Brown Baby Lullaby

by Tameka Fryer Brown, AG Ford (Illustrator)

Overview

This #OwnVoices lyrical bedtime picture book is a must-have for every sweet brown baby.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780374389819
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date:	03/29/2022
Pages:	30
Sales rank:	346,787
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Tameka Fryer Brown's picture books include Around Our Way on Neighbors' Day and My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood. Her work also appears in the anthology, We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices. She currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.

AG Ford is a New York Times bestselling children's book illustrator and recipient of two NAACP Image Awards (for Our Children Can Soar and What Color is My World). He has over 30 published books for children. Mr. Ford grew up in Dallas, Texas and attended The Columbus College of Art and Design. He lives in Frisco, Texas with his family.

Editorial Reviews

An Amazon Best Book of the Year
One of NPR's 100 Best Books for Young Readers
A Cooperative Children's Book Center Best Book of the Year
A Parents Latina Magazine Best Latino Children's Book of 2020
Anna Dewdney Award Winner

"A perfect read-aloud for bedtime." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Brown and Ford make an outstanding team, drawing together realistic illustrations, gentle words, and beautiful phrases often uttered by parents to communicate love and acceptance to their children." —Booklist

"The springy rhyme is sweet without being saccharine, and touches of Spanish and neat phrasing add verve. This has high baby shower appeal, but it also has vigor, snap, and charm, to suit the actual kid audience." —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Chronicling the nighttime routine of a family, Brown has penned a bedtime story that is immediately warm and relatable for families with young children. With the rhythmic text and engaging illustrations, here's a book that could become part of yours." —Horn Book

From the Publisher

★ 2019-10-23
A family goes through their evening routine, ending with putting the "sweet brown baby" to bed.

A young black couple plays with their baby on a blanket on a large expanse of grass in front of a white, two-story home. The sun sets and they go inside, where rhyming verses bring the family through playtime with pots to a messy spaghetti dinner in the high chair, followed by a bath, kisses, dancing to Coltrane, a story, and a tuck-in. Spanish words are organically sprinkled throughout the English text—"Look, mi hijo," and "Vamos, fussy baby"—making this one of few picture books to represent Afro-Latinx families. The mother and father, both dressed in jeans, share the parenting time and duties equally, cooking, cuddling, bathing, and tucking in the baby together. A bright golden glow bathes the indoor scenes in a warm light. Details such as the baby's one tooth and the one-eye-open peek shared with Papi during grace at dinnertime make Ford's pictures palpably sweet. Brown's simple text masters the rhythmic cadence of a classic bedtime book, making this a likely new favorite for many families.

A perfect read-aloud for bedtime. (Picture book. 1-5)

Kirkus Reviews