I'll Be There
- Subject
- Animals - Baby Animals
- Age
- 0-3 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- Nosy Crow Inc
- Size
- 27.4 cm × 25.6 cm
- ISBN
- 9798887770215
A heart-warming celebration of parental love, following baby animals as they explore the world.
In this calming, rhyming picture book, a little polar bear wobbles on ice floes, a tiny tiger cub learns to roar, and an owlet faces a fear of the dark. Who will be there to help them? Why, their daddy or mommy, of course! Whatever wonderful, tricky, or exciting moments the world has in store for these baby animals, they know that they will be supported in everything they do.
Little ones will love joining in with the animal noises and the reassuring refrain, before snuggling up with their parent for the soothing bedtime ending.
Written by Karl Newson, whose stories have been translated into 27 languages, and illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw, winner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award.
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What reviewers said
A baby elephant shoots water through its trunk, a baby polar bear climbs a glacial hill, and a baby humpback whale breaches in the ocean while a doting parent watches. With playful rhyming text like, "I'll be there to help you as you practice on your own. Just remember this-you'll never ever be alone," and engaging pastel drawings of animals and their babies, young children learn that familial bonds between various animals are just as intense as the bonds between humans. The final illustration depicts a brown-skinned male embracing a brown-skinned baby in a moonlit nursery, with all the…
Grab a book and snuggle up with your little one for a cozy and memorable reading experience.
Adult animals help their young explore and try new things.
Sweet illustrations of kid-favorite animals like elephants, polar bears, whales, field mice, tigers, and owls demonstrate the encouraging message that adults will always be there to help their young learn, practice, and play. A double-page spread toward the end shows a bedroom scene with a dark-skinned adult holding up a smiling dark-skinned infant; the full moon is visible through the window, and all the animals shown previously can be seen in toy form or in the art on the wall. The last page is an exterior scene that depicts several…
The reassuring cadence of the words and the message of gentle child empowerment makes this a solid choice for a bedtime story.
As the title suggests, this book is about parents being present for their children and encouraging them as they grow up. At first, it seems like a standard, rhyming text featuring various grown-up animals making noises of encouragement ("I'll roar my roar for you") as their children engage in exploring, playing, and practicing new skills. However, the end reveals that all the featured animal parent-child pairings are inspired by decor elements in a baby's bedroom, including stuffed tigers, owls on a mural, and blue whales on a carpet rug. The parent says to their baby that they light up the…
