Hello Baby!

Brief Description: A baby encounters a variety of young animals, including a clever monkey, a hairy warthog, and a dusty lion cub, before discovering the most precious creature of all. Biographical Note: Mem Fox is the author of many acclaimed books, including Two Little Monkeys," Let's Count Goats!," and the New York Times" bestselling Ten Fingers and Ten Little Toes." She lives in Adelaide, Australia. Visit her at MemFox.net. Steven Jenkins has written and illustrated many award-winning children's books, including Bees, Snails, and Peacock Tails" and the 2003 Caldecott Honor recipient, What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?" He lives in Boulder, Colorado. You can visit him at SteveJenkinsBooks.com. Publisher Marketing: A playful favorite from Mem Fox is now a Classic Board Book! After meeting a bevy of baby animals--including a clever monkey, a hairy warthog, and a dusty lion cub--the baby in this story discovers the most precious creature of all...itself, of course! With an exuberant rhyming text by bestselling author Mem Fox and adorable cut-paper illustrations by Caldecott-Honor recipient Steve Jenkins, this book is an irresistible celebration of the joyful connection between parent and child. Now available for the first time as a Classic Board Book, this story is perfect for the youngest readers! Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 02/02/2009 pg. 48 (EAN 9781416985136, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/2009 (EAN 9781416985136, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

School Library Journal 04/01/2009 pg. 104 (EAN 9781416985136, Hardcover)

Booklist 05/15/2009 pg. 46 (EAN 9781416985136, Hardcover)

Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2009 (EAN 9781416985136, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 310 (EAN 9781416985136, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1317 (EAN 9781416985136, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Fox, Mem Mem Fox is a well-known Australian lecturer, writer, and storyteller. Her involvement in teaching drama began as a student at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in London, where she took classes in both stagecraft and teaching drama. At present, she teaches at the South Australian College of Advanced Education in Drama and Language Arts. In addition, Ms. Fox is the author of several popular children's books, including Hattie and the Fox (New York: Bradbury Press, 1986), Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge (New York: Kane/Miller, 1985), and Possum Magic (published in Australia by Omnibus Books). Contributor Bio:  Jenkins, Steve Steve Jenkins has illustrated many children's books, including What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?, a Caldecott Honor Book, and The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. He has also illustrated Wiggling Worms at Work, Life in a Coral Reef, and Almost Gone in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.