Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search

Children's Nonfiction New Baby

Love You Head to Toe

by (author) Ashley Barron

Publisher
Owlkids Books Inc.
Initial publish date
Mar 2019
Category
New Baby, Baby Animals, Emotions & Feelings, Parents
Recommended Age
0 to 3
Recommended Grade
p
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781771473040
    Publish Date
    Mar 2019
    List Price
    $18.95
  • Board book

    ISBN
    9781771474030
    Publish Date
    Mar 2020
    List Price
    $11.95

Classroom Resources

Where to buy it

Description

Pairing creative rhyming similes with cut-paper collage art, Love You Head to Toe is an adorable book that compares newborn babies to baby animals on every page. Bright, playful illustrations show a different baby and a different species of animal, both engaged in similar behavior: babies stretch their limbs like sea stars, splash in the water like ducklings, toddle around like bear cubs, and fill their chubby cheeks like chipmunks.

Action verbs on each page give the book energy and movement and reflect the varied activities of a baby’s day, with key elements like mealtime, bath time, and bedtime in chronological order. Babies and caregivers of a wide range of ethnicities are represented in this heartwarming read-aloud designed to show little ones how much they are cherished and loved.

About the author

ASHLEY BARRON’s vibrant cut-paper collage illustrations appear in more than twelve picture books, including Chaiwala! by Priti Maheshwari, My City Speaks by Darren Lebeuf (winner of the Schneider Family Book Award), City Baby by Laurie Elmquist (a Bank Street Best Book of the Year) and Pretty Tricky by Etta Kaner (a Kirkus Best Picture Book and an Outstanding Science Trade Book). Ashley lives with her partner and three cats in Toronto, Ontario.

Ashley Barron's profile page

Awards

  • Commended, Best Books for Babies
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens

Editorial Reviews

“A wonderful read-aloud for parents and children to share.”

School Library Journal

“A sweet read-aloud for little ones.”

Booklist

Other titles by