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Pecan Pie Baby
CCBC Review:
It’s the end of summer and Gia and her mother are waiting on a baby that’s due to come around the time of the first snow. Gia is less than happy with all the attention “that ding-dang baby” is getting from family members and friends, even before it’s born. And already the baby is a copycat who loves Gia’s favorite food—pecan pie. That must explain why her mama is craving it so. Woodson’s honesty as she writes about a big sibling’s lack of enthusiasm is refreshing, as is the acknowledgement from Gia’s mother that she, too, will miss when it was just the two of them, after the baby is born. Sophie Blackall’s warm ink-and-watercolor illustrations show a multiracial extended family with an African American mom and daughter at its center. ©2010 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Sophie Blackall
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-6
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
African Americans
Babies
Food and Cooking
Jealousy/Envy
Mothers
Multiracial Characters/Families
Siblings
Diversity subjects:
Black/African
Multicultural General
Publisher:
Putnam
Publish Year: 2010
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780399239878
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Woodson