A Baby Like You

A Baby Like You

HMH Books for Young Read­ers
978–1‑328–55312‑6

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Sib­ert Medal­ist Cather­ine Thimmesh con­nects babies across our ecosys­tem with com­pelling pho­tographs and a poet­ic text that shows how the every­day mile­stones babies take par­al­lel ani­mals in the world. Round­ed cor­ners and stur­dy paper make this the per­fect baby show­er gift! For fans of Zooborns.

Whether it’s a first step or a first bath, all babies cel­e­brate mile­stones as they grow. Con­nect­ing adorable babies across our ecosystem—from polar bear cubs, giraffe calves, and zebra colts to human babies—Sibert Medal­ist Cather­ine Thimmesh shows how we are more sim­i­lar than we know.

Awards and Recognition

Amazon’s Best Children’s Book of Novem­ber
Ama­zon #1 New Release

Reviews

“Babies love babies. Babies love ani­mals. Babies love learn­ing about the world. This irre­sistible book has it all.” (School Library Jour­nal, starred review)

“The infor­ma­tion­al asides about ani­mals are con­cise and high interest…The pho­tog­ra­phy is gor­geous, with fuzzy, adorable ani­mal babies and diverse, equal­ly cute human ones… [Preschool­ers] will love it.”(Kirkus Reviews)

“[T]he pho­tos of adorable baby ani­mals and diverse infant humans are cer­tain­ly eye-catching…Sibert-medalist Thimmesh offers much to engage a wide audi­ence.” (Book­list)