Book Review: "Please, Baby, Please"

On a lighter note....

Here's a book review for one of our favorite books. It's called, Please, Baby, Please" and is written Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee.

Backstory: We've had this book for a long time now. I picked it up at a used bookstore. I think we've talked before about a certain weakness of mine...

Why:  So, I picked it up initially because how cute is that baby? :) We've also made a point in our career of parenthood (three years...I'm no expert!) to always try to have books that showcase the wonderful world that we live in, the diversity of people, places, and cultures. Because may God smite me if my children grow up thinking that all the world is white middle class suburban. Blech. Now it makes me happy that I don't feel like I have to go out and buy a bunch of books that feature different ethnicities and cultures because we're brining Little Miss home. I may (do) want to go out and buy MORE book, but that's a temptation that I bravely face each day...

Overview: This is the story of a day in the life of this busy little todder. It opens with an exhausted mother laying on the floor while the baby plays happily and the clock reads 3am. The text is "Go back to bed baby, please, baby please." The rest of book is the mother entreating the baby to eat, play nicely, go faster, not splash in the tub, etc. The text is always a variation of "please baby pease". It reads lyrically and is sweet without being obnoxious. The end of the book is the pajama'ed baby reappearing in her parents' room saying, "Kiss me goodnight mama, mama, mama, please?" And the loving mother gets back up and tucks her toddler back into bed with a kiss.

Intended Audience: This book gets two sticky thumbs up by both our boys. Peanut likes the silly things the baby is doing and likes the repetitious words in the book. Pickle sits and flips through the pages by himself as well. (picture to come). The lines, "please baby baby baby please" have become a common refrain in our house. This book is definitely a keeper. Our only complaint is that there aren't more in the series. (There is actually one more called, "Please Puppy Please", but we don't have that (yet) and we think it's good enough for there to be several books anyway)

Score: 5 out of 5 easy!