Children's Books for LA TImes

Sunday, September 18, 2011

This is the way a baby rides





Title: This is the way a baby rides   
Author: Susan Meyers
Illustrator: Hiroe Nakata 
Date of publication: 2005
Publishing Company: Harry N. Abrams Inc. Publishers
Awards: n/a

Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Animals
Theme: No matter how different we may appear, we are all alike in some way.
Primary Characters: baby
Secondary characters: several different animals

Classroom Use: good book about comparison between a baby’s motions/behaviors and those of several baby animals. 

Summary: The story compares behaviors and motions of a baby to several different baby animals that are at the park. Gives a message about how things may appear different, but yet they are alike in some way. It’s a very cute children’s book.

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