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Children's Fiction New Baby

This New Baby

by (author) Teddy Jam

illustrated by Virginia Johnson

Publisher
Groundwood Books Ltd
Initial publish date
Sep 2011
Category
New Baby, Bedtime & Dreams
  • Board book

    ISBN
    9781554980888
    Publish Date
    Sep 2011
    List Price
    $8.95

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 1 to 3
  • Grade: p
  • Reading age: 1 to 3

Description

A mother caring for her baby through the night reflects on the joys and mysteries of this new and precious life. With a simple poetic text and gorgeous Matisselike illustrations by renowned textile designer Virginia Johnson, This New Baby is a perfect evocation of parental love. Any person who has ever had a baby, anyone who would like to have a baby and anyone who has ever been a baby will be deeply touched by this beautiful book. The text for This New Baby was originally published in 1998.

About the authors

Teddy Jam (Matt Cohen) was the pseudonymous author of many wonderful children's books, including Night Cars (which Michele Landsberg called "the Canadian Goodnight Moon"), This New Baby, and The Year of Fire, The Stoneboat, The Kid Line and The Fishing Summer, now collected in the anthology How We Were. He was also a novelist who won the Governor General's Award for his last novel, Elizabeth and After.

Teddy Jam's profile page

Virginia Johnson is a Canadian artist and textile designer. Her collections of colorful prints on clothing, shawls, and home accessories have been sold around the world in stores including Anthropologie, Barneys, Holt Renfrew, Liberty London, and J.Crew. She also illustrated a series of books for Kate Spade and The Perfectly Imperfect Home for Deborah Needleman. Johnson lives with her husband and two children in Toronto, Canada.

Virginia Johnson's profile page

Editorial Reviews

...delicate illustrations and ephemeral imagery

Publishers Weekly

A provocative musing on the transformative power of parenthood.

Kirkus

Jam’s poetic lines dip and soar...

The Toronto Star

...noted textile designer Virginia Johnson brings her trademark touches of scintillating colour and deft, oblique design to a board book by the late and much-lamented Teddy Jam (a.k.a. Matt Cohen).

The Globe and Mail

. . . soft Matisse-like images give a fresh and delightful look.

Canadian Children's Booknews

This New Baby would be a welcome addition to any newborn's collection of "sleepy time" books.

CM Magazine

...as gentle as it is powerful!

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