Chronicle books, 2015

Busy Baby: Friends

written & illustrated by Sara Gillingham

In Friends, Busy Baby can play, share, paint, and help cleanup. Whatever Busy Baby does, the most important thing is to make some new friends along the way. Both books will keep the very youngest readers busy reading, playing, and learning.

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“Gillingham makes turning a baby’s frown into a smile as simple as can be. A round disk embedded in the center of this board book spins on a post; on one side, the baby has a half-circle smile, while on the other, its mouth is inverted in an expression of mild sadness and shock. As readers move through the book, preschool situations that might warrant a frown (having to share a tambourine, spilling paint during art time) are quickly resolved, so smiles are just as appropriate.”

—Publisher’s Weekly

Chronicle books, 2015

Busy Baby: Trucks

written & illustrated by Sara Gillingham
Art Direction by TK, Design by TK

In Trucks, Busy Baby can race in a fire truck, use a cement mixer, and collect recycling. Whatever Busy Baby does, the most important thing is to make some new friends along the way.

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“Babies and their adult readers will find lots of details to look at and discuss in addition to the primary vehicles presented…. Also, babies can decide whether the situation calls for a happy or sad face and spin the face accordingly. The spinning face helps to make these feelings concrete and understandable for children just beginning to grasp these concepts.”

—Kirkus Reviews