cover image Baby's First Year

Baby's First Year

Phyllis Hoffman. HarperCollins Publishers, $12.95 (31pp) ISBN 978-0-06-022551-3

A catalogue of ``firsts'' for a baby, from that initial day and night through milestones like the first smile, crawl, step, and fall, to the celebration of the first birthday. This is a pleasing, rhythmic litany of the events and activities that make up a baby's universe. The accompanying illustrations are often gently humorous and always affectionate; they aptly extend the spare text, filling in the details of a baby's family and surroundings with warmth. Young ones will enjoy the focus on the particulars of their world and will follow with avid interest the progression from newborn infant to busy toddler. Ages 1-3. (Oct.)