a story interesting and about techniques of plot and characterization and point of view. I started out writing novels for adults (published as Sharon Rigg): The Recital and Nickel Malley were both written and published while I was living in England (these books were published in England only and are now out of print.) But the next book was Absolutely Normal Chaos, and ever since that book I have written mainly about young people. Walk Two Moons was the first of my books to be published in America. When it received the Newbery Medal, no one was more surprised than I was. I'm still a little bit in shock.
After Walk Two Moons came Chasing Redbird, Pleasing the Ghost, Bloomability, The Wanderer, and Fishing in the Air. I hope to be writing stories for a long, long time.
I am married to Lyle Rigg, who is the headmaster of The Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey, and have two grown children, Rob and Karin. Being with my family is what I enjoy most. The next-best thing is writing stories.
© Sharon Creech
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April 9, 2019
Poetry:
I love Sharon Creech so that is why I chose this book. I thought the poems were cute, and it is a good book to read to children that are getting a new brother or sister. Also I good book to incorporate into a music lesson.
I love Sharon Creech so that is why I chose this book. I thought the poems were cute, and it is a good book to read to children that are getting a new brother or sister. Also I good book to incorporate into a music lesson.
March 29, 2012
Sharon Creech's delightful, simple verse--celebrating babies--are wonderfully brought to life by David Diaz's (SMOKY NIGHT, THE LITTLE SCARECROW BOY) illustrations.
Wouldn't this make a wonderful gift for an expectant mother and father during National Poetry Month? Or how about as a read-aloud with a little girl or boy who is just learning how to play "babies" in the playroom.
Creech's playful language includes repetition and made up words that make the verse light and fun. "Leaky Baby" and "Books" remind us that babies need care and need careful monitoring (even when introducing books at a very early age. . .)
Every member of the family is represented from the two grandmothers, to the nurturing grandfather, to the father who needs to learn the baby is not a football.
But for as much fun that is represented in these little celebrations of neonates, there are plenty of tender poems designed to cement the bond between mother and baby ("Bella Mom") and father and baby ("Daddy Plays Music").
Wouldn't this make a wonderful gift for an expectant mother and father during National Poetry Month? Or how about as a read-aloud with a little girl or boy who is just learning how to play "babies" in the playroom.
Creech's playful language includes repetition and made up words that make the verse light and fun. "Leaky Baby" and "Books" remind us that babies need care and need careful monitoring (even when introducing books at a very early age. . .)
Every member of the family is represented from the two grandmothers, to the nurturing grandfather, to the father who needs to learn the baby is not a football.
But for as much fun that is represented in these little celebrations of neonates, there are plenty of tender poems designed to cement the bond between mother and baby ("Bella Mom") and father and baby ("Daddy Plays Music").
August 8, 2011
I found this in a little bookstore just before it went out of business and brought it home to my niece. She calls it "The Baby Book" and nearly every night she insists I read it to her before bedtime - yes, I could recite the entire book blindfolded by now. Not terribly impressed by some of the songs and/or poems but I love David Diaz's illustrations and (in the spirit of preserving my sanity from the repetition) I ordered a couple of other books he illustrated in order to give "The Baby Book" a rest. One is called "The Gospel Cinderella" and the other is "Before You Came".
April 5, 2008
What a beautiful and fun book. A beautiful gift for new baby! I heard Sharon Creech speak at the Smithsonian Bookfest when she had just finished this book and was a new Grandmom to Pearl Bella. What an inspiration...grandparenting and reading.
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February 8, 2008To me this book teaches me to take care of a baby and not lose the baby
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July 11, 2008Beautiful illustrations and text. When I have a baby, this book will be first on the shelf!
September 5, 2012
A book that is all about songs directed towards babies. Every song is different. I think it would be good for a child that likes to sing, espically for children that have babies for siblings.
September 9, 2012
This would be a type of book you would get for someone that just had a baby. I would defintly read it to a new born child.
April 1, 2013
This book full of poems about babies. It could be used for children who have younger siblings or for families expecting a new addition. Great for all ages.
February 5, 2015
i am sitting
On my mommy's lap
Gazing at the pictures
Of me me me
Me awake
Me asleep
Me in diapers
Me in fleece
Me in tub
Me in crib
....
Wondering what they did
Before there was
Me me me !
On my mommy's lap
Gazing at the pictures
Of me me me
Me awake
Me asleep
Me in diapers
Me in fleece
Me in tub
Me in crib
....
Wondering what they did
Before there was
Me me me !
June 5, 2015
Sharon Creech, even for babies! Cute poetry book but doesn't include any music ("songs"). I liked it.
June 28, 2015
Basic lyrical baby poetry with mediocre illustrations. Nothing that isn't a dime a dozen. The "songs" really didn't stand out at all.
November 13, 2012
This book of poems could be used for alot of things
May 27, 2015
I'm not excited when it comes time to read/sing these songs, but my daughter is all about it.
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