Swaddled with Love

by Alessandra Preziosi, Anoosha Syed (Illustrator)

Overview

If it’s time for a nap or a sweet good night, then it’s time to swaddle baby, warm and tight. As tender as a cozy hug, this interactive shaped board book celebrates the joy of welcoming a new baby to the world—and the way all new parents wrap up their little ones with love.

Is there anything sweeter than a newborn swaddled in a beautiful blanket?

Swaddling a baby is a labor of love for every new parent. With a gentle, loving text and a cover that folds and tucks just like a swaddle, this interactive board book captures those magical moments as baby drifts off to sleep, swaddled in softness, and is the perfect gift for new parents or new big siblings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780358620334
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/04/2023
Pages:	14
Sales rank:	374,129
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 4 Years

About the Author

Anoosha Syed is a Pakistani Canadian character designer and the illustrator of over twenty books, including I Am Perfectly Designed by Karamo Brown, APALA honor book Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed, and her author-illustrator debut, That’s Not My Name! Some of her past clients include Netflix, Disney, Target, and Google. In her free time, Anoosha hosts a YouTube channel dedicated to free and accessible art and business education for aspiring illustrators. She lives in Toronto with her husband and cat.

Editorial Reviews

While the words are gentle and fun to read, the book’s real strength lies in its illustrations. The bright palette and inked details create a vibrant cast of characters tending to the babies, while the soothing sweep of the backgrounds beautifully complements the sweet, affectionate tone of the verse. . . . Tender and joyful.” — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

02/17/2023

Baby—Six spreads show a few families in the throes of falling in love with their newborns. The families are diverse but have in common that they are wrapping their babies in blankets, the long beloved art of swaddling. There are no actual instructions for swaddling; the concept is thinner than a blanket. VERDICT If babies like looking at babies, they will like this book.—Kimberly Olson Fakih

School Library Journal

2022-12-24
In this rhyming board book, swaddling a baby is an act of love.

The story begins with a narrator telling a child about how the adults in their life eagerly awaited their arrival; an accompanying image shows a parent in a hospital bed cradling a newborn while the other parent looks on. Accompanied by images of various parents and swaddled little ones, the book continues with lines that range from affectionate (the narrator describes tucking the little one in and kissing them on their nose) to humorous (referring to the swaddled baby as a burrito or a lovebug). The book concludes with an image of a couple (one parent is brown-skinned; the other is light-skinned) in bed with a brown-skinned baby smiling in blissful sleep. While the words are gentle and fun to read, the book’s real strength lies in its illustrations. The bright palette and inked details create a vibrant cast of characters tending to the babies, while the soothing sweep of the backgrounds beautifully complements the sweet, affectionate tone of the verse. The families portrayed are diverse in race and ethnicity; though no pronouns are used, one or two of the parent pairs may be same-sex, and interracial families are shown, too. One parent uses a hearing aid. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Tender and joyful. (Board book. 0-2)

Kirkus Reviews