By Forest Xiao (author) , Forest Xiao (illustrator) Part of the Seven Babies series
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One Thursday morning, a box of babies arrived at this door... The perfect gift for any new parent who will quickly understand that one baby is as busy and chaotic as having seven!
Babies need a lot of feeding, changing, entertaining, bathing ... and don't forget ALL that laundry. But, luckily, seven babies means ... seven times the love!
With a simple read-aloud text and hilarious pictures with a sweet ladybird family to search and find throughout, Seven Babies is also a cosy, funny bedtime read - ideal for getting little ones into books for the first time.
"Joyous […] The babies' expressive round faces recall Helen Oxenbury 's drawings, but Xiao's art has a zingier colour palette and a wildness of its own. It's one of the cutest, and perhaps best, picture book portrayals of new parenthood that I've ever read - the exhausting babies barrel across each page, pulling books from shelves, chewing the rug and escaping the bath." - The Observer "A wonderfully joyful picture book for introducing children to the concept of having a sibling." - Waterstones
"Xiao's delightful debut, exploring the everyday chaos that comes with having a baby in your life, has a similar look (and as much warmth) as Helen Oxenbury's A First Book for Babies series." - The Bookseller
Forest Xiao is an image maker, storyteller, treasure finder and mother to two girls. She has lived in China, Germany, USA, the UK and Malaysia.
Forest obtained a BA in Graphic Design from Camberwell College of Art which led her to the MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. Forest was a runner-up for the Sebastian Walker Prize 2023, highly commended by the 2022 Macmillan Prize for Children's Picture Book Illustration, and winner of the Batsford Prize 2023. Forest was also one of the 2023 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition Winners. Forest loves connecting with people and hearing stories. Seven Babies is her debut picture book. Find her on Instagram: @ForestXiaoDraws
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One Thursday morning, a box of babies arrived at this door...The perfect gift for any new parent who will quickly understand that one baby is as busy and chaotic as having seven! Babies need a lot of feeding, changing, entertaining, bathing ... and don't forget ALL that laundry.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Seven Babies and determined it is suitable for children aged 0-4 years old
Seven Babies features in the following genres: Books for Babies and Toddlers, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, Stories about Family and Friends, PSHE: Family Issues, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Bedtime Stories for Children, Children’s picture books, Picture storybooks, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children's and Young Adult Fiction
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Seven Babies was written by Forest Xiao and published by Walker Books Ltd an imprint of Walker Books
Seven Babies has 32 pages
Yes it is part of Seven Babies series
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