Where Did You Come from, Baby Dear?
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Publisher Description
A perfect baby shower gift from a bestselling and beloved artist known for capturing the special moments of family life.
Where did you get those eyes so blue?
What makes the light in them sparkle and spin?
What makes your forehead so smooth and high?
The questions new parents ask as they look in amazement on their just-born child are celebrated and fancifully answered in this inspirational poem, brought for the first time to picture-book life.
George MacDonald's lovely ode to newborn babies is beautifully animated in soft colored pencil by a treasure of the children's book world, Jane Dyer. Feauturing a diverse cast of newborns, this classic, moving, and lightly spiritual poem marvels at the miracle of new life.
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Based on a classic paean from British author George MacDonald, this picture book celebrates the wonder of welcoming a child. The poem takes a lyrical q&a format: "Where did you get those eyes so blue?/ Out of the sky as I came through." Dyer infuses her art with dusky light as babies of different ethnic backgrounds appear engaged in earthly activities playing with blocks, in a garden, cozy in bed while the poem evokes a spiritual and celestial tone: "Why that three-cornered smile of bliss?/ Three angels gave me at once a kiss." Dyer depicts the babies soaring through "starry twinkles," cradled on pillowlike clouds, and surrounded by angels. An exultant ode to newborns. Ages 3 7.
