Sweetest of All
- Publisher
- Scholastic Canada Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2014
- Category
- New Baby, General
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Board book
- ISBN
- 9781443133364
- Publish Date
- Mar 2014
- List Price
- $9.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 0
- Grade: p
Description
Celebrate the love between mother and child in this new board book edition of the sweetest story of all!
One by one, baby animals are born on the farm. Frolicking barnyard babies put smiles of love on their mothers' faces, and each time a new animal is born, another mother yearns for one of her very own. When a new human mom shows off her own baby, it's the sweetest one of all . . . because it's her very own.
A warm-hearted story with gently humorous rhymes, this sturdy board book is the perfect gift for a new baby's bookshelf.
About the authors
Jean Little was born in Taiwan in 1932. Her parents were both doctors. Jean grew up in Ontario and graduated from the University of Toronto. She was born with a severe eye problem and is severely visually impaired. A special "talking" computer assists her with her writing. She has a retired seeing-eye dog named Ritz and a new one named Pippa, with whom she travels. The author focuses on her experiences from the time she was a child through young adulthood in her autobiography, Little by Little, and continues her story in Stars Come Out Within. The books, which will appeal to children 10 and older, are both humorous and poignant as Jean describes living with a disability and the ridicule she sometimes experienced as a result, as well as her love for the world of reading and books. Jean's books include From Anna, Listen for the Singing, Stand In The Wind, Mama's Going To Buy You a Mockingbird, Hey World, Here I Am!, Look through My Window, Emma's Yucky Brother, The Belonging Place, and Mine For Keeps. Listen for the Singing was the Canada Council Children's Literature Award winner in 1977. Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird was the CLA Book of the Year in 1985.
Jean Little's first book, Mine for Keeps, won the Little, Brown Children's Book Award in 1962 and was republished by Viking Penguin in 1995. It tells the story of Sally Copeland, a 10 year old with cerebral palsy, and her adjustment to being home after spending several years in a special school. You'll find that several of the themes in this book appear in a number of the author's other books: dealing with a handicap and the responses of others, fitting in, and adjusting to new situations and surroundings.
http://www.jeanlittle.com/
Marisol Sarrazin is an internationally reknowned children's books illustrator. She has published more than sixty books which have been translated into many languages. Her work has already earned her numerous awards, including the Mr. Christie Award for the best book published in French in Canada in 1998. Her name was also on the lists of finalists for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrators Medal from the Canadian Association of Children's Librarians for 2001.
Awards
- Commended, Today's Parent 100 best Canadian kids' books of all time
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre
Editorial Reviews
Praise for The Sweetest One of All:
CCBC Best Books for Kids and TeensToronto Public Library First and Best selection
"This is a lovely book that will delight young children . . . and will stand up to many rereadings." —Quill & Quire
"This warm-hearted, gently humorous story about a mother's love is perfect bedtime reading." —North Shore News
