That's What I'd Do
With Audio Recording
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
From an award-winning singer-songwriter, this picture book delivers a gentle lullaby that celebrates the limitless love between mother and child.
There’s no stronger bond than the love a mother has for her child. Morning, afternoon, and night, a mother and child’s day is filled with love. In this touching lullaby, a three-time Grammy nominee celebrates her newborn son. Lyrical and lovely, this soothing lullaby, accompanied by tender illustrations, is perfect for bedtime sharing.
“What I’d Do” music and lyrics by Jewel and Patrick Davis, from the album The Merry Goes ’Round (Mood Entertainment/Fisher-Price Music Series).
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Inspired by the birth of her son, singer-songwriter Jewel adapts an original song into a cozy picture-book celebrating the bond between parent and child. Through-out, the mother imagines herself as a rabbit, the rain, the owner of the sky, and more ("If I had the sun,/ I'd put yellow in a brush/ and paint you a portrait/ that you could feel and touch"). Rhyming verses and a catchy, reassuring refrain ("That's what I'd do, do, do, do, do./ 'Cause I love you, you, you, you, you") skip across pages filled by Bates's (Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight) airy mixed-media compositions that show mother and child interacting tenderly in a variety of whimsical scenarios. The line "If I were a carpenter,/ tell you what I'd do./ I'd build a boat/ to sail away with you" portrays the mother bathing her child in a bathtub turned sailboat, having shoved off from a beach littered with tools and seashells. A CD recording of the song is included. Ages 1 5.
