The Baby's Good Morning Book

by Kay Chorao

A collection of poems, songs, and rhymes about dawn, waking up, and morning activities features works by such poets as Emily Dickinson, A. A. Milne, Eleanor Farjeon, and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Genres: Poetry, Picture Books

40 pages, Hardcover

First published September 2, 1986

About the author

Kay Chorao is a children's writer and illustrator.

She was born Ann McKay Sproat in Elkhart, Indiana, United States, into a middle-class, suburban family. She loved and was encouraged to draw at a young age. She attended Laurel School in Shaker Heights, OH. Chorao went to Wheaton College, where in 1958 she earned a Bachelor of Arts in art history. After that, Chorao pursued her graduate study at Chelsea School of Art from 1958 to 1959.

Chorao got married and had three sons before moving to New York with her family. From 1966 to 1968, she studied book illustration at School of Visual Arts in New York.

Besides writing self-illustrated children's books, Chorao has been the illustrator for many books by Jane Yolen, Judith Viorst, Jan Wahl, and Marjorie Sharmat.

Reviews

[Marilyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read these to Alissa as she sat on the carpet in the living room. She helped me turn the pages.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 5 out of 5]

These are twenty-six enjoyable morning poems beautifully illustrated for children.

[Naomi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book of poetry. Poems by famous poets with a "morning theme". What really made this book stand out were the illustrations. There was a peacefulness and a very simple beauty to them which drew my attention.