B is for Baby

Atinuke and Brooksbank (‘Baby Goes to Market’) have created an appealing package of rhythmic repetition and vibrant images.
—The New York Times Book Review

Brooksbank effectively avoids stereotypes while adding humor and cultural specificity to the story with her detailed and lively, colorful, mixed-media images. Safety-conscious caregivers may suck their teeth, but there’s no denying the joy in this book. Atinuke has bottled the delightful energy of the Anna Hibiscus books and poured it into this treat for younger readers.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Featuring loose lines and an earth-toned backdrop, Brooksbank’s energetic mixed-media art showcases the brilliant colors of African vegetation and clothing, and infuses Atinuke’s sweet phrases with warmth and humor.
—Publishers Weekly

This clever story puts the focus on the letter B…Each page displays one terse sentence, such as "B is for beautiful." The colorful mixed- media art, however, is expansive, whether showing a single image of a curious baby playing with her toe, or detailing the lush surroundings. This one’s a charmer.
—Booklist

Viewers will appreciate this sunny African alternative to “Over the River and Through the Woods,” especially if readers-aloud make the comic most of the concluding speedy rewind that brings the sibs home again.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

Atinuke and Brooksbank (Baby Goes to Market) reunite for another tenderly funny slice-of-life story set in an unspecified African village and starring a winsome baby girl, who is dearly loved…Brooksbank uses warm colors, from the bright beads in Baby’s hair to the green-striped shirt that their Baba (grandfather) is wearing when Brother finally delivers his basket—with a surprise inside. Brava for Baby!
—The Horn Book

The Nigerian-born writer Atinuke plays with our expectations of how ABC books progress with “B Is for Baby” (Candlewick, 32 pages, $16.99), a picture book set in Africa that never moves beyond the one letter…The warm colors and loose lines of Angela Brooksbank’s mixed-media pictures exude happiness and reassurance for readers ages 2-6.
—The Wall Street Journal

With B Is for Baby, author Atinuke and illustrator Angela Brooksbank (Baby Goes to Market) reunite for another tenderly funny story set in an unspecified African village and starring a winsome baby girl.
—The Horn Book