Tales for Twos: All About Me

Just as a pebble is part of a mountain, just as a wave is part of the sea, so, too, is every one of us part of something bigger. With bright collage illustrations and a simple, lyrical text, acclaimed author-illustrator Toni Yuly invites readers to celebrate our relationship to the natural world.

"Chicken has fallen out of Farmer's truck! He can't possibly get himself all the way home...can he?"--

"Follow a little girl as she takes you on a tour through all of her favorite things, from the holes she digs to the hugs she gives"--

"A mother and father welcome a new baby into their lives"--

The owner of a human body celebrates it by pointing out various parts and mentioning their functions, from "hands for catching and throwing" to the "skin that bundles me in."

In rhyming verse, a child celebrates each body part.

A child searches for articles of clothing as he gets ready to go outside and play.

"Atinuke and Angela Brooksbank, creators of the award-winning Baby Goes to Market, pair up again for a bright and beautiful first book of words. B is for Baby. B is for Brother. B is for going to see Baba! One morning after breakfast, Baby's big brother is getting ready to take the basket of bananas all the way to Baba's bungalow in the next village. He'll have to go along the bumpy road, past the baobab trees, birds, and butterflies, and all the...

Photographs depict children enacting such basic social concepts as sharing, helping, and playing as well as expressing themselves through gestures and actions.