So Much!

Zusatztext Cooke masterfully captures the closeness of the family and the wonder of the baby . . . A celebration of a warm and loving African-American family. Oxenbury's illustrations are magnificent. Kirkus Reviews The blend of Trish Cooke's repetitive! lively prose and Helen Oxenbury's exuberant! energetic pictures is a winning match. The Boston Globe Featured/recommended Publishers Weekly (starred review) Klappentext Auntie and Uncle and Nannie and Gran-Gran and all the cousins want to hug and kiss the new babythey all love the baby SO MUCH! Illustrations by Helen Oxenbury brim with the warmth of a large, loving extended family. Mom and baby are home alone whenDING DONG!Auntie and then Uncle and Nannie and Gran-Gran and the cousins come to visit. And they all want to hug and kiss and squeeze and eat the baby right upbecause everybody loves the baby SO MUCH! With Helen Oxenbury lending her characteristic warmth and humor to a most exuberant family party, Trish Cooke's rhythmic, cumulative story captures the joy of being the baby in a large extended familya baby who knows that he is absolutely, utterly adored. Zusammenfassung Auntie and Uncle and Nannie and Gran-Gran and all the cousins want to hug and kiss the new babythey all love the baby SO MUCH! Illustrations by Helen Oxenbury brim with the warmth of a large! loving extended family. Mom and baby are home alone whenDING DONG!Auntie and then Uncle and Nannie and Gran-Gran and the cousins come to visit. And they all want to hug and kiss and squeeze and eat the baby right upbecause everybody loves the baby SO MUCH! With Helen Oxenbury lending her characteristic warmth and humor to a most exuberant family party! Trish Cooke's rhythmic! cumulative story captures the joy of being the baby in a large extended familya baby who knows that he is absolutely! utterly adored.

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Auntie and Uncle and Nannie and Gran-Gran and all the cousins want to hug and kiss the new baby—they all love the baby SO MUCH! Illustrations by Helen Oxenbury brim with the warmth of a large, loving extended family.

Mom and baby are home alone when—DING DONG!—Auntie and then Uncle and Nannie and Gran-Gran and the cousins come to visit. And they all want to hug and kiss and squeeze and eat the baby right up—because everybody loves the baby SO MUCH! With Helen Oxenbury lending her characteristic warmth and humor to a most exuberant family party, Trish Cooke's rhythmic, cumulative story captures the joy of being the baby in a large extended family—a baby who knows that he is absolutely, utterly adored.