Everywhere Babies Padded: A Delightfully Illustrated Rhyming Celebration of Playing, Sleeping, and Crawling

"Everywhere Babies" is as close to a perfect board book as I've found. For years, we read this book every night to my children, and the rhyme and rhythm of this book is so great, we memorized it easily (useful for exhausted parents!). The rhyming works without some of the tortured grammar twisting that many authors have to resort to.This is not a story book, more of a concept book, and the author leaves plenty of room for the illustrator to take the book to the next level. The illustrations by Marla Frazee are adorable, and reflect a wide range of babies and their adults. There's enough going on in the vignettes that even a toddler can stay engaged in this book, and is a book that would be ideal to keep around for an older child learning to read. The illustrations provide plenty to discuss with a curious child. There are representations of many races and family situations, which is a lovely and welcome part of this book.This book is a great baby shower gift for parents, or even for a one- or two-year-old's birthday. Wrap it up with a swaddle blanket and you are all set!

This was my daughter’s favorite for the first few years of her life, and now it’s my go to baby gift. Such a sweet and beautiful book to read together, every baby’s favorite subject!

Babies love to look at pictures of other babies. Buy this baby book and your 0-18 month-old will be delighted. It's sweet, gentle, and features babies of all different races and ethnicities, so your little one is sure to find his or her twin. And parents won't get tired of the low-key, approachable text either!

I bought this book for my twin grandsons who are two years old. It is an adorable picture book that depicts infants to preschool aged children doing things and going places with their parents. In one illustration, there is a street full of adults, including two males walking together. They could be a father and son or two brothers. They are not necessarily gay. In another picture, there are two adult males sitting next to each other at the park, not too close or anything. One of adult males is holding a baby in his lap, the other is holding a pair of shoes that obviously do not belong to the baby, and probably belong to a little girl on a play structure in stocking feet. The two males could be two friends or just two guys talking about sports while their kids play play at the park. In both pictures, the males could also be gay, I suppose, but there are so many other ways you could interpret their relationship that it seems a stretch to say it has LGBTQ imagery.

This is a beautiful book that I loved reading to my children and that I have given many times as a baby gift. One of the things I liked (that other reviewers have not always appreciated) is the diversity of those pictured in the book -- different ages, different races.As some negative reviews have pointed out, there are some men or women seen together -- these can be but need not be interpreted as same-sex couples. If you are not ready to explain to your children that some babies have two daddies (which is a fact about the actual world) then just say those guys sitting together are friends watching their kids play at the playground. What's the big deal? But for those of us who want our children's books to reflect real life -- which has a variety of people in it, some of whom look like you and some of whom do not -- this is a great book.

Love this book! Fabulous baby gift or for a toddler! The illustrations are gorgeous and the message is delightful.

My 15-month-old daughter is still warming up to this book. She often wants to stop reading it a couple of pages in and go for a one of the other books in her library instead. I like it though and think that she will like it more when she gets older and becomes more interested in inspecting the detailed illustrations on each page.

This book has become a keepsake at our house, even now that the "baby" is 6 years old and the big sister 10. Many childrens' books about babies focus on the potential jealousy and strife caused by the new infant in the house. This one focuses on all the fascinating, joyous and often hilarious details of baby-ness, from what they wear to how they eat and get around, and how they vocalize. The illustrations are so funny and sweet, and filled with a very satisfying array of grown ups that look real - all sizes, genders, colors and ages. As the book progresses (the original full length version, I haven't seen the board book) the babies grow and finally reach a beautiful first birthday. I think this book is wonderful for kids about to become older siblings, because it gives them endless details to observe as they take notice of babies "everywhere" in the world around them, and so much fun to anticipate when their new baby comes. I say that, and yet when I tried to give our copy to a family in just that situation, the two big kids in our house refused to part with it. Hence my purchase of a new one.

Eine wunderschöne Geschichte über Babies.Toll gereimt und mit vielen Bildern aus dem Alltag von Babies.Jede:r findet seine Liebsten in diesem Buch.

This is my absolute favourite book to read to my child. It has a few American-isms which might annoy some, but I just change the words (e.g diaper). It's a lovely story about all of the things babies get up to and do. My child loves looking at the illustrations which represent a wide range of family types and care-givers who are mentioned in the story too. If you are a family who is not a "typical" make up it is a great thing to see your family represented this book - not just for yourself, but for your kids too. Even if you aren't, what a great way to introduce your children to diverse family structures and ethnicity.

Such a sweet book, love having it in my baby's collection of books! Great quality board book, good for littles

A mi bebé de 15 meses le encanta. Los dibujos son pequeños, llenos de detalles. Lo que más me ha llamado la atención es el hincapié que hace el libro en mostrar todo tipo de familias, lo que me parece muy enriquecedor. Las ilustraciones de Marla Frazee son preciosas. Lo recomiendo.

Je recommande ce livre il est juste parfait. Sur chaque page il y a un descriptif de ce que les bébés peuvent faire, font du bruit, comment ils sont aimés, comment ils sont habillés, comment ils jouent, etc .