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ashleyaewert's review
5.0
This heartfelt stories tells about families month to month journeys of them expecting a baby. I loved how it follows the growth of many families with many different structures (i.e. two dads) and couples with different skin colors and different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Ends with the child knowing they are loved!
panda_incognito's review
2.0
This picture book is from the perspective of parents telling their child how eagerly they waited and prepared for them. However, in the author's eagerness to be inclusive, the book seems disjointed, jumping from one family makeup to another without any clear connection. The text also repeats very similar concepts for many of the families.
Instead of moving in a linear progression from one baby's conception to birth, this book addresses many, many children, and this makes the fruit or vegetable size comparisons on each page seem strange, since even though they increase in size over time, you aren't following the development of a single baby. Also, unless a child is an older sibling and has looked at pregnancy apps with their parents, it is unlikely that these size references will mean anything to them. I know that I would have been very literal and wondered why one baby was a plum, and why another was a fig, and what is a fig, anyway?
I hoped that there would at least be an author's note at the end to explain the terminology and the process of fetal development, but there was not. This book is a good fit for parents who are eagerly anticipating or enjoying the presence of a new little one, and racial and sexual minorities will appreciate the representation here, but the book is so disjointed as a story and has so little educative potential that I wouldn't read it to a child.
Instead of moving in a linear progression from one baby's conception to birth, this book addresses many, many children, and this makes the fruit or vegetable size comparisons on each page seem strange, since even though they increase in size over time, you aren't following the development of a single baby. Also, unless a child is an older sibling and has looked at pregnancy apps with their parents, it is unlikely that these size references will mean anything to them. I know that I would have been very literal and wondered why one baby was a plum, and why another was a fig, and what is a fig, anyway?
I hoped that there would at least be an author's note at the end to explain the terminology and the process of fetal development, but there was not. This book is a good fit for parents who are eagerly anticipating or enjoying the presence of a new little one, and racial and sexual minorities will appreciate the representation here, but the book is so disjointed as a story and has so little educative potential that I wouldn't read it to a child.
jgoins's review
5.0
This sweet book about waiting for baby's arrival is wonderful! It follows baby's progression through all the fruit sizes that you hear while you're pregnant - apple, pineapple, pumpkin. This also features all kinds of different kinds of families - size, shape and color!
thelibrarykart's review
5.0
Absolutely darling! Fantastic representation of different kinds of families and the pages with the illustrations of the babies is just TOO cute. Would be a wonderful gift for expecting parents.
shayemiller's review
4.0
In rhyming text, this lovely picture book showcases a wide variety of families who are waiting on a baby to grow and be born. The illustrations showcase mothers and fathers of many races and abilities as they prepare for a new addition to the family. This one will probably be appreciated more by adults than children, maybe as a fun way to announce a pregnancy to others, but there’s some great diversity to point out in this artwork, including mix-raced families, multi-generational celebrations, same-sex parents, families with no children, families who already have several children, a father in a wheel chair, etc. Each turn of the page compares the size of the growing baby to a fruit or vegetable, giving a young child a better idea of the current size. I also appreciated the variety of homes and landscapes showcased. The artwork for this book was done digitally in Photoshop.
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mldavisreads's review against another edition
5.0
Picture book. This is about pregnancy, about the parents who follow their unborn child's progression as their size changes from pea to pumpkin. As such it may not be the most appealing story to the general child audience, but it would be welcome for those parents or children waiting for a new baby in their lives. It would also be perfect to read to a new baby in a quiet snuggly moment. Some reviewers said the various families made this feel disjointed, but I think the inclusive illustrations help lend universality to a common experience. If you are subject to happy crying, you might want to have a tissue nearby.
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