(No, please don’t shut the book just yet. News, author interviews, critics' picks and more. To me, it was a sad portrayal of how the wives are supposed to be the caretakers, while the husbands are out and generally uninvolved in the child's life. It was shocking how closely the events of this little girl's day match our own! Tags: Serial in Cleveland, Sarah Koenig, Season Three, Episode 5, Pleas Baby Pleas, Image We welcome readers to submit letters regarding articles and content in Cleveland Scene . Mama, Mama, Mama, please," says the girl, standing in the doorway of her mom and dad's room. It is great for teaching responsibility and following directions. My daughter loves the repetition in this book and I love the artwork by Kadir Nelson. My only gripe with this book is the fact that the dad is very uninvolved. Welcome back. A tantrum when it's time to leave the playground, plus a chaotic meal and bath occasion other imploring phrases from the parents, whose presence Nelson suggests with just a foot or an arm outstretched to the youngster. A great family read. Madame Valmondé visits L’Abri to see Désirée and her new baby, and on the way, she reminisces about when Désirée was herself a baby. For the first of his handsome, burnished-toned acrylic spreads, readers share a toddler's eye-view. I just love the baby's expression on the front cover. We've read it a couple times in the last few nights and we both LOVE IT! He has a sharp knife and he uses it to kill the mother, the father, and the older sister who live there. I loved this book so much cause my son does the same thing! This book also helps to tell the time of day it is with a clock at the beginning of each sentence on the naughty pages. Go back to bed, baby, please, baby, please. From the moment he enters the house, Boss Baby begins to command the household. The most surefire way to make people interested in a product is to ban it from circulation. A very sweet book. I am not a mother myself, but I babysit A LOT. Spike and his wife are the authors of Please, Baby, Please, their first picture book with Simon & Schuster. I liked the illustrations, not so much the text. A gift book for new parents of a daughter, or siblings of a baby sister. Bug LOVES this book. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Please, readers, please! It is also fun to repeat the title to her whenever we catch her at her toddler antics, for example, pulling egg shells out of the garbage or pots and pans out of the cupboard. It perfect for younger children grades Pre-K through first grade. Not on your HEAD baby baby baby, please! My 20 month old son selected this book by himself in the library. The final wordless picture, a loving embrace, leaves no doubt of who loves this baby. Parents and caregivers will recognize the ritualistic pleading that takes place when spending the day with a toddler. I'm really glad I found this book and only wish I had learned of it sooner. I purchased this children's book years ago for my daughter. Everyone seems to like the diaper in the toy box page. Start by marking “Please, Baby, Please” as Want to Read: Error rating book. (Nov.), Prebound-Glued - 32 pages - 978-0-606-14519-0, Board Books - 32 pages - 978-1-4169-4911-4, Spike Lee's Gotta Have It: Inside Guerrilla Filmmaking, By Any Means Necessary: The Trials and Tribulations of the Making of Malcolm X--, Best Seat in the House: A Basketball Memoir, Uplift the Race: The Construction of School Daze. I feel like I am always using the phrase, "Baby, please." Blond, Freckles -- Hold the Colic Laboratory Techniques That Screen for Diseases in Embryos Are Now Being Offered to Create Designer Children Please, baby, please, read this book! African American Children’s Lit is important!! Please, baby, please goes through the daily life of this baby and all they're learning to do as they grow. By 7:45AM she's dumping cheerios all over her head, and drawing on the wall a few hours later. The clock on the VCR reads 3:01 a.m., and a bedtime video playing on the TV clearly makes no impact whatsoever. First off, the illustrations are very very detailed, beautiful and hilarious. An accurate depiction of what a day in the life is like caring for a baby. As soon as I saw it I knew exactly what is was going to be about just by looking at the wry smile on the little girl's face on the cover - a cheeky little toddler just like him! She is 4 now and has just begun reading at school and this book has come to life now. It was shocking how closely the events of this little girl's day match our own! Cute book about how much of a handful a baby can be. This is one beautiful, spirited baby! This is a humorous look a the mischief and messes made by babies. Kadir Nelson uses lots of details to show how the baby grows up. with him in order to get him to do something-or not do something-for me. Most likely this is another book that parents like to read to their children, but our story time librarian today framed it as a great book for older siblings to learn about babies. Works well with a group. Are you spending this season bundling up against the chill or enjoying summery southern hemisphere vibes (in which case we are... To see what your friends thought of this book. Every moment between the mother and toddler is exactly what my day is like with my 20 months old son right now, I LOVE IT! His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983. Any parent will completely relate to this. But at the end of the day, all baby wants is love. Sounding like a broken record, a mother pleads with her daughter to share her toys, eat a balanced meal, and finally go to sleep. It was so funny how I saw so much of him in this little girl! So much emotion is shown on the child's face and it allows the reader to understand exactly how she is feeling without her saying a word. Désirée Plot Summary. Get the board book as your little ones will want to spend time with this book on their own. The final scene of the the book has the little girl asking: "Kiss me good night? This book by Spike Lee tells the story of what it is like to be a parent. My 6-year old son does a fantastic imitation of the baby’s expression in the cover photo. Be the first to ask a question about Please, Baby, Please. The cherubic toddler, whose chocolate ringlets circle her head like restless electrons, tests her parents' patience in myriad ways, and Nelson (Just the Two of Us) has a knack for picking just the right angle. I loved the detail of the time shown on every page. The whole book the mother is asking the baby to "Please do this," or "Please don't do this," while the baby just does as she pleases without caring what the mother is asking for. Repeated words make this appealing for early readers also. The Graveyard Book Summary. A storytime favorite.