Carry Me! Animal Babies on the Move
Written and illustrated by Susan Stockdale
32 pages, ages 2-6
Peachtree Publishers, 2008
When it’s time to go out we tuck baby into the stroller or
baby carrier and head to the store, library or wherever our busy lives take us.
So, too, with animal mothers – albeit sans strollers. Susan Stockdale’s bold,
bright illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce young children to the
variety of ways animal babies are carried about.
Some babies hitch rides on their mother’s backs while others
hang below, clinging to their bellies. The African Jacana tucks her young
beneath a wing and holds them tight to her body – in much the same way that my
grandmother used to carry her pocketbook.
Coyotes grip their babies in their teeth, alligators carry
their young in their jaws and African Cichlid fish carry theirs about in their
mouths. Whether they are nestled in
their parent’s feathers or held in their arms, animal babies are “safe and
snug, the way your mother carried you,” writes Stockdale.
Check out other reviews and resources for curious young naturalists over at STEM Friday. Review copy provided by publisher.
This looks like a really interesting book. Moms and babies are hard to pass up. Thanks for sharing this one!
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