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Everybody Was a Baby Once and Other Poems

Author: Ahlberg, Allan

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 4.2
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 1495
Points per Word 0.000334
Page Count 64
Points per Page 0.007812

Description

Nineteen illustrated poems present a cast of familiar characters including witches, robbers, and classic nursery-rhyme figures as babies, showing that everyone was once a child. Each poem imagines what these figures were like as newborns, highlighting the universal experience of being new to the world. The poems are accompanied by simple, colorful illustrations that support the text.

Quick Summary

The playful twist of discovering that fearsome characters like witches, robbers, and giants were once helpless babies will make kids giggle with delight. Kids will love laughing at the silly illustrations and imagining their favorite storybook villains as cute, tiny babies who needed diapers and lullabies. If your kid loves silly poetry that turns everything upside down, they'll adore this book the way readers adore "The Book With No Pictures." It is perfect for kindergarten through third graders who enjoy giggling at unexpected surprises.