School Library Journal Review
PreS-K-A mother and father rabbit demonstrate all the things that they do with their baby: there is holding, hugging, squeezing, and kissing, but that's not all. Baby bunny needs to be spoken to, tickled, fed, washed, and dressed. Though the parents are busy with their infant, big brother is not left out. He observes and also participates in some of the care. Listeners will pick up the pattern of Walton's lyrical text and chime in with repetitive portions. "We rock with the baby. We bounce with the baby. We jump with the baby. We dance with the baby." Miglio's cheery illustrations of a loving family are much lighter than those in the collaborators' So Many Bunnies: A Bedtime ABC and Counting Book (HarperCollins, 1998). In this newer book, the illustrator again gives attention to patterned apparel. Part of the fun is turning the pages to see how the characters are dressed. Brother's pajamas have a baseball motif, baby's pants have a ladybug print, and mother's garments use floral designs. This likable picture book works well one-on-one or as a group read-aloud.-Lynn K. Vanca, Akron-Summit County Public Library, Richfield, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
As in previous Bunny titles (Bunny School: A Learning Fun-for-All), Paige Miglio's folksy watercolors of a bunny family pair with Rick Walton's rhythmic prose in What Do We Do with the Baby? Among other answers to the titular question: "We squeeze the baby. We kiss the baby. That's what we do with the baby." (HarperCollins, $16.99 32p ages 3-6 ISBN 9780-06-008419-6; Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
