Please, Baby, Please
by Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee
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Author: Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis LeeBrand: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-21
ISBN: 0689834578
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Book Reviews of Please, Baby, Please
Book Review: My Toddler Loves This Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all, the drawings are simply beautiful and clearly are the best thing about the book. The toddler's expressions are perfect. The book follows a day in the life of a typical toddler: not wanting to go to bed, dumping her cereal on her head, not wanting to share a toy, eating sand in the sandbox, not wanting to eat her peas, splashing in the tub, coloring on the wall, and dumping her dirty diaper in the toy-box. All the while, the parents are begging her to stop, "please, baby, please!"
Now, at first I didn't like reading all the baby baby baby please stuff, but my then 18 month old loved it so much (and the pictures were so adorable) I didn't mind reading it. And read it I did over and over and over again. She is now 2 years old, and this book is still her favorite. We talk about how the little girl is being naughty, and my daughter thinks it is very funny.
As to the negative reviews saying how it is such a negative message and the parents are wimpy, I say, this is just a fun book for young children to relate to: they aren't the only ones who are told "no" to something that they want to do. And I am sure that toddlers feel that they are being told "no" all day long, because do they really ever remember every time they can do something? And a book with parents strongly disciplining their toddler, probably wouldn't be a lot of fun for a 2 year old to read.
I highly recommend this book for all toddlers. It has beautiful pictures, a funny story they can relate to and (a plus for the parent) it is short (or just long enough for a toddler to sit through).
Summary of Please, Baby, Please
Go back to bed,baby please, baby, please.
Not on your HEAD,
baby baby baby, please!
Academy-Award nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, producer Tonya Lewis Lee, preset a behind-the-scenes look at the chills, spills, and unequivocal thrills of bringing up baby!
Vivid illustrations from celebrated artist Kadir Nelson evoke toddlerhood from sandbox to high chair to crib.
Filmmaker Spike Lee and wife Tonya Lewis Lee join the ranks of other celebrity kids' book writers with their sweet, rhythmic read-along about the endless energy of a toddler blasting through a busy day.
The Lees' diapered dynamo starts early (the VCR reads 3:01 a.m.), with the little girl outlasting her mama sprawled out on the living room floor ("Go back to bed, baby, please, baby, please"). A breakfast of upturned Cheerios follows a few hours later ("Not on your HEAD, baby baby baby, please!"), then play time, a trip to the playground, dinner, and a bath ("Please don't splash, baby baby, please, baby!"). The fun repetition doesn't change up until the book's sweet close, as the curly-haired tyke somehow can't get to sleep ("Kiss me good night? Mama, Mama, Mama, please").
The Lees have as much or more success than their high-profile counterparts (Jerry Seinfeld: Halloween, John Lithgow: Marsupial Sue; and Jamie Lee Curtis: I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem), thanks in large part to their excellent choice of illustrator Kadir Nelson, whose work has appeared everywhere from Sports Illustrated to the New Yorker. Just as he did with Will Smith's Just the Two of Us, Nelson uses his enormous talent to inject energy and emotion into each richly colored, Rockwellian spread. (Baby to preschool) --Paul Hughes
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