Yum Tummy Tickly!

Product DescriptionTumble Me Tumbily, Handprint Books' highly successful Fall 2002 picture book, which delightfully depicts the three most important parts of a young toddler's day, has become three irresistible board books. Playing, eating, and sleeping cannot be improved upon when they are accompanied by friendly bears, small blue elephants, dancing vegetables, merry berry pies, soft pink bunnies, and butterfly kisses for Mommy.Each board book is one complete section of the original hardcover. In addition, there are opening and closing spreads overflowing with babies, bears, and great good humor!From BooklistReviewed with Karen Baicker's Snuggle Me Snuggly! and Wakeity Wake!PreS. Based on the three original rhymes from the picture book Tumble Me Tumbily (2002), this merry trio of board books will charm both toddlers and their parents. Wakeity shows a child waking up and bouncing down the stairs to begin a playful day. Its bounceandtickle rhymes invite its audience to join in the fun: 'Tickle me / tackle me / sackapotato me / tugabug / jumblebee / tumble me tumbily!' Written with a more easygoing rhythm, yum uses its rhyming verses to make a diverting sort of game of eating. Snuggle celebrates the closeness of mother and child as they cuddle up at bedtime. A multicultural cast of babies and toddlers as well as friendly animals cavort through the deftly drawn and painted illustrations, whose warm, jovial tone reflects that of the verse. Each book concludes with the same picture of a baby and a bear taking a curtain call before a shadowy audience. By the end of the third book, even the youngest verbal child will be chiming in on the final lines: 'Goodbye, Baby! Goodbye, Bear! The end.' Carolyn PhelanCopyright American Library Association. All rights reservedAbout the AuthorKaren Baicker lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with her husband and two young children, Lucy and Jake. Tumble Me Tumbily was her first children's book, and she is also the author of I Can Do It Too! and Pea Pod Babies . Besides writing for children, she isSam Williams began his career in London as a magazine and book designer. He has also been an art director and a publisher. He now illustrates books full time when he is not taking dares to climb mountains! He lives in England with his wife, three children,