The Menino
A Story Based on Real Events
- Publisher
- Groundwood Books Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2015
- Category
- New Baby, Body
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554987795
- Publish Date
- Sep 2015
- List Price
- $16.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781554987788
- Publish Date
- Oct 2015
- List Price
- $19.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 0
- Grade: p to 12
Description
A book for babies and their parents about the whole new world that they both encounter when the baby arrives.
When the new baby arrives, both the baby and the parents are in for a steep learning curve. In this book, born out of personal experience, internationally renowned author/illustrator Isol brings us a dual narrative and guide. For babies, there’s a rich range of images of babies and all their functions to look at. From crying, to nursing, to peeing and pooing, to looking, to hearing, to deciding that this weird new world they’ve entered is worth staying in (because they finally recognize that in every grown-up they see a former baby), there are hours of fun and amusement, since babies love nothing better than looking at and talking about themselves.
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For parents, this is a wonderful exploration of the new world this stranger-baby brings with them. Amusingly written, the text presents in a humorous, wry way all the facets of the new baby’s reality. A great gift for new parents both before and after baby is born.
About the authors
Isol is an Argentine author and illustrator of children’s books with a passion for comic book artistry, literature and the visual arts. She has been honored with the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for her outstanding contribution to children's literature, has twice been selected as a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and has won a Golden Apple at the Biennial of Illustration, Bratislava. Her delightful leporello, Tener un patito es util (It’s Useful to Have a Duck), was chosen by AIGA as one of its “50 Books/50 Covers” for concept and design, and it was also named one of “Los mejores libros para niños y jóvenes 2008” (The best books for children and youth 2008) by Venezuela’s Banco del Libro. Isol has also written and illustrated Petit, the Monster; Beautiful Griselda and Nocturne, and she has illustrated Doggy Slippers by Jorge Luján. As noted by the ALMA jury's citation of her work, "Taking children’s clear view of the world as her starting point, [Isol] addresses their questions with forceful artistic expression and offers open answers. With liberating humour and levity, she also deals with the darker aspects of existence." Her books are highly acclaimed by reviewers and have been published in Argentina, Mexico, Spain, France, Canada and the US. Isol is also an advertising illustrator, a professional singer and a comic book writer.
Awards
- Commended, New York Times Notable Children's Books of the Year
Editorial Reviews
The poetic, the philosophical, and the practical converge into a love letter to the unfolding of new life.
Brain Pickings
The book ends on a particularly affirmative note, recognizing our common baby origins and common human trajectories.
Horn Book Magazine, review
Tender and funny, a celebration of the hard work that takes place on both sides to settle the complicated little traveler into its new world.
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, STARRED REVIEW
Human biology is made fresh and magnificent again. The shocking perfection of our bodies and our mode of growing these bodies is celebrated.
New York Times
The trope that imagines a baby as an exotic creature—or perhaps even an alien—is taken to full and nearly irresistible flower.
Kirkus Reviews
