Everything You: A Picture Book Hardcover – December 5, 2017

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From School Library Journal Toddler-PreS—A gentle and simple look at animal families awaiting a new arrival, Everything You celebrates the joyful emotions a family experiences upon the addition of a new baby. The rhyming text begins with two alligators and a very large egg, accompanied by the text, "We wait and we wait,/we watch all day through,/and our dreams while we wait/are of everything you." Each spread then features a different animal family with two poetic sentences. This pattern repeats throughout until the last page turn, when the original alligator family reappears, this time with a baby alligator peeking out of a cracked open eggshell. "You're every wish answered,/our hearts, how they grew…/every day countless,/everything you." The graphic-style illustrations are cloyingly sweet and endearing, suitably matching the text, and the color tones are mellow and soft. VERDICT A sweet addition to general picture book collections and those early childhood collections looking to expand offerings in the "new baby" genre.—Lisa Kropp, Lindenhurst Memorial Library, NY Read more Review “A love song to baby. Rhyming verse expresses animal parents' love for their little ones and is accompanied by cartoon-style illustrations of animal families rendered in bold colors and rounded forms. The succinct text pairs nicely with the spare art style, which offers uncluttered spreads focused on the parent-and-child interactions.” ―Kirkus Reviews“In appealing child-directed rhymes, McPike (Little Bitty Friends) adopts the voice of a parent celebrating everything that makes a child special . . . Many families should easily be swayed by its charms.” ―Publishers Weekly“A gentle and simple look at animal families awaiting a new arrival . . . A sweet addition to general picture book collections.” ―School Library Journal Read more See all Editorial Reviews