This New Baby
- Publisher
- Groundwood Books Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2011
- Category
- New Baby, Bedtime & Dreams
- Recommended Age
- 1 to 3
- Recommended Grade
- p
- Recommended Reading age
- 1 to 3
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Board book
- ISBN
- 9781554980888
- Publish Date
- Sep 2011
- List Price
- $8.95
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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.
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.
Editorial Reviews
...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
Jam’s poetic lines dip and soar...
The Toronto Star
...as gentle as it is powerful!
Word of Mouse Book Reviews
This New Baby would be a welcome addition to any newborn's collection of "sleepy time" books.
CM Magazine
A provocative musing on the transformative power of parenthood.
Kirkus
...delicate illustrations and ephemeral imagery
Publishers Weekly
. . . soft Matisse-like images give a fresh and delightful look.
Canadian Children's Booknews
