What do you think?
Rate this book
Baby Food
Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers's most accessible picture book yet--a zoo of baby animals carved out of fruits and veggies, sized (and priced!) perfectly to sell to the gift and children's market.
A menagerie of animals decorate the gloriously colored pages of BABY FOOD. Animals ingeniously carved and cut from a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables, of course--what else would you expect from the talented Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers, who brought us HOW ARE YOU PEELING?! A Chinese eggplant becomes a little penguin and a red pepper transforms into a baby hippo. A turnip becomes a baby duck and a cauliflower a sheep.
Parents, babies, and new moms and pops will love to share these animal babies! They make great winter holiday and Easter gifts for grown-ups too.
A menagerie of animals decorate the gloriously colored pages of BABY FOOD. Animals ingeniously carved and cut from a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables, of course--what else would you expect from the talented Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers, who brought us HOW ARE YOU PEELING?! A Chinese eggplant becomes a little penguin and a red pepper transforms into a baby hippo. A turnip becomes a baby duck and a cauliflower a sheep.
Parents, babies, and new moms and pops will love to share these animal babies! They make great winter holiday and Easter gifts for grown-ups too.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 2003
37 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 24 of 24 reviews
October 26, 2017
Very cute! There's not a lot to it other than food made to look like cute critters, but that's honestly all I wanted from it.
February 24, 2018
I thought this was better than Dog Food - the food looks a little fresher, but some of it still looks like it’s browning. I think this would have worked a lot better with fresh food or cartoons.
October 24, 2019
This is awesome! Baby animals made of food!
Read
November 13, 2019Hilarious and unnerving.
November 4, 2016
The only words in this book are nouns. The first page features a banana that is fashioned out of a banana. At story time I asked the children, "What is this?" A DOG! "What is he made of?" A BANANA! "What do dogs say?" WOOF! WOOF!
The second page features a cat fashioned from small onions. The questions are the same and the responses match the illustration.
Believe it or not, we all had a lot of fun with this clever book.
The second page features a cat fashioned from small onions. The questions are the same and the responses match the illustration.
Believe it or not, we all had a lot of fun with this clever book.
February 20, 2014
This book creates a lot of conversation about what fruit or veggie these "baby" animals are. My one wish would be that the actual food used in each picture was listed with each photo.
There is a listing on the back, but some we weren't clear on.
There is a listing on the back, but some we weren't clear on.
January 1, 2016
A super cute and creative book from the author of the popular 'How are you Peeling?' Freymann mixes simple phrases with with pictures of baby animals made from fruit in this fun and colorful picture book.
February 16, 2008
Genius!
April 23, 2008
So cute.
May 16, 2008
My Three-year old didn't seem to enjoy this one as much as "Dog Food", but she still liked it.
Very creative work.
Very creative work.
October 24, 2008
Of his books, this one is my favorite so far.
October 5, 2010
Pictures of baby animals made from fruits and vegetables. While my baby recognized a few of the animals, and it's a very creative idea, I think my baby prefers pictures of real animals.
February 10, 2011
This is a seriously cute book. So imaginative.
March 24, 2011
Rated and reviewed by Dylan, age 7:
They were making baby animals out of food. I think I would like to try to make all of them. This book was easy because there was a little bit of words.
They were making baby animals out of food. I think I would like to try to make all of them. This book was easy because there was a little bit of words.
April 16, 2011
My daughter love this book She love bananna's a so her favorite characters are the dog, giraffe, and octopus!
August 4, 2011
Such personalities in all the "animal" babies!
November 4, 2011
Love these clever books!
October 27, 2015
VERY cute. Not my favorite of his books but this one was meant for very little kids so it isn't meant to be Shakespeare.
December 16, 2016
Clever little book!
March 19, 2014
In the year of having a kid now, this is the second really good baby book I've found.
July 14, 2014
The cuteness will make you squee, but another part of you will just be staring in open-mouthed wonder, gradually taking in all the details to figure out how he did it.
April 3, 2011
Very clever and cute!
May 26, 2013
No story. Fun pictures.
June 6, 2014
I liked it but "Food for Thought" is still my favorite.
Displaying 1 - 24 of 24 reviews